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Build Long-Range IoT Applications Fast With Meshtastic

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For me, it’s mesh radio systems, which first captivated me while I was zipping around downtown Las Vegas back in 2004. The stand-alone communicator [bottom of illustration] can be ordered assembled, or you can build your own from open-source design files. megabits per second in a moving car.

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NASA awards $247.5M contract to Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to build quieter supersonic aircraft

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NASA has awarded a contract for the design, building and testing of a supersonic aircraft that reduces a sonic boom to a gentle thump. The answer to how the X-plane’s design makes a quiet sonic boom is in the way its uniquely-shaped hull generates supersonic shockwaves.

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Dongfeng Honda to invest US$436M and build 3rd plant in China; accommodation for electrified vehicles

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a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, plans to build a third automobile production plant to meet increasing demand from the continuously growing automobile market in China. Dongfeng Honda plans to build the third plant on a 1.2 Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co.,

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The award will allow a team of MSU engineers and scientists, led by Norbert Müller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, to begin working toward producing a vehicle-size wave disc engine/generator during the next two years, building on existing modeling, analysis and lab experimentation they have already completed. Piechna et al.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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This was the most in-depth study of air pollution exposures ever applied to a large study group specifically designed to examine influences on cardiovascular health. The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For each 5 μg PM 2.5 /m m 3 increase, coronary calcium progressed by 4.1

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Tesla former CTO JB Straubel nominated to Board of Directors

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Mr. Straubel joined Tesla in 2004, and spent 14 years as our Chief Technology Officer, where he played a key role in our battery cell design, and engineering and production. which is dedicated to building a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world and accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels.

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Qualcomm and LG bringing 5G and Cellular-V2X communications into vehicles

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This work builds on the long-established relationship between Qualcomm Technologies and LG since the two delivered their first telematics system in 2004. Compared to current technologies, C-V2X is designed to deliver enhanced V2X direct communication range, reliability, latency and superior NLOS performance.

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