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Solazyme and Bunge sign framework agreement for commercial sugar cane to renewable oil plant in Brazil

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a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, have entered into a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture entity focused on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc.,

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2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

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Further, the year saw 54 countries representing all continents build new wind power. The top 5 markets for new wind installations are China, US, Brazil, Germany, and India. Brazil installed 4.8 China set a new record with 75 GW of new installations commissioned, which makes up nearly 65% of the global total. Get started here. –ad*

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The double cab has emerged as the dominating body style because it offers room for up to five persons. In Brazil, mid-size pickups have a share of almost 5% of the total vehicle market. Click to enlarge. That figure is 0.5%

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Video Friday: AcroMonk

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ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Energy Drone & Robotics Summit : 10–12 June 2023, HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

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Skydio ] Voxel robots have been extensively simulated because they’re easy to simulated, but not extensively built because they’re hard to build. With the RPD 35, a two-person crew can install pile more productivity than traditional methods. MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else?

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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Not everyone is against surveillance,” says anthropology graduate student Matheus Viegas Ferrari of the Universidade Federal da Bahia, in Brazil, and the Université Paris 8: Saint-Denis, in Paris, who attended the community meeting in Seine-Saint-Denis and published a study of surveillance at the 2024 Olympics.

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What You Need to Know About Biden’s Sweeping AI Order

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Says Tiedrich: “They used an interesting combination of techniques to put something together that I’m personally optimistic will move the dial in the right direction.” Other efforts are underway in countries such as Canada, Brazil, and Japan. What’s in the executive order on AI? The executive order tackles a lot.