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Ballard Power subsidiary Protonex receives $5.8M purchase order for power manager units

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million purchase order for the supply of Squad Power Manager ( SPM-622 ) Special Operations Kits for end customer US Special Operations Command. These Protonex SPM-622 kits have been specifically designed for the requirements of US Special Operations Command and will be deployed with designated Special Operations forces for use in the field.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power launches module system for EV and ESS applications; no-weld integration

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earlier post ) recently launched its Ensemble Module System; a “kit” of standard components that provides OEMs and pack assemblers with a simple, cost-effective way to assemble large format battery pack solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) applications. Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. after her parents bought her chemistry kits. Her parents also bought her older brother engineering kits, and Parker helped him complete them. But by the time she started there, he had left to join the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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First, the 3D-printing facilities and services available in Ukraine usually use fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printing technology, which often results in components with poor performance and less than optimal survivability in wartime. There are a couple of reasons for this.

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First minimal synthetic bacterial cell designed and constructed by scientists at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics; 473 genes

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Pelletier, Center for Bits and Atoms and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. Ellisman, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research; James F. Strychalski, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. Engine: Air Squared, Aradex, Atkinson LLC, Bowman, Daimler, Gigatronik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Obrist.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. So much care was lavished on MAXC’s hardware and software that it held the all-time record for continuous availability as a node on the ARPAnet. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976.

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