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Volvo Trucks introduces Volvo Active Driver Assist; combining radar and camera for emergency braking

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Volvo made the announcement during the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Available now for order as an option on new Volvo VNL and VNM models, Volvo Active Driver Assist improves metallic object detection and functionality in hazy, rainy, foggy and snowy conditions.

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Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals

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The GEM*STAR (Green Energy Multiplier*Subcritical Technology for Alternative Reactors) being developed by ADNA Corp. Proceedings of 2011 Particle Accelerator Conference, New York, NY, THP034. Source: ADNA. Click to enlarge. and Muons, is a molten-salt based ADSR that uses a linear accelerator to produce spallation neutrons.

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HARMAN introduces range of connected vehicle technologies and Microsoft partnership at CES

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HARMAN’s Service Delivery Platform is available now. Drivers will also be able to hold Skype calls and conferences when in park, or on the road with autonomous vehicles. In addition, with HARMAN’s over-the-air (OTA) incremental update capabilities, the most current version of Office 365 will always be accessible to drivers.

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Launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory Fails

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What we are going to do is take a good solid and thoughtful look at how best to advance earth system science in general and with a focus on the carbon cycle as well, given all the assets that we have available now and into the near future and decide how it is best scientifically as well as for the nation, to move forward.

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Two years in, BMW i3 is the best-selling EV in Germany and the 3rd top seller worldwide; 80% of buyers new to BMW

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—Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, in the Q3 quarterly conference call. The BMW i3 is available now in 49 countries; the core phase of the market introduction is finished. We will invest further in our BMW i family and therefore we will launch another model under BMW i.

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While Fossil Fools Ignore Climate Crisis EcoMedia Acts Aggressively to Protect Environment

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And last week’s The Planet Under Pressure conference, made up of planet’s top scientific experts on the climate issued an urgent plea for action as we reach the tipping points for runaway global warming from which there will be no reversal or respite. “ Civilization is at risk ,” they warned.

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While Fossil Fools Ignore Climate Crisis EcoMedia Acts Aggressively to Protect Environment

Creative Greenius

And last week’s The Planet Under Pressure conference, made up of planet’s top scientific experts on the climate issued an urgent plea for action as we reach the tipping points for runaway global warming from which there will be no reversal or respite. “ Civilization is at risk ,” they warned.