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Video Friday: GR-1

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Flexiv ] Interesting HRI with the flashing light on Spot here. Boston Dynamics ] Flying in circles with a big tank of gas really seems like a better job for a robot pilot than for a human one.

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Inside the Three-Way Race to Create the Most Widely Used Laser

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The Lincoln Lab event is available to watch on demand. Scientists already knew electrons could absorb and emit light spontaneously, but Einstein posited that electrons could be manipulated to emit at a particular wavelength. Charles Townes , a researcher at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., was one of them.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. In light of the current spike in gasoline prices, the savings on fueling costs with EVs are even greater.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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You notice the smell of smoke, and when you try to turn on your bedside light you discover that the power is out. A sensor network that could monitor an entire forest, or a gas pipeline, or any critical infrastructure, would need thousands or even millions of sensors—and batteries. Why is the dog barking, you wonder, as you wake up?

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

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Then he waves a vial of purple liquid and gets a purple light along with the message “Listerine.”. In the final product, the sensor won’t light up an LED but will instead send a signal to the user’s brain. And on one occasion he was oblivious to a gas leak, only realizing the danger when his wife came home and raised the alarm.

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Boeing details improvements to Li-ion battery system for 787; more than 200,000 engineering hours applied so far

Green Car Congress

The company’s intent is to provide three layers of protection: preventing initiation of an event at the cell level; preventing propagation of an event to the other cells in the pack; and preventing impact to the airplane. refueling, brake power when towing, navigation lights when towing. The events.

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