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IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

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More than 150 public libraries throughout the central United States now lend out activity kits that let children explore just about any aspect of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The kits teach youngsters what engineers do, as well as how to code, build robots, design video games, and create animations.

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Big Meats: Jeep Offers 35-Inch Tires on 2-Door Wrangler

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Anyone popping for the $62,295 Rubicon X will get this gear as standard kit. Production starts at the Ohio plant in March. Priced at $4,495, the package is available on these rigs equipped with the 2.0-liter liter turbo engine and includes the obvious 35-inch tires (LT315/70R17 if you prefer that metric), beadlock capable wheels, a 1.5

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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

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Interest In EVs accelerates in Ohio BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Finally, a local manufacturer brought electric kit vehicles that were driven around the garage to the delight of the attendees.

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BASF to invest three-digit million Euros on advanced automotive battery activities over next 5 years

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Part of this investment is also being channeled into the production plant for advanced cathode materials already under construction in Elyria, Ohio, sponsored by the US Department of Energy. In January, BASF and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) founded a joint laboratory for the development of innovative battery materials.

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Lockheed Martin invests in Peloton Technology and truck platooning

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To date, the Peloton System has logged more than 15,000 platooning miles and been showcased in on-highway demonstrations, government, private and fleet tests in Nevada, Utah, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Alabama and Michigan. Demonstrations and fleet pilot deployments in additional states will be held later this year.

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GM to take a position greater than $1 billion in Flint, Mich., for next-gen HD pickups

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The automaker’s Flint Steel Middle, which produces sheet steel stampings, will obtain $233 million towards unutilized stamping dies, press enhancements and kit. The cash will proceed towards increasing the frame store and common meeting conveyor, in addition to unutilized tooling. terminating moment, a 37 p.c building up from 2021.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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A solar electricity system for a community garden At the Charles Madison Nabrit Memorial Garden in Columbus Ohio, Damon Nabrit [right] shows a participant how a FarmBot works. Thirty-five students and several faculty members from the Ohio State University engineering college , in Columbus, designed an environmentally friendly solution.