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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Tanenbaum went on to serve as president of AT&T’s New Jersey Bell (now part of Verizon ) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. The research paved the way for more effective solar power generation.

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach, Calif. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. [ Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.

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Axion Power’s PbC PowerCube battery energy storage system integrated into PJM utility grid

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the developer of advanced lead­carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), announced that its PowerCube battery energy storage and battery system is being integrated as a power resource for the PJM Regulation Market, which serves 58 million people in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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billion more solar panels. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia. seconds per part. seconds per part, an 84 percent improvement from a century ago—even though the assembly process has exploded in complexity. I want to build more robots that improve the environment we live in.

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Video Friday: Dronut

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. EPFL ] This is some very, very impressive robust behavior on ANYmal, part of Joonho Lee's master's thesis at ETH Zurich. [ ETH Zurich ] NTT DOCOMO, INC. ugo ] Robot, make me a sandwich.

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Video Friday: Sweet Bite Ham Ham

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Campfire ] via [ RobotStart ] Venus is home to one of the most extreme environments in the solar system.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Karen’s model for Georg proved most valuable in simulating elevation, road terrain and other environmental factors that would potentially hinder the Tesla Roadster’s progress through different parts of the country. She also provided valuable support for the Midwest region of the U.S. in planning overnight charging locations and events.