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How to Get Started with EV Charging for Hotels and Resorts

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As the United States and the rest of the world transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), businesses must accommodate EV charging to remain competitive. To support these millions of electric vehicles, residential, workplace, on-the-go, and destination charging stations are needed to support EV drivers wherever they may go.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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All five fingers on the lightweight prosthesis flex and extend. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since then, Psyonic has received funding from the University of Illinois Technology Entrepreneur Center , the iVenture Accelerator , and the U.S.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation in 2010 was 70% fossil fuels (coal 44.9%, natural gas 23.8%); 20% nuclear; and 10% renewable, of which 6.2% Demonstrations are taking place this week at the 2012 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio. Renewables in the US grid.

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How MIT’s Muriel Medard Pioneered the Universal Decoder

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The MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor’s positive thinking has led to new ways to improve tried-and-true techniques in the field of information theory. After graduating, she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 as an assistant professor. It’s never boring.”

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. Crawford is a professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind. I accepted the award on behalf of all of us.”

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How the First Transistor Worked

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The underlying principle of such a device would be something called the field effect—the ability of electric fields to modulate the electrical conductivity of semiconductor materials. In the cutaway photo of a point-contact, two thin conductors are visible; these connect to the points that make contact with a tiny slab of germanium.

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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

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Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer, unveiled two “Electric Adventure Vehicles”—the R1T, an all-electric pickup and the R1S, an all-electric SUV—at events surrounding the LA Auto Show this week. Connectivity and Digital Experience. —Rivian Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe.

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