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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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Called the Woven City , it will be a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen fuel cells. With people, buildings and vehicles all connected and communicating with each other through data and sensors, we will be able to test connected AI technology… in both the virtual and the physical realms … maximizing its potential.

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EC JRC report explores future of road transport; moving away from system centered on private car ownership

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The Joint Research Center (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, has released a report exploring the future of road transport, given the advent of automated, connected, low-carbon and shared mobility. In some urban areas, such as London, commuters lose up to 100 hours per year in congestion.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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Ford Smart Mobility is the company’s plan to deliver the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data; the initial stage was the creation of 25 mobility experiments across the globe. In many cities, driving a personal vehicle from home to work is not feasible. Earlier post.).

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Jaguar Land Rover and EPSRC announce $17M autonomous vehicle research program; 5 projects selected

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As part of its strategic partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, EPSRC issued a joint call for research proposals that focussed on developing fully autonomous cars: “ Towards Autonomy - Smart and Connected Control ”. Led by Dr. Secure Cloud-based Distributed Control (SCDC) Systems for Connected Autonomous Cars.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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Agrawal found solace in advocacy and support organizations in London after moving there in 2005. She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. She joined City, University of London , as a research fellow working on computational photonics.

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How DeepMind Is Reinventing the Robot

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What these applications have in common is that they involve learning and operating in a constrained, predictable environment. Raia Hadsell , head of robotics at DeepMind , Google's London-based AI partner. That might work in the perfectly predictable environment of a simulation, but it could never work in complex, messy reality.

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Ford and Pivotal collaborate on software platform for FordPass

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FordPass, described as a free digital, physical and personal platform, is an ambitious new customer service product that incorporates software services and apps, human agents and storefronts and is intended to support the company’s strategic transformation into an auto and a mobility company.

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