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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. The Ohio State University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Georgia Tech.

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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ALMMII is a public-private partnership led by Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The last tenant of the 107,000-square-foot property was Mexican Industries, which made plastic moldings for the auto industry until filing for bankruptcy in 2001.

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In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In

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How the first industrial robot got its start Devol and Engelberger seemed an unlikely pair. When he met Devol, he was working as an engineer for Manning, Maxwell, and Moore, a company that specialized in safety valves, pressure gauges, and other industrial control equipment. But that soon changed. meters high, 1.2 meters wide, and 1.5

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

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Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. CloudLab will be a facility where researchers can build their own clouds and experiment with new ideas with complete control, visibility and scientific fidelity.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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His parents emigrated to the United States when he was a small child and raised him in Ohio. Despite his brilliance and relentless industry, Woods is mostly referred to—that is, when he is remembered at all—as “Black Edison.” He often lacked the funds to pay patent application fees or to build scale models of his inventions. “I

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. PPG Industries, Inc. Ohio State University. American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest. Drive Oregon.

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DOE awarding $6M to 11 projects to accelerate alternative fuel vehicle market growth

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Clean Fuels Ohio. The Southeast AFV Demonstration Initiative (SADI) will carry out a multi-fuel, multi- state vehicle demonstration program complete with vehicles, driver education and marketing strategies to help incorporate alternative fuels into new fleets and industry sectors in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.