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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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We lost our rudder.and we’re taking on water fast.” which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. At 6:36 a.m., on 3 December 2020, the U.S The voice hiccupped, almost as if the man were struggling.

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Rivian collaborates with non-profit to preserve biodiversity and fight climate change

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We're excited to collaborate with @nature_org to help protect our land and water. Rivian and TNC solidified their partnership on a trip through the Nachusa Grasslands , just a few hours away from the EV maker’s manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. It was only right a camping trip led to this.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since then, Psyonic has received funding from the University of Illinois Technology Entrepreneur Center , the iVenture Accelerator , and the U.S.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. But during her time as a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the aerospace industry went through a period of mass layoffs.

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Rivian Gear shop reminds owners of the company’s sustainable adventure goals

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The shop features T-shirts, sweatshirts, and caps with Normal, Illinois printed on them, almost like one of the souvenirs tourists buy during trips to new and fun places. The modular kitchen also comes with a 4-gallon water tank. The Gear Shop listed a three-person tent package , which includes a ladder, cargo crossbars, and a 2.5”

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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While solar and wind provide carbon-free electricity or H 2 through water splitting, they lack the ability to directly produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals without additional carbon sources. By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change. Dr. Gogoi is also Asst.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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The IEEE Fellow received the 2021 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award “for pioneering the design of consumer-friendly personal computers.” Even though IEEE Life Member Jack Jewell has been active with IEEE for more than 30 years, he says his mouth still waters when he receives the latest Photonics Technology Letters in the mail.