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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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“When I was learning data structures, I began to see things from a different viewpoint—how to make things efficient,” says Lu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a university faculty scholar at Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , in West Lafayette, Ind.

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DENSO and Nagoya University jointly develop in-vehicle battery-based energy management system for house and car; field testing begins

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Global automotive supplier DENSO and Nagoya University have developed an in-vehicle battery-based energy management system (EMS) which uses forecasting models of household electricity demand and vehicle use to reduce electricity costs. Earlier post.). Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging V2X'

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Porsche reports rising demand for plug-in Panamera S-E hybrid

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Porsche reported an almost 8% increase in sales during the first half of 2014 to 87,800 units. Electricity is stored in a 9.4 In the first six months of 2014, Porsche increased sales in all key regions. In China, also Porsche reports a rise of 8% with 19,800 cars in the first six months of 2014. Earlier post.).

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. A paper describing the basics of BChain was published in 2014 the Proceedings of the 18 th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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People, Power, and the Sun: Honnold Foundation x Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Although most microgrids today operate independently, one way to get the maximum benefit from them is to connect them, letting them share resources wherever and whenever possible. The pizzeria in Adjuntas is connected to a microgrid. percent to 2.8

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Porsche introducing first plug-in hybrid with second generation of the Panamera

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2014 Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid. Electricity is stored in a newly developed lithium-ion battery, which at 9.4 Via the integrated on-board charging componentry and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), the battery can reach full charge within approximately two and a half hours when connected to a 240V power source.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. MB of data.

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