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General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) kicked off projects to advance the commercialization of magnetized target fusion energy as part of a collaborative agreement. The results will hone the design of General Fusion’s demonstration machine being built at the Culham Campus, part of the UK fusion cluster.

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Explosive Power Beats Even Moore’s Law

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times as tall , from the Singer Building (187 meters) to the Petronas Towers (452 meters). And then came an entirely new class of explosives, those exploiting nuclear fission and fusion. hydrogen (or fusion) bomb, tested in 1954, was equivalent to 15 megatons of TNT (63 petajoules). The last V-2 attack on London came on.

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NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 platform to power world’s first robotic motor sports competition

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It’s a contest to build the most advanced artificial mind. That’s why Kinetik, the London-based investment firm behind Roborace, approached NVIDIA. This enables partners to address the full breadth of autonomous driving algorithms, including sensor fusion, localization and path planning. Roborace racer. Click to enlarge.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Homes and public buildings: Making homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient, including a target to install 600,000 heat pumps every year by 2028. Innovation and finance: Developing cutting-edge technologies and making the City of London the global centre of green finance. Point 7: Greener Buildings .

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Jaguar Land Rover and EPSRC announce $17M autonomous vehicle research program; 5 projects selected

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Led by Dr. Marina Gashinova, the project combines novel low-THz (LTHz) sensor development with advanced video analysis, fusion and cross learning. Led by Dr. Mehrdad Dianati at the University of Surrey, this project also involves Imperial College London, University of Warwick, and the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory.