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The 2024 Not-a-Boring Competition kicks off with 130 students

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This year, TBC added three mini-competitions or projects that can be completed in shorter timelines than the main event. For the 2024 Not-a-Boring Competition’s main event, teams will compete in three categories. The student teams will compete based on maximum tunneling speed and innovation. Who can beat Gary the Snail?

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Nissan to lead EC-backed multi-standard rapid charge network project in UK and Ireland

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Nissan is leading a consortium which aims to establish a network of rapid chargers for electric vehicles running the full length and breadth of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The rapid chargers being deployed will be the first multi-standard units in public operation in Europe.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. 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

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The Who, Where, and How of Regulating AI

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The nonprofit Center for Data Innovation has endorsed the hands-off approach taken by the United Kingdom and India ; those countries intend to use existing regulations to address the potential problems of AI. The course of events in Europe could certainly help governments around the world learn by example. What does the E.U.’s

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

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In October the organization surveyed 350 CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, and other technology leaders in Brazil, China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He is a robotics and automation expert at Salford University , in England. Other scenarios involve maintenance procedures.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif., Global competition In the Long Beach convention center, XPrize did its best to create an atmosphere that was part rock concert, part sporting event, and part robotics research conference and expo. Live commentary accompanied each competitor’s run.

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Vertical Flight Society hosting first hydrogen aviation symposium in US

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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), a non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, is holding the first public event in the United States on the use of hydrogen and fuel cells for aviation applications. The event, the 1 st H2-Aero Symposium & Workshop , is being held 29-31 March 2022, in Long Beach, California.

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