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High School Students Built This iPhone App for the Visually Impaired

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Atheia is a mobile app that makes observations about a user’s environment to improve spatial awareness and safety. In addition, the search feature directs users to objects in their environment through haptic feedback and audio instructions. “The immediate application we thought of was a visual aid for people with low or no vision.”.

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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. ABS reviewed the design for an extended 30-year facility on-station life. OTEC power cycle.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. he helped develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) , the first U.S.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Fighting the effects of climate change requires constant innovation and action, and Amazon is partnering with companies who share our passion for inventing new ways to minimize our impact on the environment.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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In Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon , members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. And yet who better to design the next great leap in technology than men remade by technology themselves? As Verne understood, the U.S.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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VR headsets allow students to immerse themselves in realistic digital environments to learn math and science by solving real-world problems, such as calculating how high a house’s foundation should be raised to offset the risk of flooding. The system is essentially being designed alongside the schools that are using it.”

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EV Charging: WeaveGrid–Preparing Utilities for the Coming EV Boom

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in Environment & Resources, Energy & Cleantech along with an MBA. WeaveGrid’s first flagship customer is Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), as seen in the images above and below. WeaveGrid is Designed for EVs. Apoorv Bhargava, co-founder and CEO, has an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering.