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Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Investing in Offshore Wind Backbone

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Energy investor Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corporation are investing in the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project. Source: Google. Good Energies, an experienced investor in the development of renewable energy projects across North America, Europe and Asia, and Google are each investing 37.5%

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Here Are 6 Actual Uses for Near-Term Quantum Computers

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Although recent finding s have poured cold water on quantum computing hype, don’t count the technology out yet. On 4 March, Google and XPrize announced a US $5 million prize to anyone who comes up with use cases for quantum computers. We do know of some applications that these devices would be quite impactful for,” he says.

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Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

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The company’s process also produces a biochar-based product called CoolTerra that has the capability of making the fuel “carbon negative,” reversing the consequences of CO 2 build-up from fossil fuels, the company says. This excess carbon is highly porous and has beneficial water and nutrient retaining capabilities.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif.

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Google Claims Android Auto Will Become Safer and Smarter After Update

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Google has announced plans to update Android Auto to reduce the time drivers are required to look at screens. While Google hasn’t gotten overly specific, it has said it wants to place an emphasis on improving safety. Responses will also take into account contextual clues to help build better replies.

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Video Friday: BirdBot

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ElliQ ] Why build just one robotic giraffe half, when you can instead built two and have them neck-fight each other? It is a lightweight and small construction with a water and dustproof body. NASA Armstrong ] This UPenn GRASP SFI talk is by Ted Xiao, Robotics at Google, on “A Panorama of End-to-end Robot Learning.” [ UPenn ].

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Greenius Declaration of Human Rights

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When I was a child, Wednesday was Incinerator Day, the day they burned the garbage we all threw down the garbage chute in the six story brick apartment building my family lived in (which was one of a dozen six story brick apartment buildings that were all part of the same Brooklyn complex we called home.).