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Tesla holds its first Model Y vehicle delivery event in the UK

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Tesla shared a video and pictures of the first Model Y — right-hand drive — vehicles that recently arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) from Giga Shanghai. Tesla’s gigafactory in Germany has not received its final approval to start production from Brandenburg’s Environment Agency yet.

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Honda R&D using IBM Watson IoT technology for real-time monitoring and data analysis in F1 racers

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The data is analyzed in real-time by researchers at HRD Sakura, Honda’s R&D facility in Japan dedicated to automotive motorsports and the McLaren Honda F1 team in the United Kingdom. The solution can handle very high data throughput rates, up to millions of events or messages per second.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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After graduating in 2005 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , with a doctorate in physics, Agrawal decided to move to the United Kingdom. “I In 2011 she took a position at the university as a lecturer and started her own LGBTQ+ network there so she could help create a better environment. Launching a DEI Startup.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif., where 17 teams from around the world competed for US $8 million in prize money.

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New subsea well-capping device to bolster UK emergency underwater oil spill response capability

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The cap works by shutting in and holding pressure on an uncontrolled well and uses a choke and a series of valves which close down and stop the flow of hydrocarbons into the marine environment. The well-capping device was built in order to seal off an uncontrolled subsea well in the event of a major well control incident—i.e.,

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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

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traffic management data such as information about temporary disruptions (roadworks) or events and strategic diversion recommendation accessible to navigation systems and to take this into account in route planning. The net effect is that you drive more calmly and more safely, save fuel and protect the environment all at the same time.

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