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

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From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Simply put, if a person is intentionally putting themselves in danger by participating in illegal driving behaviors, no driver-monitoring system would be enough. Boy were the Tesla fans pissed. No regrets.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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DOE is looking for information on other and related potential early market applications, including but not limited to airport ground support equipment, personal mobility applications, and grounds-keeping equipment. Approximately 90% of hydrogen in the United States is currently produced from natural gas via steam methane reforming.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Terry Byland is the only person to have received this kind of implant in both eyes. Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. I] went from being just a person that was doing the testing to being a spokesman,” he remembers.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving.

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