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UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

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A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. —Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer, program manager, electric freight at Cross River Partnership.

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Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive to develop its electric heavy-duty truck

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According to the London Mayor’s office, 23% of pedestrian and 58% of cyclist deaths in London involved a Heavy Goods Vehicle, despite HGVs making up only 4% of road miles in London. Prodrive will help develop the design into a drivable demonstrator by early summer 2020. ?. The target manufacturing volume is 2,000 units per year.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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He shared the award with Mark Hills , a former colleague at the London-based visual-effects studio Framestore. Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. He joined the London office of Industrial Light & Magic in 2014 as a senior production engineer.

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TfL To Begin Testing of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Technology

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ISA speed map for Greater London. Transport for London (TfL) will begin a six-month trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) technology which aims to reduce road casualties and help drivers avoid speeding penalties. As part of the trial, which will start this summer, a London bus will be fitted with ISA. Click to enlarge.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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It was July 2001. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Jorgen Pedersen founded RE2 Robotics. It was supposed to be a temporary venture while he figured out his next career move. But the journey took an unexpected course. CMU RI ]

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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They went over to Engineering Building 1, where the computer was housed, and found the building locked. “I Mainly, the group aimed to build a way to model the performance of the ARPANET and its gateways under different traffic conditions. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to build the switches for the nascent network.

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Current climate policies destined for ‘imminent failure’

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With the G8 set to meet in Italy this week, a report outlining a strategy to avert an otherwise imminent failure in climate policy is being published by the London School of Economics (LSE) and Political Science’s Mackinder Programme and the Institute for Science, Innovation & Society at the University of Oxford today.

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