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Thomson Reuters report finds established auto industry companies, not Silicon Valley, leading development of autonomous driving tech

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Established automotive industry companies—not Silicon Valley—are leading the development of autonomous driving technology, according to a new report from the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters. Google ranks 19 th in the world in this area, followed by Ford at number 20.

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Berkeley Lab and MIT launch the Materials Project search engine to speed development of new materials

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This research tool will help the United States compete with other developers of new materials, and could potentially create new domestic industries. By accelerating the development of new materials, we can drive discoveries that not only help power clean energy, but also are used in common consumer products.

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WiTricity extends recent funding for a total of $52M

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Covic leads industrial and EV wireless power research efforts, is a pioneer in inductive power transfer, and actively collaborates in WiTricity research. Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MacArthur Fellow and WiTricity founder. and postdoctoral researchers on campus working on wireless charging.

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Toyota Research Institute CEO Pratt outlines initial AI/robotics mandates; trillion-mile reliability

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The investment is in addition to the $50 million investment over the next five years with MIT and Stanford, each close by TRI’s new offices, to establish joint fundamental artificial intelligence research centers at each university.) To those ends, TRI has launched 30 initial projects with its partners at Stanford and MIT.

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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in 3D printing company Desktop Metal in Series C round

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The investment comes as part of Desktop Metal’s $45-million C round of financing, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), as well as BMW i Ventures and Lowe’s Ventures. Desktop Metal will use the funding to continue to develop its technology and scale production as the company prepares for its product launch later this year.

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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What skills from the animal world can be used for industrial applications? Paper ] MIT CSAIL grad students speak about what they think is the most important unsolved problem in computer science today. [ Regular monitoring of individual plant species allows for more sophisticated decision-making. RSL ] ICRA 2023 is in London!

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” IEEE EDISON MEDAL Sponsor: Samsung Electronics Co. IEEE THEODORE W.

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