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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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One will provide Internet to rural Peru, two will service airplanes and cruise liners, and the final satellite’s use is yet to be disclosed. The series would consist of two races lasting 30 minutes apiece, with no battery swaps or charging allowed. That same year, the company plans to launch four more microGEOs.

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Adani Group’s USD 1.2-bn copper plant to boost India’s metal production – ET Auto

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Technologies critical to the energy transition like electric vehicles (EVs), charging infrastructure, solar photovoltaics (PV), wind and batteries, all require copper. The two top producers — Chile and Peru — account for 38 per cent of world production. India imports roughly two million tonnes of sulphuric acid.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. But now that Microsoft was in charge, failure wasn’t an option. It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru. In 1993, Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0

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