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The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

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The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided $500 million of the $700 million in financing for First Solar’s India factory. That’s good for the United States and it’s good for India. That’s good for the United States and it’s good for India. Get started here. –ad*

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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Johnson is working to change those shortcomings with her fintech startup, Global Mobile Finance , which is based in Morrisville, N.C. She developed the geeRemit app to let people in the United States send money to people in sub-Saharan Africa. The app would then suggest the person set aside money. IEEE Fellow Sandra K.

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Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work

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Trying to maintain strong cybersecurity for a hybrid workforce and protecting their systems from cyberattacks as more and more employees’ personal devices have been connected to the company’s systems. What are today’s tech leaders concerned about? The tech leaders also are trying to find enough technologists to fill job openings.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Westar Energy. The solicitation can provide up to $4.5

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In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In

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the parent company of Consolidated Controls), to finance the development of Devol’s invention. The user would repeat this process to record a sequence of events that the Unimate could play back. At the time, many workers worried that their jobs would be replaced by robots, so Engelberger took pains to make the Unimate seem personable.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Terry Byland is the only person to have received this kind of implant in both eyes. I] went from being just a person that was doing the testing to being a spokesman,” he remembers. Over that time, 36 serious and 152 nonserious “adverse events” were observed. It was her Argus II retinal implant system powering down. Terry Byland.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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