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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. and its environs. Thirty-five students and several faculty members from the Ohio State University engineering college , in Columbus, designed an environmentally friendly solution.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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ORNL and its partners will develop an integrated simulation environment, the Fusion Energy Reactor Models Integrator (FERMI), to assess and accelerate the design cycle of integrated fusion-energy systems. University of California, San Diego. University of Houston. University of California, Los Angeles.

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Punching above its weight

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They’ve all been incredibly important to building our chapter in terms of inspiration, organizational effort, and effective visioning.” Folks here already know what’s going on with the environment and how EVs fit into the big picture.” Erb in the Porsche 914 EV conversion at EV races in Phoenix in 1998.

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Video Friday: Robot Dog Can’t Fall

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Deep Robotics ] Sanctuary AI says that this video shows Phoenix operating at “human-equivalent speed,” but they don’t specify which human or under which conditions. New developments in AI, building on foundations of hardware and passive dynamics, enable vastly improved generality. Though it’s faster than I would be, that’s for sure.

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UK Faraday Battery Challenge awards £23M to support development of electrified car batteries

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This is a massive investment in business-led battery R&D in the UK, supporting innovative technologies and helping to build a UK supply chain that can compete on the global stage. Two HESS will be built—one for lab tests in a controlled environment and one for tests in an Aston Martin vehicle. million to 63 projects.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Expanding established propulsion systems into a volume manufacturing environment. Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. West Virginia University (NAFTC).

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. This gave subLogic a cheat sheet to build on. The Blackshark.ai

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