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Peterbilt Launches Model 320 Hydraulic Hybrid, Full Lineup of Natural Gas Powered Vehicles

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This fluid is stored until the driver next accelerates the vehicle which reduces fuel consumption and wear on the engine. In “fuel economy mode,” savings occur when stored energy is used to launch the vehicle without power from the primary engine; testing in this mode has shown more than a 50% reduction in brake wear. Click to enlarge.

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Drones with Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump into the Air

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The drone’s bird-inspired legs adopted some key principles of biological design like the ability to store and release energy in tendon-like springs along with some flexible toes. Actuated hip and ankle joints form a simplified but still birdlike leg, while springs in the ankle and toe joints help to absorb force and store energy.

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Hydrogen hope for aviation industry

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Scientists from Glasgow University are using nanotechnology to find a way to store the gas in a solid state, according to the BBC. New research could lead to hydrogen being used as a clean alternative to conventional aviation fuel.

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Brazil crackdown on X continues with up to $8.9k daily fine for VPN users

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X’s conflict in Brazil started in April when Judge de Moraes ordered the suspension of dozens of X accounts over alleged disinformation, as per a report from the BBC. The Supreme Court Judge also warned that individuals or businesses using virtual private networks (VPNs) to access X would be fined R$50,000 ($8,900) per day.

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RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV

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Although television technology had been in development for decades, and the BBC had been airing live programs since 1929 in the United Kingdom, competing technologies and licensing disputes kept the U.S. RCA president David Sarnoff’s speech at the 1939 World’s Fair was broadcast live. television market from taking off.

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Definitive tariffs on BEVs made in China approved in EU vote

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SAIC should have enough stock stored locally to supply the market until November. There is even potential for the carmaker to build cars in the UK, the BBC reported. So, while OEMs might be able to dampen the impact of tariffs, attention will now turn to China’s reaction.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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Get The Z Factor With An RC2014 This is the one entry in our retrocomputing gift guide I haven't tried myself: I've never been a Z80 guy, being more influenced by the 6502-based BBC Microcomputer than the Z80-based ZX Spectrum, which were the two most popular British-designed computers I had access to in the 1980s.

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