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Stratasys responds to COVID-19 pandemic by ramping up production of 3D-printed personal protection equipment

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We see additive manufacturing as an essential part of the response to the COVID-19 global epidemic. The strengths of 3D printing—be anywhere, print virtually anything, adapt on the fly—make it a capability for helping address shortages of parts related to shields, masks, and ventilators, among other things.

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AI Tool for COVID Monitoring Offers Solution for Urban Congestion

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part II)

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Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. new trend in design for American motor cars. Previously a New York City affair, it went on the road for the first time in 1953.

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GM’s Maven and Uber to pilot flexible car-sharing offer

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Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, and Uber Technologies, Inc., The 90-day pilot will launch in San Francisco as part of Uber’s Vehicle Solutions program, which provides driver-partners flexible options to access vehicles they can drive on the Uber platform. with more on the way.

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Amtrak invests $2.4B for next-gen Alstom Avelia high-speed trainsets and infrastructure upgrades

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The contract is part of $2.45 billion that will be invested on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor (NEC) as part of a multifaceted modernization program to renew and expand the Acela Express service. The first prototype of the new trainsets will be ready in 2019, with the first trainset entering revenue service in 2021.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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As Fouché recounts in his book, Woods found himself repeatedly stymied by opportunists aiming to use his ingenuity as the seed for get-rich-quick schemes that cut the inventor out of the get-rich part. I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. You can say, ‘Oh, that person did that.’

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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 The EV industry is focusing on the personal car market, trying to make the range as large as possible.

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