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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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After full review, NASA and SpinLaunch will publish all non-proprietary launch environment information from the test flight. The program is funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and managed at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., Naval Research Laboratory , in Washington, D.C.,

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

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Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. El Centro, Calif.

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Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

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DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program recently conducted its third experiment to assess the performance of off-road unmanned vehicles. As at the previous events, teams from Carnegie Mellon University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington participated.

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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In 2017, Ford announced it would invest $1 billion over five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021, and for potential license to other companies. Earlier post.).

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. of Washington Clean Energy Institute; Washington State U.; of California (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles); U.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

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I imagined using it as a way to once again manipulate my physical environment after years of just lying in bed.” Edsinger then cofounded a robotics startup that was acquired by Google in 2013. I’d become frustrated with the complexity of the robots being built to do manipulation in home environments and around people,” says Edsinger.

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