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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

Cars That Think

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. So Schneider put his shower head idea on hold.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. Chang & Jessika E.

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Honda opens new Silicon Valley facility to advance connected mobility; refreshed 2016 Accord; Honda Xcelerator

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Honda officially opened its new Silicon Valley R&D facility, using the occasion to unveil a refreshed 2016 Accord featuring Honda’s first application of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. —||Honda R&D Americas President, Frank Paluch. ". Earlier post.) UNI-CUB Application Program Interface (API) launched.

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Audi taking applications for second Smart Factory Hackathon in October

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With their specialized knowledge of various subjects—including IT, mathematics, business administration or communication design—participants in the Smart Factory Hackathon will take on real‑life tasks from the areas of production and logistics in groups of three to five persons.

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The first entirely US-made crystalline solar panels are coming to market

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Between 2016 and 2020, nearly 20% of solar manufacturing jobs were lost. Read more: The US’s oldest solar factory filed for bankruptcy in 2017 – but now it’s back If you’re considering going solar, it’s always a good idea to get quotes from a few installers. Get started here. –ad* ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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In an online discussion about EOD support robots, one soldier wrote, “Those little bastards can develop a personality, and they save so many lives.” Either way, observers have interpreted these accounts as unsettling glimpses of a future in which men and women ascribe personalities to artificially intelligent war machines.

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Chevrolet unveils the Bolt EV

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As promised, GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra unveiled the production 2017 Bolt battery-electric vehicle at CES 2016. The Bolt EV, which will go into production by the end of 2016, will offer more than 200 miles of range on a full charge.

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