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Delek sells AltAir renewable diesel/jet business to World Energy for $72M

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Delek US Holdings has sold AltAir Paramount, LLC and Delek’s Paramount, California refining and pipeline assets to an affiliate of Boston-based World Energy, LLC, a major biodiesel producer. is a diversified downstream energy company with assets in petroleum refining, logistics, asphalt, renewable fuels and convenience store retailing.

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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Grossberg—an endowed professor of cognitive and neural systems, and of mathematics and statistics, psychological and brain sciences, and biomedical engineering at Boston University —based ART on his theories about how the brain processes information. He calls his model Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART).

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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. She has first-hand experience in education: She taught math and physics in Boston-area high schools. Black, Native American, and low-income students had particularly low math scores on the federal standardized test.

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New “2-in-1” EV unit integrates traction motor and A/C compressor for increased range in hot climates

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Design concept of the integrated A/C compressor-traction motor unit. Hybrids and EVs use regenerative braking to capture kinetic energy and store it; this requires the conversion of the kinetic energy first into electricity to transport to the battery, resulting in extra energy conversion steps.

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Video Friday: ReachBot

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Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Doing With Tesla Bot

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Tesla's AI Day , Elon Musk introduced a concept for "Tesla Bot," a 125 lb, 5'8" tall electromechanically actuated autonomous bipedal "general purpose" humanoid robot. By "concept," I mean that Musk showed some illustrations and talked about his vision for the robot, which struck me as, let's say, somewhat naïve. That kind of thing."

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With This Bionic Nose, COVID Survivors May Smell the Roses Again

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The prototype is a partial demonstration of a concept that he’s been working on for decades: a neuroprosthetic for smell. In the lab’s back room, another model shows the second half of the concept: There, the e-nose sensor transmits its signal to a small array of electrodes taken from a cochlear implant. As the CEO of a.