Cars That Think

APRIL 14, 2022

First place in the best overall proof-of-concept category went to social enterprise startup Wakoma for the Nimble , an open-source, portable, wireless mesh network system that communities can build and deploy locally. Our team is accelerating this with localized open-source hardware and software and capacity building.”

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South Africa Czech Republic Connect Connected 96

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

With the support of a 2015 National Science Foundation grant, the Sounds Of New York City (SONYC) project was founded to build and deploy noise sensors, working in collaboration with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection , the city agency tasked with enforcing the noise code.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 28, 2010

The first phase of the work will focus on integrating electric car charging with homes and buildings. Among the challenges Nielsen sees are equipping homes with the appropriate wiring for car charging, administering low-cost metering plans from utilities, and managing car cables so people don’t trip over them.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Renewable Power (4 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Manganese is also abundant and low-cost and with the use of proprietary additives, CPI believes a calendar life of more than 15 years is achievable within a vehicle with proper design and operation. it would bring down the neighborhood. As the technology gets fixed, the anode is more of an issue related to fast charge.

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