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The Future of Fully Homomorphic Encryption

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Whether it’s personal messages, health data, financial transactions, or confidential business communications, encryption plays a pivotal role in maintaining privacy and ensuring the integrity of our digital interactions. And by early next year, they’ll begin manufacturing of their prototypes to further their field testing.

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ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030

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Schmidt adds that the model doesn’t say anything about whether lithium-ion batteries are the best-suited technology for stationary storage, but because it has such a head start in the market, it is best poised to be the cheapest option in the immediate future. 2018.12.008.

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Government of Québec launches $6.7B 2030 Green Economy Plan; emphasis on transportation electrification

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The Premier of Québec François Legault, and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the 2030 Green Economy Plan (PEV 2030) and its first 2021-2026 implementation plan, with an envelope of $6.7 billion over five years.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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Sharma says he finds Modi’s own career inspirational, because he experienced the challenges of growing up in a financially strained environment. What resonates with young professionals is the belief that no dream is too big, and no obstacle is too insurmountable when fueled by a strong sense of purpose and a vision for a brighter future.”

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MIT engineers develop system to help autonomous vehicles see around corners; adapting ShadowCam

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In the future, robots that may navigate hospital hallways to make medication or supply deliveries could use the system to avoid hitting people. MIT professors William Freeman and Antonio Torralba, who are not co-authors on the IROS paper, collaborated on the earlier versions of the system, which were presented at conferences in 2017 and 2018.

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Attendance at IEEE’s STEM Summer Camp Breaks Records

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First offered in 2018, the summer camp program gives teens an opportunity to explore a variety of engineering disciplines through hands-on design challenges, field trips, industry speakers, and more. It was great to see the students interacting in person and having a ton of fun with their instructors, residential advisors, and each other.

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The 11 Commandments of Hugging Robots

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Unfortunately, physical contact with humans is something that robots find especially difficult and occasionally dangerous, so that we cannot (yet) safely use them as a proxy for nuanced physical contact with another person. In 2018, we wrote about research by Alexis E. Block and Katherine J. Hugging HuggieBot 3.0

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