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Georgia Tech team develops AI to read EV charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps

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A team from Georgia Tech has developed an AI that can analyze user reviews of electric vehicle charging stations, allowing it accurately to identify places where there are insufficient or out-of-service stations. Predicted discussion frequency of station availability for US metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.

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U.S. Tech Salaries Grow, But Not For Everyone

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The median income for tech professionals hit US $154,443 in 2020, up from $148,500 in 2019. This data—and some 60 more pages of detailed salary and job satisfaction statistics—comes from IEEE-USA's 2021 Salary & Benefits survey. Adjusted to constant 2020 dollars, that's about a 2.8 percent increase.

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Virginia Tech team developing intelligent wearable analyzer for pollutants in transportation-related workplaces

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With a $2.3-million (..)

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Toyota to invest additional $95M in Preferred Networks; joint R&D on deep learning AI tech in mobility-related fields

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DL is expected to revolutionize data analytics that are currently based on traditional statistical modeling or conventional machine learning techniques with two distinctive features. DL models can easily handle extremely high-dimensional data.

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Virginia Tech report finds national crash rate for conventional vehicles higher than crash rate of self-driving cars

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A new report, “ Automated Vehicle Crash Rate Comparison Using Naturalistic Data ,” performed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and commissioned by Google, shows that the crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars.

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Tesla Leads Italy’s BEV Market Rebound In March

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Official statistics for March (see UNRAE) offer a glimpse of hope for electric […] As the rest of Europe enjoys new records, the Bel Paese also boasted a strong performance in March. The road to recovery is, however, still paved with uncertainty.

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Mesh Wearables Meld Micro Sensors and LoRa Smarts

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As healthcare wearables for various medical conditions and situations proliferate, patients inevitably want their wearable tech as inconspicuous and worry-free as possible. This tech, developed by researchers at the University of Arizona , features long-range, low-power data transmission and receiving as well as wireless power charging.

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