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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

Houston chapter leads toward clean energy in Texas. The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We I remember one guy who was irate just because he had to drive around us as he left a box store.”

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

Cars That Think

He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The event focused on how AWS is helping startups that are developing health care technology. Although they didn’t win, Tiwari moved ahead with developing the app.

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

Green Car Congress

University of Houston. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. The projects listed have been selected for negotiation of final awards; final amount may vary. Lead organization. Description.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

Baua Electric

Every creation from the baker Mariela Camacho feels simultaneously innovative and nostalgic — as if a panadería took a trip through the snack aisle of an American grocery store. BBQ , outside Houston) the state’s most fully realized Asian-influenced barbecue place.

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

Also noted as important achievements were the Electrify America sponsorship that provided chapter support, the EVA efforts to help shape EV-friendly building codes and policy, the EVA participation at Fully Charged LIVE , and the over 500 EV events of all sizes hosted by chapters around the country.

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Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. This arrangement provides the dual function of adapting to objects with different geometries, varying surface contact force characteristics, and storing energy in the form of elastic potential.

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Agility Robotics ] Oh My DOT is a soup noodle specialty store where you can enjoy a combination of 10 types of unique soup base called “Soup DOT” and 3 types of noodles to enjoy your favorite taste.