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MAY 6, 2013

Researchers at MIT are developing systems that could allow humans, robots and other autonomous vehicles to collaborate on everything from navigation to trip planning, and eventually pave the way for the operation of personal aircraft and driverless cars. —Brian Williams.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

After the initial suggestion, you forget about it until today, when 4evru emails to say that your father’s bot is available for use. This article is adapted from the author’s new book , We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age (MIT Press, 2023). What is the digital afterlife industry? It’s as if he died all over again.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Researchers at MIT have modified the soil bacterium Ralstonia eutropha to produce isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol (branched-chain higher alcohols). What it does is take whatever carbon is available, and stores it in the form of a polymer, which is similar in its properties to a lot of petroleum-based plastics. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 11, 2017

As part of MIT’s five-year Plan for Action on Climate Change, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has launched a major study—“Mobility of the Future”—to explore how consumers and markets will respond to potentially disruptive technologies, business models, and government policies.

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JUNE 10, 2011

MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Earlier post.) These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g.,

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

While the automotive industry continues to move toward fully automated, self-driving vehicles, the pace is not being matched by educational efforts that will help bring buyers into the modern mobility movement. This is a ‘Danger, Will Robinson’ moment for the fully automated self-driving vehicle industry. By merging the quarterly J.D.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. Production of commercial quantities of HRJ depends on the availability of appropriate feedstocks at competitive prices. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. Hileman, David S.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), including one of Indian-origin, have designed a new battery material that could offer a more sustainable, cobalt-free way to power electric cars. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT. Automaker Lamborghini has licensed the patent on the technology.

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge. It is clean and flexible.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. The study team of MIT faculty, researchers, and students focused on five main. —Sergey Paltsev, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and senior research scientist at MITEI. —MITEI Director Robert C. —William H.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years. Such plants make up less than half of the existing fleet. Summary of symposium report.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Researchers from MIT and GM have developed a tool for estimating secondary mass savings potential early in the vehicle design process. As such, to maximize mass savings it is necessary to have sound estimates of the impact of any mass solution, and those estimates must be available early, before key design details are locked in.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The semi-solid thick electrode is a material science innovation originating in Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang’s lab at MIT. (Dr. Development of a manufacturing facility requires access to a suitable industrial site, supply chain infrastructure, and a skilled and technologically-literate workforce. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The advanced AC Kinetics software (ACKS), supported by real-time adaptive algorithms, runs on standard drive hardware for motorized equipment in the consumer, industrial, and transportation markets. The AC Kinetics drive algorithms can be integrated seamlessly with AC drive products currently available from major manufacturers.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Much of this information was publicly available. In addition, they determined the amount of carbon dioxide released by these plants and the expense of abating these emissions.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The international team, led by the Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ), has developed a new method for producing roll-to-roll flexible printed solar cells that deliver unprecedented levels of efficiency. Printed solar cells are highly efficient, flexible, and decreasing in cost.

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JUNE 26, 2023

With the automotive industry now keen on propulsion systems that don’t emit a lot of carbon, we’ve seen decades of manufacturers toying with alternative fuels. MAN Energy Solutions has been working on a two-stroke motor it expects to be commercially available for maritime applications by 2024.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The study was part of a larger collaboration among scientists from Stanford, MIT and the Toyota Research Institute that bridges foundational academic research and real-world industry applications. In future work, design of battery materials and processes could also be integrated into this closed-loop system. Attia et al.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Bundesministerin Anja Karliczek hat heute in Berlin den Prototypen eines Autos vorgestellt, das mit dem synthetischen Kraftstoff Methanol angetrieben werden kann. Especially in industry and transportation, we will continue to need chemical energy sources in the future. Not all industrial processes can be completely decarbonized.

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JULY 15, 2023

Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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AUGUST 29, 2015

The ability to monetize natural gas in cost-effective smaller-scale plants could be a value-added prospect in various industries. Other partners in the project are MIT, the University of Connecticut, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

This has potential to diversify the physical activities available, and improve physical and mental health for people with low vision. MIT ] What has NASA's Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Not totally sure what this is from Exyn, but I do like the music.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

CTS Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components, recently acquired Filter Sensing Technologies (FST), an MIT spin-off and developer of radio-frequency (RF) sensors for measuring particulate levels in diesel and gasoline vehicle particulate filters.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Nissan said that its engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from universities including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo. The goal is availability across the model range within two vehicle generations after introduction.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

While balancing a career in academia and industry is challenging, Suri says, he relishes the opportunity to constantly learn. What hooked him were Cornell’s high-end facilities available to students studying semiconductor engineering and nanofabrication—in particular, the industry-grade semiconductor clean rooms.

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JULY 2, 2012

The automotive industry moved from a 6V supply to a 12V supply more than 30 years ago—and incurred massive investments across the entire ecosystem. The 48V power-net is clearly expected to be a step towards creating smarter cars that better utilize the energy available in the vehicle.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Like many startups, the solar EV company demonstrated some inspiring and potential industry-changing technology, only to fall short due to a lack of funds. in Physics from MIT and nearly two decades of work experience in the solar and vehicle-integrated photovoltaic sector. That, frankly, is just not as sexy.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The new Hub will focus on technologies to enable better use of available materials as well as to eliminate the need for materials that are subject to supply disruptions. Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.; Earlier post.). SpinTek Filtration, Inc.;

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

However, poor mobility of Mg 2+ (and other multivalent cations) prevents the development of a broad spectrum of cathode materials, as are available to lithium- and sodium-ion battery technologies. There are enormous efforts in industry to make a solid-state battery. —Gerbrand Ceder, a Berkeley Lab Senior Faculty Scientist.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

But we all know that deep learning can do wondrous things and that it's being rapidly incorporated into many industries; that's yesterday's news. Which is not to say that IEEE Spectrum didn't cover AI—we covered the heck out of it. Several came from Spectrum 's October 2021 special issue on AI, The Great AI Reckoning.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The selected projects vary in levels of maturity and industry-readiness—from concept definition (focused on specific experimental proof or detailed analysis) to proof-of-concept (requiring physical experimental validation). manufacturers that could improve their competitiveness and enhance their energy efficiency. 1,215,204.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

This has potential to diversify the physical activities available, and improve physical and mental health for people with low vision. MIT ] What has NASA’s Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Not totally sure what this is from Exyn, but I do like the music.

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MAY 11, 2023

Eileen Tanghal Employer: Black Opal Ventures, New York City Title: Cofounder Education: MIT, London Business School “We want to improve health care accessibility and affordability,” Tanghal says. “To And companies already in these fields often don’t know what technology is available, or what’s already on the market.”

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JUNE 24, 2013

The Obama Administration and academic and industry partners announced a series of commitments in support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI, earlier post ), a public-private endeavor that aims to cut in half the time it takes to develop novel materials that can fuel advanced manufacturing.

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MARCH 22, 2015

BLM staff studied state and tribal regulations and consulted with state and tribal regulators, industry, environmental experts, and the public, including communities affected by oil and gas operations. In many instances, provisions in the new rule are similar to or based on existing state or tribal rules and industry best practices.

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