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Praj, Gevo to enter commercialization phase of Gevo isobutanol technology for sugarcane and molasses feedstocks

Green Car Congress

Praj Industries and Gevo announced that Gevo’s proprietary isobutanol technology will now be available for licensing to processors of sugarcane juice and molasses. Alaska Airlines, the US Air Force, the US Army and the US Navy have all flown flights using Gevo’s ATJ, derived from isobutanol using corn and cellulosic materials as feedstocks.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. This paper proposes the design of a robotic gripper motivated by the bin-picking problem, where a variety of objects need to be picked from cluttered bins.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. This paper proposes the design of a robotic gripper motivated by the bin-picking problem, where a variety of objects need to be picked from cluttered bins.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Smart meters and substations will be integral. 2:54 PM Anonymous said. 5:53 PM Anonymous said. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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