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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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The controller continuously monitors the engine’s operating conditions as well as the external environment, and uses an on-board computer to determine the most efficient course of action during real-world operation. The basic shape originated as a 3D computer model, which was carefully honed by aerodynamicists using digital wind.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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4, 1921 Birthplace Baku, Azerbaijan Height 178 cm Family Wife, Fay; children, Stella and Norman Education BSEE, University of Tehran, 1942; MSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946; PhD, Columbia University, 1949 First job Design and analysis of defense systems, International Electronics Corp., Zadeh Date of Birth Feb.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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One day soon, a platform 50 times as large may float in the deep waters of the North Sea, buoying up a massive wind turbine to harvest the steady, strong breezes there. About an hour’s ride up the coast, full-scale 3,000-tonne behemoths already float in Aberdeen Bay, capturing enough wind energy to electrify nearly 35,000 Scottish households.

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