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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

nk City, and 2013 Tesla Model S. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board? Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

nk City, and 2013 Tesla Model S. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board? Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

Cars That Think

It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. Edsinger then cofounded a robotics startup that was acquired by Google in 2013. In 2010, Henry Evans saw a robot on TV.

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How an Electrical Engineer Solved Australia’s Most Famous Cold Case

Cars That Think

Several chemical assays failed to identify any poison; granted, the methods of the day were not up to the task. These speculations aside, the idea that a person could simply die in plain view and without friends or family was shocking. The presence of blood in the stomach, a common consequence of poisoning, was noted at the autopsy.

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