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Freudenberg secures majority interest in Li-ion battery maker XALT Energy; full acquisition coming

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In March 2018, Freudenberg announced it had acquired a 31% ownership stake in XALT Energy through a multi-million dollar investment in its operations. In 2018, Freudenberg agreed to work with a leading provider of electrical power distribution and automation for the marine industry to explore battery solutions for its applications.

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Video Friday: Drone in a Cage

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NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. I am not a fan of this ElliQ commercial. This week’s GRASP on Robotics seminar is from Katherine Kuchenbecker at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, on haptics and physical human-robot interaction. “A Dynetics ].

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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But it was Kim and his colleagues at Fairchild who realized the first CCD devices that evolved into commercial products widely used in digital photography, radiography, and astronomy. His i3system develops sophisticated infrared image sensors for both defense and commercial markets. Smith and Willard Boyle at Bell Laboratories.