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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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“When I was learning data structures, I began to see things from a different viewpoint—how to make things efficient,” says Lu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a university faculty scholar at Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , in West Lafayette, Ind.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. emissions for a century or more.

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DRIVEN consortium to test Level 4 autonomous fleet in UK in 2019

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No connected and autonomous vehicle trial at this level of complexity and integration has yet been attempted. million (US$11-million) grant awarded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and delivered through Innovate UK. DRIVEN is supported by a £8.6-million Source: SAE International. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota Mobility Foundation and partners to launch Rama4 project to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok

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The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and its Thai partners in the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Chulalongkorn University and Grab Thailand will launch a project to ease traffic congestion on Rama4 Road. It will be known as the “Rama4 Model.”.

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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There, they lose their electrical connection to the anode, becoming inactive lithium that can no longer be cycled through the battery. This excellent performance is attributed to the columnar microstructure formed on the surface of the current collector with minimum tortuosity, which significantly enhances the structural connection.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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Battle of the (Anti-Nausea) Bands

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Some of these digital devices offer mature technology that has no way to quantify its benefit at scale, and some offer promising Internet of Things connections but are not yet fully defined in market strategy. To connect or not. In time it might make sense to put some Bluetooth integration in and connect it to apps.