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7 finalists announced for USDOT Smart City Challenge; Amazon Web Services new partner

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The USDOT has pledged up to $40 million (funding subject to future appropriations) to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors—into their transportation network.

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

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Yelizarova says that another motivation for the contest was to see what sorts of ideas people would come up with. And the idea that such a world might be possible is a future that I want to fight for.” The first, a solo effort by Rebecca Rapple of Portland, Ore., Better to ourselves, our neighbors, our planet.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The city proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs.

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

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Portland, Ore., But I had no idea of how bad because, like most people, I had no way to measure it. I had the monitor installed, working, and connected to the Airthings app less than 10 minutes after it arrived at my doorstep, in June. The summer of 2020 brought wildfire to. as it did to so many other cities across the world.

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U Oregon researchers use machine learning algorithms to provide bicyclists with Green Wave capability; communicating with traffic signals

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In those first two projects, Fickas and his team successfully built and deployed a hardware and software product called ‘Bike Connect’ which allowed people on bikes to give hands-free advance information to an upcoming traffic signal, using their speed and direction of travel to increase the likelihood the signal would be green upon arrival.

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A Very Dark Day with the Joule Chargers

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I apologize for this huge inconvenience, I have no idea why they would change the design. Their technician insisted that the chargers should be fine for a series connected battery pack. EV Awareness Day here in Portland is only three weeks away and I've got to get this beast charging correctly. Here's to being stubborn.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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New ideas like Tesloop keep popping up. The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated.

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