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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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Another chart in the report shows that most of that private investment in generative AI is happening in the United States. Companies release foundation models both to push the state-of-the-art forward and to give developers a foundation on which to build products and services. Google released the most in 2023.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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But extending it to handle multiple networks—whose reliability couldn’t be taken for granted—was a different story. The networks couldn’t be changed and couldn’t know that they were part of the Internet, because they already existed,” Cerf recalls recently in an interview at his office at Google, in Reston, Va. in Santa Monica, Calif.,

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How EV Charging Boosts Value at Commercial Real Estate

Blink Charging

According to research firm Nareit, commercial real estate in the United States was valued at nearly $21 trillion in the second quarter of 2021. In the future, we can expect to see mandates for including EV charging infrastructure at new buildings and retrofitting parking lots at existing buildings. million by 2028.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Technology Innovation Institute (TII) ’s Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) is leading one promising approach to building an autonomous security testbed that explores the interplay between how hardware, software, and communications systems can be exploited so that they can be hardened.

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Automaker Plug-in Hybrid PR Flurry

Plugs and Cars

In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects. 50,000 grants of $10,000 to purchasers of plug-in cars might just drive the market. The buzz about the Volt has generated automaker PR reactions. One big corporate "ME TOO!"

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How Government Incentives Help Convenience Stores Install Electric Vehicle Chargers

Blink Charging

The United States Interstate Highway System is often referred to as the “greatest public works project in American history.” 1 million publicly accessible Level 2 charging ports at locations that include high-density neighborhoods, office buildings, and retail outlets. kW of electricity.

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