WBUR/The Boston Globe: These energy suppliers say they can save you money. Regulators say it’s a scam.
Green Energy Consumers
APRIL 1, 2024
This blog is a repost of a story that was produced by a partnership of the Boston Globe and WBUR.
Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. Monica has worked with Boston Dynamics to choreograph some of their robot videos in which Atlas , Spot , and even Handle dance to songs like Do You Love Me? Monica Thomas: Yeah.
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Stop & Shop, Robomart to launch teleoperated driverless grocery vehicles in Boston this spring
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2019
Stop & Shop is partnering with Robomart to launch driverless grocery vehicle service in the Greater Boston area beginning in Spring 2019. Stop & Shop customers in the Boston area can summon a Robomart vehicle with a smartphone app. When finished shopping, they just close the doors and send the vehicle on its way.
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Boston is going is going big on installing curbside EV chargers
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Photo: Itselectric Boston is EV-friendly, but it needs more accessible chargers, so it’s going to install hundreds of public curbside EV chargers. I’ve had to use my credit card to get into a parking garage in Boston to fast charge, and it’s a real pain.) They can then plug and charge at any Itselectric charger in Boston and beyond.
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Q&A: Marc Raibert on the Boston Dynamics AI Institute
Cars That Think
AUGUST 16, 2022
Last week, Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced an initial investment of over $400 million to launch the new Boston Dynamics AI Institute. If we can start by looking back a little bit—what kind of company did you want Boston Dynamics to be when you founded it in 1992? It took a while before we got back to robotics.
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IEEE’s Honor Society Gave This Boston University Student Tools to Succeed
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 17, 2023
As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Greene was a guest lecturer for an introduction to engineering course at the Wentworth Institute of Technology , also in Boston. “If
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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2017
Honda Research Institute (HRI), a Honda R&D subsidiary, and Boston University have agreed to begin joint research in the area of data security and privacy for artificial intelligence (AI) research. In order to enable AI to cooperate with people, personal information about the users must be collected and analyzed. Honda noted.
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Li-ion maker Boston Power secures US$290M from two local Chinese governments for expansion
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Li-ion maker Boston Power has secured US$290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The expansion of these facilities will allow Boston Power to meet the growing demand by leading Chinese automakers in the Yangtze River Delta and throughout the Bohai Gulf in Northern China.
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Hyundai Motor Group puts Spot to work at Kia’s plant in South Korea
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The Robot is based on Boston Dynamics’ quadruped robot, Spot, with applied artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous navigation, teleoperation technologies, and computing payload (AI Processing Service Unit) developed by the Group’s Robotics Lab for the Robot’s usage in various industrial tasks.
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GM’s Maven car-sharing reaches 1M miles driven in <4 months; Boston, Chicago, and DC joining lineup
Green Car Congress
MAY 19, 2016
In less than four months, Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand ( earlier post ), has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., and is adding Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. As previously announced, Express Drive will expand to additional markets including Boston, Baltimore and DC by the end of the year.
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Lux Research: “The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong”
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2014
In a note following the 2014 Automated Vehicle Symposium, Lux Research said : “ The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. ” The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. Multiple times, we heard the phrase “But Google says.”
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Stratasys responds to COVID-19 pandemic by ramping up production of 3D-printed personal protection equipment
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2020
These include Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Queensborough Community College in New York City, and the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga. A number of other large manufacturers and educational institutions with production grade 3D printers have donated their capacity to help.
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Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on the New Atlas
Cars That Think
APRIL 17, 2024
Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. We talked with Playter about what the heck took Boston Dynamics so long to make this robot, what the vision is for Atlas as a product, all that extreme flexibility, and what comes next.
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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.
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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2022
The 50-person company recently opened a new office in Boston, MA to help expand its roster of engineers, scientists, and professional support staff.
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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Notable that Boston Dynamics is now saying that Atlas “gets ready for real work.” Boston Dynamics ] You deserve to be free from endless chores! Ascento robot enjoying a day in the ski slopes of Davos. Ascento ] Can’t trip Atlas up! Our humanoid robot gets ready for real work combining strength, perception, and mobility.
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Toyota GR86 Blew Engine During Track Day and Was Denied a Warranty Replacement
The Truth About Cars
MAY 24, 2023
The owner, a person named Luke, posted a video to YouTube of the incident, which happened during a high-performance driving day at Palmer Motorsports Park west of Boston. His engine failed during warmup laps at the track, and his run ended with some violent noises and plenty of smoke.
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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company
The Truth About Cars
JULY 6, 2023
Gruner joined Porsche in 1999 from Boston Consulting Group. Both personally and professionally, we wish him all the best.” Porsche Cars North America COO Joe Lawrence and CFO Thierry Kartochian will assume the relevant business duties until a suitable replacement is found.& Image: Porsche AG] Become a& TTAC& insider.
GM’s Maven and Uber to pilot flexible car-sharing offer
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, and Uber Technologies, Inc., There are no additional fees if a driver utilizes the vehicle for personal use. In nine months, Maven has grown to nine markets: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.,
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GM expands Maven carsharing to Denver, LA and San Francisco
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, is expanding to the western United States, adding the Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco markets.
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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries
Cars That Think
MAY 3, 2024
IEEE professionals are paired with graduate students based on technical interest, desired mentoring area, and personality. candidate in computational imaging at Boston University , joined the school’s Kappa Sigma chapter in 2014 and continues to mentor graduate students and help organize events to engage alumni.
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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding
Baua Electric
APRIL 4, 2024
Photo: Alsym Energy Boston-based Alsym Energy, which is developing a nonflammable rechargeable battery that’s cobalt and lithium-free, has announced a $78 million funding round. Alsym Energy will use the funds to grow its Boston-based team and expand its prototyping and pilot lines. Get started here. –
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This small curbside EV charger can deliver 200 miles of range in 13 minutes
Baua Electric
MARCH 25, 2024
Read more: Boston is going is going big on installing curbside EV chargers To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 11, 2017
Future cities include Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. Having unlimited mileage and insurance to cover personal and commercial use are extremely important for drivers in the gig economy. In Boston, Maven Gig will start with 20 Bolt EVs and will scale as infrastructure allows.
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GM Maven introduces monthly offering for members; vehicles include the Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Volt
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2017
Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, has expanded its offerings to include a new monthly service, Maven Reserve. The curated Maven Reserve experience includes a dedicated parking space for the duration of the reservation and a personalized walk-through of the vehicle. and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Video Friday: Co-Expression
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2024
Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person’s smile before the person actually smiles—a major advance in robots predicting human facial expressions accurately, improving interactions, and building trust between humans and robots.
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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 25, 2023
As fate would have it, George was spotted in Boston one day by an acquaintance of the human trafficker who had once held him in bondage. A Black Boston minister paid to free him. Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery.
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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics). Along with Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree, Boston Dynamics’ letter seeks to ensure that its robots are used safely and ethically, in a way that helps rather than harms.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2016
The new trainsets will operate along the Washington – New York – Boston Northeast Corridor initially at speeds up to 160 mph (258 km/h) and will be capable of speeds up to 186 mph (300 km/h) and thus will be able to take advantage of future NEC infrastructure improvements. In only ten years, the number of passengers has increased from 2.4
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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This year, auto dealers in California will be able to go beyond personalized license plate frames to sell “Kindle-ized” license plates, in which the entire plate can display custom text and graphics using e-paper technology. Boston said three more U.S. That’s so last year. or maybe display the driver’s Twitter feed.
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75 It’s Totally Fine for Humanoid Robots to Fall Down
Cars That Think
JULY 22, 2023
Boston Dynamics, developer of the Spot and Atlas robots, may have been the first company to be accused of “ robot abuse ” because of its videos, and the company frequently includes footage of its research robots being unsuccessful as well as successful on YouTube. This is a relatively recent development. Robots should be able to fall.
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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI
Cars That Think
MAY 6, 2023
So who was this unknown person? The identity of the person between Solomonoff and Shannon remained a mystery for some time. The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person. He assured me that the unknown person was not his father. Grace Solomonoff So the unknown person must be Milner!
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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy
Cars That Think
JULY 22, 2023
She has first-hand experience in education: She taught math and physics in Boston-area high schools. She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City.
Video Friday: Googly Eye
Cars That Think
APRIL 21, 2023
Boston Dynamics ] What can robots actually do.today? Can they help the average person beat a high jumper? Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.
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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2015
TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. Project teams will each design a system model that dynamically simulates an urban transportation network and its energy use. 1,576,345.
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Brussels Airport just added 700 EV chargers and they don’t have idle fees
Baua Electric
MARCH 12, 2024
If I left my EV for weeks at Logan Airport in Boston, with just 58 charging stations, it’d probably get towed.) Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Plus, there are no idle fees once your car is fully charged at Brussels.
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, XiMo AG announce advancements in technology for metathesizing natural oils
Green Car Congress
APRIL 15, 2012
Using a Nobel Prize-winning technology called olefin metathesis, the company creates high performance ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, fuels, lubricants and other specialty chemicals markets. Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry at Boston College, and Richard R. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
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Video Friday: $2.6 Billion
Cars That Think
MARCH 1, 2024
NSF-supported researchers from New York University, using first-person video from a head-mounted camera, trained AI models to learn language through the eyes and ears of a child. [ Boston Dynamics ] Modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems are more adaptive than conventional systems.
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Steps Toward Health Data Standards for Wearables
Cars That Think
JULY 27, 2021
Fitness trackers and smartwatches now regularly gather personal health data like heart rate and steps taken per day. Bridging the gap between personal tech and clinical practice, however, is still a real challenge. A proliferation of studies suggest this information can lead to productive health outcomes.
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Autonomous vehicle tech company Nauto enters strategic relationships with 3 automakers, including BMW and Toyota, and Allianz
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2016
Insurers get a more precise view of each and every driver that can help personalize coverage, deliver precision risk assessments, reduce fraudulent claims and provide enhanced urban mobility services for commercial fleets. Nauto’s backers include Playground Global, Draper Nexus and Index Ventures.
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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Koopman led a landmark 17-person trial that tested whether modulating the nervous system’s electrical-signaling patterns could tamp down inflammation and joint pain in RA. The 250-person Reset-RA study, in which half the participants receive no stimulation for the first 12 weeks after implantation, is now evaluating efficacy.
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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots
Cars That Think
MARCH 17, 2023
With the RPD 35, a two-person crew can install pile more productivity than traditional methods. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers
Baua Electric
APRIL 5, 2024
Though the company does not heavily promote the new practice, it has attracted a following among the thrifty by dangling a bargain rate — $49 a person, whether sharing a cabin or traveling solo, before taxes and fees — on a web page that lists available departure dates to attract flexible travelers.
Electra Vehicles, Inc. Announces $21 Million Financing Round led by United Ventures
Electra Vehicles
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Boston, USA & Milan, Italy, 22nd February 2023 - , Electra Vehicles, Inc. , the B2B electric vehicle AI software company headquartered in Boston, USA that produces Cloud and onboard software to optimize the performance of electric vehicle battery systems, announced it has raised $21M in an oversubscribed investment round.
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