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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. Through the power of storytelling and the strength of IEEE’s mission, the One IEEE event connected participants to each other and to IEEE by showcasing the vibrant engineering community in Jamaica.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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In the last decade, wireless usage across the US has expanded significantly, with nearly 350 million smartphones, connected tablets and wearable devices in use—more than double the number from a decade ago—carrying more than 100,000 times the traffic they supported in 2008.

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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When Marianne Smith was teaching computer science in 2016 at Flathead Valley Community College , in Kalispell, Mont., By having them design and build a mobile app,” Smith says, “I and the other teachers teach them computer science concepts in a fun and interactive way.” The workshops tailor technology for Native American culture.

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Jaguar Land Rover lead partner in $160M automotive advanced R&D center in UK

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Around 1,000 academics, researchers, technologists and engineers will work in the building, which will feature engineering workshops and laboratories, advanced powertrain facilities and the latest advanced design, visualisation and rapid prototyping technologies.

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MAN Truck & Bus invests $8.5M in logistics startup FR8 Revolution

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Silicon-Valley-based FR8 has developed a comprehensive “operating system” for a connected transportation industry that will be launched in the second quarter of 2016. The system developed by FR8 has been designed as an open platform across brands. MAN Truck & Bus AG, part of Volkswagen Truck & Bus, is investing up to $8.5

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

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If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques. You talk to any designer or architect in L.A.

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California ARB releases discussion draft of plan to cut GHG by 40% by 2030

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The new draft plan, required by the Governor’s April 2015 Executive Order, updates the previous scoping plan to account for the new 2030 target codified in Senate Bill 32 and reflects input from 18 public workshops and community meetings, numerous state government agencies and CARB’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. Transportation.