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MIT Report Outlines System-Oriented Coordinated Polices for Reduction in Light-Duty Vehicle Petroleum Use and Emissions

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A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. For policymakers in Washington, taking a systems view is difficult because of the politics involved.

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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So let’s take a moment to contemplate the origins of an iconic corporation. To provide these various products, countless little companies popped up, most of them lost to history. ITR soon became known as the company for time-recording products in the United States and Canada. In 1911, the Washington, D.C.–based

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AC Kinetics to showcase next-generation motor control software at ARPA-E Summit; 10-40% reduction in energy consumption and improved performance

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will introduce its next-generation motor control technology at the upcoming ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C., The AC Kinetics drive algorithms can be integrated seamlessly with AC drive products currently available from major manufacturers. The testing was completed and published by MIT in May 2012.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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In May 2012, the Energy Department, alongside its Japanese partners, announced a successful field trial of methane hydrate production technologies on Alaska’s North Slope. Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT will work with the U.S. Earlier post.).

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Bob Kahn on the Birth of “Inter-networking”

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Bob Kahn: I got my PhD from Princeton in 1964 and took a job as an assistant professor at MIT in the electrical engineering department. There was a series of reports that Paul Baran wrote at the RAND Corporation on distributed communications. Licklider who came to ARPA from BBN (and MIT before that). I was there for a few years.

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

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If successful, TRANSNET projects will provide travelers information and signals to pursue more efficient travel, leading to less traffic, lower fuel consumption and emissions and more productive transportation networks. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. TRANSNET Awards. Lead organization. Description.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. of Washington). coli as an electrofuels chassis for isooctane production. coli; Product: Isooctane. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen; Organism: Cupriavidus necator; Product: Biodiesel.

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