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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

Cars That Think

We propose to build on this foundation and find a way to learn not just from crises but even during the crisis itself. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Tao Images/Alamy. Remote working has become the new status quo in many sectors.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

Cars That Think

NASA The station is slowly leaking air, presumably from stress cracks in its hull that crew members have struggled to locate, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to maintain as parts wear out. When the time comes, Axiom says, it would detach its components and reconfigure them with other parts for a new station. “If

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Rerouting Intention And Sensation In Paralyzed Patients

Cars That Think

They’re building on a new understanding of the electric code used by the nervous system. Today I’m talking with Chad Bouton , who’s at the forefront of this electrifying field of research. Chad, welcome to the program, and can you please introduce yourself to our listeners? Chad Bouton: Yes, thanks so much, Eliza, for having me.

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

Baua Electric

Old Monterey The oldest part of Monterey — an outpost of Spain and then Mexico dating back to the 17th century — lies just over a mile south of Cannery Row in a pedestrian-friendly downtown where signs flag historic adobe buildings. The winemaker Chad Silacci and two other family members worked the bar and the crowd.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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And contrary to its corporate culture, it used off-the-shelf parts and software that the company didn't write. Steven Cherry Selling businesses off when they became commodities is part of a pattern. And yet I understand that you're still learning more about IBM each day, in part due to social media. Steven Cherry US $2.6

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XALT Energy, HED develop XBV telematics system for battery-electric powertrains

Green Car Congress

XALT Energy, a part of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, is a Midland, Mich.-based —Chad Repp, Business Development Manager, Telematics, HED. In working with XALT, we utilized an engineering mindset to define the data strategy while retaining an information architect’s visual skillset in order to build out logical dashboards.

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

Charged EVs

My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago. O’Connor: That’s part of the innovation—using a carbon-based filter in our system, instead of using traditional filters you’d see in filter presses. O’Connor: No.

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