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First Bosch-powered electric bikes enter Taiwan thanks to Tern

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But there are still major markets getting their first taste of the highly-engineered drivetrains. Bosch’s mid-drive motors are now entering Taiwan, rolling in on Tern’s Vektron and Quick Haul e-bikes. Electrek’s Take When I first heard this news, I was surprised to find out that Taiwan didn’t have any Bosch-powered e-bikes yet.

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Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

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Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. In an open-access paper in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels , they report that under microaerobic conditions, the engineered strain produced 6.9

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New hybrid electric ferry launches in Taiwan with Visedo electric propulsion system

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The Cijian Island passenger ferry is retrofitted with a Visedo electric propulsion system, replacing the original diesel engine. It heralds Asia’s first hybrid electric ferry and, if successful, the Kaohsiung City Government plans to retrofit the rest of its diesel fleet to help reduce pollution levels around Taiwan’s largest harbor.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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The Evolution of Zenith (and the TV Industry) 1918. production facilities, in Matamoros, Mexico, and in Taiwan, and patents surface-wave intermediate-frequency filter. Zenith halves R&D staff, laying off about 200 engineers. Zenith’s scheme for stereo TV, Multi-channel Television Sound, is accepted as the industry standard.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Starting in the mid-1980s, as chip manufacturing in the country accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim at. Since then, he has been revered in the South Korean media as the industry’s “godfather.”

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How We Celebrate Engineers

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That’s why The Institute has put more emphasis on profiling the careers of those working in industry, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s In addition to putting a spotlight on the accomplishments of individual engineers, The Institute also covers the history of technology.

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India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

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India’s is the latest in a string of efforts to boost domestic chip manufacturing in the hope of making nations and regions more independent in what’s seen as a strategically critical industry. “On There could not have been a better time for India to make its entry into the semiconductor manufacturing industry.”

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