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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Resources. Passerini (2018) “A cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries“ Nat.

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Education Week Spotlights Programs for Students and Professionals

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Its technical societies and its councils, sections, and regional groups offer educational events and resources at every level to support technical professions and prepare the workforce of tomorrow. From 2 to 8 April, IEEE is highlighting resources available to students, educators, and technical professionals with IEEE Education Week.

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From Introvert to IEEE Influencer

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He has penned several research papers and is the author of an IEEE-USA book. Kalra says he found his voice in 2016 after becoming a member of the IEEE student branch at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, Delhi. In his first semester, he created a program to speed up checking out books from the university’s library.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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Wakoma “There aren’t a lot of resources out there that show people how to build a network without spending a ton of money,” says the startup’s founder, Eric Nitschke. For those without access to a 3D printer, Wakoma partners with facilities that do, such as universities and makerspaces and fablabs, which can print and ship the components.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

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After the article was published, I received an email from Michelle Travis , who was writing a book about dads and daughters. Travis is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law , where she co-directs its Work Law and Justice Program. I was one of the fathers featured in the book.)

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

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Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Laser printers.

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Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

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Potential applications include tackling fake profiles on social media, distributing a global universal basic income (UBI), and empowering new forms of digital democracy. The founders envisaged Worldcoin as a global distribution network for universal basic income. But decentralization also enables new kinds of manipulation, including.