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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The award will allow a team of MSU engineers and scientists, led by Norbert Müller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, to begin working toward producing a vehicle-size wave disc engine/generator during the next two years, building on existing modeling, analysis and lab experimentation they have already completed. Hîrceagã, M.,

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Ellis also contributed to the Environmental and Energy Studies Institute’s Congressional briefing, Building Out Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. Although that vehicle was ultimately scrapped, Sexton remained committed to the concept of vehicle electrification and forged a career out of advocating for people to make the switch to EVs.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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One of the most notable demonstrations of the technology's weaknesses came when a group of researchers at Vicarious, small company focused on building dexterous robots, performed an analysis of the neural network used in Deep-Mind's DQN, the system that had learned to dominate Atari video games.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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