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Ford, MIT project uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian traffic & predict demand for new, on-demand electric shuttles

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Ford Motor Company and MIT are collaborating on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services, such as ride-hailing and point-to-point shuttles services. —ACL director Professor Jonathan How.

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Magna to showcase its electrification and autonomy solutions at CES 2018

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Attendees can also design their own new mobility vehicle and take their bespoke design for a virtual test drive. The company has already partnered with universities (including MIT, Stanford, etc.), In addition, the company will showcase its latest electrification technology through its e1 demonstration concept vehicle.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Prabhakar Patil, former CEO, LG Chem Power, and Chief Engineer of Hybrid Technologies, Ford Motor Company. Prior to joining LGCPI in 2005, Dr. Patil spent 27 years of his professional career at Ford Motor Company in various engineering and management positions. Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram, Professor, University of Texas at Austin.

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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

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A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. John Goodenough from the University of Texas as Austin, has found one of the most effective catalysts yet discovered for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for use in water-splitting to produce hydrogen or in rechargeable metal-air batteries. We further show that this design.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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Nissan says it will have first commercially-viable autonomous drive vehicles by 2020; across the range in 2 vehicle generations

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Nissan Motor Co., Nissan said that its engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from universities including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo. Autonomous drive will have implications throughout the design and construction of cars.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He worked at the university at the time of his death. where he continued his networking work.

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