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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. Announced in 2016 and funded with $15.76 In September 2022, the National Science Foundation awarded $5.1

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

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FTA selects 7 projects to receive $22.5M in grants for battery-electric and fuel cell buses, infrastructure

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Partnering with the University of Utah, these buses will serve the route connecting the campus to Salt Lake City. Interested parties currently have the opportunity to apply for $55 million in FY2016 Low-No funding, for which the application period closes in May 2016. Utah Transit Authority (UTA). King County.

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Neuralink’s FDA Troubles Are Just the Beginning

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Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, are neural implants that connect a user’s brain to external electronics. FDA approval for a human test to potentially class III device status—known as an investigational device exemption (IDE)—can only be granted after an involved application process.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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An IBM Quantum Computer Will Soon Pass the 1,000-Qubit Mark

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IBM’s Condor, the world’s first universal quantum computer with more than 1,000 qubits, is set to debut in 2023. In 2016, it put the first quantum computer in the cloud anyone to experiment with—a device with 5 qubits, each a superconducting circuit cooled to near absolute zero.

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U-Michigan, IBM collaborate on data-centric high performance computing system

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The University of Michigan is collaborating with IBM to develop and deliver “ data-centric ” supercomputing systems designed to increase the pace of scientific discovery in fields as diverse as aircraft and rocket engine design, cardiovascular disease treatment, materials physics, climate modeling and cosmology.

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