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DOE to award up to $13M to four advanced biofuels projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four research and development projects designed to bring next-generation biofuels on line faster and to drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. University of Oklahoma (up to $4 million).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Georgia Power. Southern Company: Georgia Power. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Dayton Power & Light Company.

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Video Friday: Acrobot Error

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You had me at “wormlike, limbless robots.” [ GitHub ] via [ Georgia Tech ] Filmed in July 2017, this video shows us using Atlas to put out a “fire” on our loading dock. This robot is built at a cost of 50 euros for patients who are not financially independent to get better treatment. [ Acrobotics ] Thanks, Elizabeth!

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

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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. It was the same for Kemp at Georgia Tech—a robot as impractical as the PR2 could never have a direct impact outside of a research context.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

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Fast-forward to 2017. What I can tell you is that the next sites are going to be Newark, New Jersey, and Savannah, Georgia. I watched the BMW i3s at Delaware University [an early V2X pilot], and my mind was blown. The TCO right now, I can honestly say 75% or 80% operates under the cost of diesel. His name is Tom Gage.