Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MAY 5, 2023

KIMLAB ] The Star Wars universe does have a thing for gold legged robots. A2Z ] Don’t let that clear blue sky fool you—the ground in Oregon in the spring is like Jello, which makes walking a challenge. Happy May the 4th from KIMLAB! NCCR ] Lex Fridman interviews Boston Dynamics CEO Rob Player. [ Stanford HAI ]

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Baidu Research USA and Oregon State University has shown that applying algorithms originally developed for natural language processing (NLP)—which helps computers parse human language—can vastly speed up predictions of RNA folding and the design of RNA sequences for vaccines. But that's not the only way, or even the best way, to do it.

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