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Event-Based Camera Chips Are Here, What’s Next?

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This month, Sony starts shipping its first high-resolution event-based camera chips. The pixels in event-based cameras—a technology inspired by animal vision systems—only react if they detect a change in the amount of light falling on them. The role of event-based sensors in cars. The two Sony chips—the 0.92 Luca Verre on….

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Italian study finds raised levels of PM10, even below current Euro limits, associated with increased acute cardiac events

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The study evaluated the rate of hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome (ACS); acute heart failure (AHF); malignant ventricular arrhythmias (MVA); and atrial fibrillation (AF) and the average daily concentrations of PM 10 in Brescia over the period 2004-2007.

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Ford to reveal all-electric F-150 Lightning on 19 May

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Ford announced that it will reveal the new battery-electric F-150 Lightning pickup—a revival of the name of the old Ford SVT Lightning performance truck—in 19 May in a livestreamed event at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. A second-generation version was introduced in 1999 and was produced until 2004.

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When Autonomous Vehicles Collide, Data Takes Over

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In 2004, the IEEE Standards Association introduced IEEE 1616 , setting the ground rules for the types and amounts of data collected by automobile event-data recorders, or EDRs (a car’s answer to the black boxes in aircraft). So over the past three years, the 1616 working group has been working to update the code.

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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

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& According to sources speaking with Automotive News , losing the CEO was an unexpected turn of events. In 2004, he left Porsche for Daimler, where he rose to director of strategy for Mercedes-Benz Cars before returning to Porsche in 2010. The news came out of left field," said an insider who requested to remain anonymous.

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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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The announcement involved a press event at the National Press Club, along with official-looking press release and even a whole website. For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap.

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U-M solar car team wins Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge

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Starting in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the event comprised three days of racing through city streets and desert. More than a dozen ADU engineering students joined the U-M squad throughout the event. —Joe Lambert, crew chief and 2004 U-M aerospace engineering graduate. On the road. Click to enlarge.

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