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Porsche simulates hydrogen V8 for virtual Nordschleife run; 440 kW, 261 km/h, near-zero NOx

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In a recent simulation study reported in Porsche Engineering Magazine , Porsche Engineering examined the potential of hydrogen combustion engines. All systems consist of several electrically assisted turbochargers, some of them combined with additional control valves in the air system or electrically driven compressors.

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Boeing truck-mounted laser demonstrator destroys targets through wind and fog; “photons on target”, only diesel required

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With capabilities like HEL MD, Boeing is demonstrating that directed energy technologies can augment existing kinetic strike weapons and offer a significant reduction in cost per engagement. With only the cost of diesel fuel, the laser system can fire repeatedly without expending valuable munitions or additional manpower.

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How EV Connect Can Help With EV Fleet Management

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Major companies around the globe are making waves in the electric vehicle movement. It helps electrification surge forward, and it puts pressure on companies of all sizes to electrify their own fleets. It can be done, though, and the right partner for EV charging solutions can make EV fleet management easy and cost-effective.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

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The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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The Boring Company’s skeptics need to calm down about the LVCC Loop

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But amidst the frothing mouths of anti-Elon Musk individuals and those that simply disbelieve the potential of The Boring Company lies one key point—the LVCC Loop, at its current state, is not the end-all and be-all of the tunneling startup’s ambitions. . This is incredibly impressive considering that Godot+ is no slouch.

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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Vannevar Bush was the first trained electrical engineer to publicly proclaim in influential circles that EE’s are one engine of innovation and the driving in digital technology. As the early the 1930s, he viewed the entrepreneur and the engineer as twin forces for progress and technological advancement.

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

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Steven Cherry So this new system, which you and your colleagues call the Enhanced Detection System for Healthcare-Associated Transmission, or EDS-dash-HAT—which, by the way, that abbreviation works better on paper than over the air—starts by using genomic sequencing of all hospital infections as soon as they’re detected or suspected?