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Renault and Itaipu to collaborate on EVs in Brazil

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Renault and Itaipu signed a collaboration deal which will lead to the local assembling of 32 Renault Twizy at Itaipu’s EV Research, Development and Assembly Center (CPDM-VE/IB) in Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná, Brazil. Itaipu, owned by the governments of Brazil and Paraguay, operates the Itaipu dam across the Paraná River.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. Health care workers are using the HRME to screen patients for cervical, oral, and esophageal cancer in clinics around the world, including in Botswana, Brazil, and El Salvador.

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

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The video shows a use case that was developed by the FZI with assistance of the KIT: the multi-robot retrieval of hazardous materials using two FZI robots as well as a KIT virtual reality environment. [ MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else? ARL ] Thanks, Kostas! FZI ] Satisfying.

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GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

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Ten of the locomotives will be manufactured in Erie and Grove City, USA and 90 will be manufactured locally at Transnet Rail Engineering’s site in South Africa with kits provided by GE Transportation. It feeds the port of Saldanha Bay, for export to a global market.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics. Moreira earned his Ph.D.

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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I see Riko-chan as a powerful motivator,” says Baptista, a full-stack developer based in Brazil. “I IEEE Member Kit August submitted the story on her behalf. The two ask an online AI circuit-design program for directions on how to repair the lights’ outdated circuitry. “I Ratnarajah is a high school student in the United Kingdom.

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Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

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IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL ROSCon 2023 : 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANS Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEX. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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