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nuTonomy to test its self-driving cars on specific public roads in Boston

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nuTonomy , developer of software for self-driving cars, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that authorizes nuTonomy to begin testing its growing fleet of self-driving cars on specific public streets in a designated area of Boston. Earlier post.).

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Autonomous driving software company nuTonomy closes $16M A round

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nuTonomy is positioning itself to be the first company to deliver an autonomous taxi service, and plans to launch a commercial offering in 2018. Samsung Ventures also participated in the Series A round. Building on 10+ years of research by co-founders Iagnemma and Prof.

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FAA launches new Center of Excellence for alternative jet fuels; $40M in funding over 10 years

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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. This Center of Excellence is a valuable tool to provide the critical data we need to reach these goals. —FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.

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The Future of Fully Homomorphic Encryption

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Reagen and his colleagues have recently been working on a DARPA-funded project called The Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program, that seeks to speed up FHE computation to more usable levels. And by early next year, they’ll begin manufacturing of their prototypes to further their field testing.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018. Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Massachusetts Department of Transportation. State of Colorado Department of Transportation. 1,200,000.

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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. Aero/cooling: Auto Research Center, CD-adapco, Freight Wing, Lang Mekra, Modine, TitanX, Truck-Lite.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This design could enable a 10 MW, 3000 RPM aircraft propulsion motor weighing less than 250 kilograms that rejects up to 10 times less total heat to the ambient environment (>99% efficiency). 8" GaN-on-Si Super Junction Devices for Next Generation Power Electronics - $4,521,601. UC Berkeley.

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