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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. The Connected Traveler: A Framework to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation. University of Maryland at College Park.

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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

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Passengers can also ask for recommendations on local destinations such as popular restaurants or historical sites based on analysis of personal preferences. or specific vehicle functions (“how does this feature work?” or even “are we there yet?”).

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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First, by describing the white-glove Valet Service, where owners get personalized attention at their appointments, including all cars being detailed after the service is completed, and the service technician leaving a handwritten note for the owner.

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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

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But the appellate judge ruled that the Washington Privacy Act requires plaintiffs to prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened. The plaintiffs in the four other cases had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. It’s not clear what it’s going to take to move the needle on the privacy issue.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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A blockchain is essentially a fault-tolerant, decentralized collection of records, or blocks, that are connected and secured by cryptography. Instead of one organization managing all of this information, blockchains store data via a network of personal computers.

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InDEED, a success

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A wide range of EVs were displayed online, from electric farm equipment in rural areas to EV school buses in Montgomery County , Maryland. We connected with a lot of people.” Programs were conducted in English, Spanish, and Manderin Chinese. DEED event on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

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Naval Ordnance Laboratory , in Maryland, had figured out how to manufacture this alloy, which was soon marketed by an outfit called Arnold Engineering Co. Complex logic circuits could be implemented by connecting such cores together in various arrangements. ATX standard for personal computers required a carefully regulated 3.3-volt

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