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CTA Foundation, IBM, Local Motors collaborate on accessible, self-driving vehicles

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At CES 2017, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation announced an alliance with IBM and Local Motors to help create the world’s most accessible, self-driving vehicle. Our goal is to explore new ways to improve access to transportation and personalize the experience to each person's unique abilities.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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Among the factors driving the need for improved wireless technologies are the prospects of vehicle-to-vehicle communications to support self-driving cars and increase highway safety; remote surgery and telemedicine to improve patient care; and immersive video and virtual reality content to enhance personal experiences and productivity.

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Former Royal Navy Officer Advocates for LGBTQ+ engineers

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In 2001 he submitted his 12-month notice to leave the Navy, although he continued to serve as a part-time reservist until 2017. The goal is to support gay engineers at smaller companies who may be the only LGBTQ+ person on staff and may be struggling to find others to talk to about discrimination or harassment. s railways.

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California Air Resources Board breaks ground for new $419M lab, headquarters in Riverside; $154M from VW settlement

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CARB chose the site near the University of California, Riverside, in March 2016 and completed environmental studies in June 2017. The new headquarters will include light-, medium- and heavy-duty test cells, with additional space for creating new testing methods for future generations of vehicles. megawatts of electricity.

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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

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John McCarthy , then a young professor at Dartmouth, had coined the term "artificial intelligence" when he wrote his proposal for the workshop, which he said would explore the hypothesis that "every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.".

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