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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. ABS reviewed the design for an extended 30-year facility on-station life.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. he helped develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) , the first U.S.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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One way teachers are trying to help students grasp difficult concepts is through virtual-reality technology. In the chemistry module on acids and bases, for example, students are shown a computer-generated version of a wastewater-treatment plant in Baltimore, and they try to make chemically contaminated water safe to drink.

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10-Year FTA Low-Speed Urban Maglev Research Program Shows Technology is Feasible, But Infrastructure Costs and Availability of Technologies Are Intimidating

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While maglev trains are in use throughout the world, those systems are primarily high-speed test environment systems where speeds reach in excess of 250 miles per hour. Both rely on the principle of stator motor design and magnetic induction to create propulsive physical forces. Forward or reverse propulsion. MagneMotion, Inc.

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Aligning the Eyes of the Universe Machine

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To produce clear images in the infrared wavelengths the telescope uses, the segments have to be within tens of nanometers of the shape specified in the spacecraft design. None of that technology really existed in 2001, so we started from the ground up with concepts and simple experiments. Acton: Yes, right.

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

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Birth of OSI In the meantime, work was underway on a broader approach to the challenge of creating standards for computer communication — one that could serve to link up different computer networks, a concept that began at this time to be called “internetworking.”

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