article thumbnail

Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

Cars That Think

He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. Vijay Vittal Employer Arizona State University, in Tempe Title Regents professor of electrical, computer, and energy engineering Member grade Life Fellow Alma mater B.M.S. in EE at Iowa State University , in Ames.

Arizona 81
article thumbnail

NOAA study: Increase in stratospheric aerosols has offset some recent climate warming

Green Car Congress

The authors analyzed measurements from several independent sources—satellites and several types of ground instruments—and found a definitive increase in stratospheric aerosol since 2000. The increase in aerosols since 2000 implies a cooling effect of about 0.1 —John Daniel.

Climate 220
article thumbnail

This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

Cars That Think

Clocks 1925–1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2000) is the definitive book on Warren clocks, documenting over 700 models of Telechron and GE clocks. For understanding the entire process of electrifying the United States, and Europe, Thomas Hughes’ Networks of Power (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983) is a classic.

article thumbnail

Corvus Robotics’ Autonomous Drones Tackle Warehouses

Cars That Think

Semi-structured controlled environments, lots of repetitive tasks, and humans that would almost universally rather be somewhere else. Corvus has just recently come out of stealth, and they're currently working on pilot projects with a handful of Global 2000 companies. Warehouses offer all kinds of opportunities for robots.

article thumbnail

The Future of the Transistor Is Our Future

Cars That Think

Almost by definition, all technologies increase human abilities. My lab at the University of California, Berkeley, saw that point coming more than a decade earlier. Between 2000 and 2010, the heat generated per square centimeter of IC was projected by thoughtful researchers to soon reach that of the nuclear-reactor core.

Future 88
article thumbnail

Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

Traveling to Atlanta to complete the training in early 2019, he met up with 2000 like-minded people from all over the world. with the support of the University of Oregon and the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). He’s definitely responsible for a lot of EV adoption.” Charlie is just phenomenal. It’s been a huge success.”

Burma 52
article thumbnail

Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

He went on to own a Rover 2000, which was the most handsome looking car of its time. In the early 2000s he picked up his first electric car - the Revai. The NMC cells usually show a life of 2000 cycles in the lab, compared to the 4000 of LFP. We shall definitely visit your hotel again. Gracias, Senor. 3,000 a day.