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Toyota Connected’s ‘Cabin Awareness’ concept uses new tech to detect occupants

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Toyota Connected North America (TCNA), an independent software and innovation center of excellence, has introduced its Cabin Awareness concept technology that uses millimeter-wave, high-resolution 4D imaging radar to help detect occupants (including certain pets) in cars and has the potential to detect them if ever they’re left behind.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

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Quasar 2 retains the advanced features and functionality of its predecessor, Quasar, while offering blackout mode, a first-of-its-kind feature that allows EV owners to use their car as an emergency generator in instances of power outages. Quasar 2 seamlessly transitions a home to vehicle energy when the power goes out. Providing up to 11.5

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Federal Realty partners with Car Charging Group to install EV charging stations at retail sites nationwide

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Federal Realty Investment Trust is partnering with Car Charging Group, Inc., Federal Realty Investment Trust is partnering with Car Charging Group, Inc., Farkas, CEO of Car Charging Group. Pentagon Row and The Village at Shirlington in Arlington, Virginia. —Michael D. Bethesda Row in Bethesda, Maryland.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Sponsor: Raytheon Technologies FRED DAUM Raytheon Technologies Arlington, Va. DURRANI University of Strathclyde Glasgow “For sustained leadership and outstanding contributions to the IEEE in education, technical activities, awards, and global connections.” IEEE DENNIS J.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. A plaque commemorating the ARPANET now stands in front of the Arlington, Va.,

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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And by mid-1971, program director Lawrence Roberts of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was becoming impatient with the slow pace at which ARPA-funded researchers were getting connected. One major problem was the cost and fragility of stringing a dedicated cable from every computer to every terminal. in December of the same year.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Arlington). deliver high power to a car or truck. to connect photovoltaic solar panels to the grid. connected together. connected together. Agile Direct Grid Connect Medium Voltage 4.7-13.8 grid connection. . $2,319,474. Pacific Northwest. National Laboratory. This project will focus on improving.

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