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IAV and Microsoft demonstrate connected highly automated driving vehicle for enhanced safety; cloud-based analytics and big data

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At CES 2016 last week, IAV and Microsoft demonstrated a connected highly automated driving (CHAD) vehicle capable of connecting with the Microsoft Azure cloud and Windows 10 to enable communication that helps prevent vehicle and pedestrian accidents and increases driving comfort and convenience.

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UCR team finds adding even small amounts of tin to Si-based anode greatly improves charge capacity and cycling stability

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Mangolini (2016) “Tin nanoparticles as an effective conductive additive in silicon anodes” Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 30952 doi: 10.1038/srep30952. The project was led by Lorenzo Mangolini, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering. Resources.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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What’s more, new stations “might be obsolete before they’re even launched,” says Chad Anderson , a venture capitalist whose firm, Space Capital, has funded companies including Nanoracks. An inflatable storage compartment, called BEAM , has been docked to the ISS since 2016.

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Quinn Dickinson, Scott Bottoms, Li Hinchman, Sean McIlwain, Sheena Li, Chad L. Piotrowski (2016) “Mechanism of imidazolium ionic liquids toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and rational engineering of a tolerant, xylose-fermenting strain” Microbial Cell Factories 15:17 doi: 10.1186/s12934-016-0417-7. —Dickinson et al.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Tao Images/Alamy. Examples include the use of Facebook's data around the 2016 U.S. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images. Icelandic volcano eruption of 1973.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Looking deeply into the human voice Chad Hagen Singh suggests that speech analysis alone can be used to generate a shockingly detailed profile of an unknown speaker. “If This map shows maritime details about the waters around Spruce Head Island, Maine U.S.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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is like a teenage intern,” said Chad Burt, co-owner of the travel adviser network Outside Agents , “better, smarter, faster than you, but you need to lead them.” It was acquired by Accor Hotels in 2016. It is hard to believe that it has only been about a year since travelers started dabbling in ChatGPT-created itineraries.

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