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From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by Intel. Chau hired Kavalieros as a summer intern in 1994 when he was pursuing his Ph.D. He grew up in the Bahamas, then moved to Florida for high school and college. Intel scooped up Kavalieros as he completed his doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Florida.

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Researchers demonstrate continuous detonation in rotating detonation rocket engine with H2/O2

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A team from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has demonstrated continuous detonation in a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) ( earlier post ) powered by H 2 /O 2 propellants. Developing this method to characterize the detonation wave dynamics is another contribution of this article.

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United Launch Alliance successfully test fires new Vulcan rocket

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ULA is currently conducting an investigation into the cause of the anomaly, and according to ULA CEO Tory Bruno, they found the issue was on the Centaur upper stage itself, but they are still determining if changes will need to be made to its current flight article that is stacked on Vulcan. Space Force and other government payloads.

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How 5G’s Rollout Rattled Hundreds of Pilots

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In February, a passenger plane on approach to the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans experienced erratic low altitude warnings as it flew below 1,000 feet. In March, a commercial jet landing on autopilot at Los Angeles International Airport suddenly went into an aggressive descent just 100 feet above the ground. “I

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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Tesla offered to help Porsche with battery management through Audi contacts years ago, but Porsche management at the time rejected any external help, saying it could handle everything internally, the source noted. b) Yellow – review with Porsche internal technical department. A Risky Business. c) Red – replacement .

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. The European Service Module for NASA’s Artemis II mission is shown suspended from a crane in May at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. This article appears in the January 2024 print issue as “Back to the Moon, Almost.” It’s a demonstration that the U.S.

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That Was the Year That Was

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We published our 2,000 th article this year. We took to the road to report on most of the new EVs hitting the market, as well as plug-in hybrids, fuel cell electric vehicles, hybrids and the best of the legacy internal combustion engine models. Clean Fleet Report has been growing along with the market. Looking to 2023.

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