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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Kairos Power, Oakland, Calif. Development of low-cost magnetocaloric materials, $150,000 General Engineering and Research, L.L.C., Madison, Wis. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. San Diego, Calif.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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Development of a Low-Cost Lens® Engine. This project will enable a broad proliferation of metal AM through the development of a modular, cost-effective “LENS® Engine” for metal laser deposition, which can be installed into virtually any modern machine tool. and US Army Benet Laboratories). and The Timken Company).

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University. The campus-wide study will evaluate the effectiveness of GEKOT’s solutions.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif., Alamouti says tokens, enabled by distributed ledgers, could replace cash as a method of exchange, with low-cost transaction fees. From selling makeup to becoming an engineer. Born in Tehran, Alamouti did not grow up wanting to be an engineer.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Deploying the armies of laborers at BYD is an officer corps of managers and engineers who invent and design the products. Wang says the engineers come from Chinas best schools.

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