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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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on 3 December 2020, the U.S A 2020 U.S. Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. Police suspected King was the anonymous source—the looter who confessed to torching a store.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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CoBank report suggests self-driving vehicles could easily overwhelm current data center market

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To put that into perspective, in 2020 the average person worldwide generated about 150 gigabytes per day. Extrapolating these numbers implies the annual global datasphere will surge from 64 zettabytes in 2020 to an eye-popping 10,000 to 15,000 zettabytes in 2035—just from self-driving vehicles. 4% of the data created?

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CNH Industrial enters into exclusive multi?year technology licensing agreement with Monarch Tractor for tractor electrification

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Monarch Tractor introduced its fully electric, driver optional, smart tractor integrated on a single platform in December 2020. Additionally, the data collected is securely stored in a Monarch cloud.

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Gogoro introduces VIVA ultralight electric smartscooter; battery swapping

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Loaded with more than 21 liters of storage, VIVA provides enough space to store a helmet and other essentials. VIVA is designed for simplicity, ease of use and to be an amplifier of personal expression and customization. VIVA is designed to be compact and easier to handle; at just 80kg it’s optimized to be ridden by anyone.

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New $22M CARB pilot to fund equitable, clean transportation options in disadvantaged communities

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Up to $20 million for one to three Implementation Grants to fund combinations of clean transportation and supporting projects that will help residents in disadvantaged communities get where they need to go without a personal vehicle including: New bus-rapid transit or vanpool service. Proposals are due 31 August 2020.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Trees are natural carbon sinks; they absorb carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, some of which is stored as carbon compounds in the wood—both during growth and even after harvesting, in the form of some wood products. Underground, forest soils and root structures store even more carbon. Calculating stored carbon; “additionality”.

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