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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

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In 1999 he was the first person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a balloon, called Breitling Orbiter 3. Besides being the first person to see the curvature of the Earth, Auguste was the inspiration for the Professor Cuthbert Calculus character in The Adventures of Tintin series of comic novels. It goes into the oven.

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How Ukraine’s Killer Drones Are Beating Russian Jamming

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Supposedly planned for a year and a half , the Ukrainian operation was exceptional in its sophistication: Ukrainian agents reportedly smuggled dozens of first-person-view attack drones into Russia on trucks, situating them close to the air bases where the target aircraft were vulnerable on tarmacs. We are a small country, Karmin says.

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Navigating the Dual-Use Dilemma

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Organizing workshops and seminars on dual-use and ethical considerations at robotics conferences and universities. People in leadership positions, such as PhD supervisors and heads of labs, could build ad hoc opportunities for students and researchers to discuss possible risks.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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C40 Cities: urban consumption-based emissions must be cut by 50% by 2030, 66% for high-income areas; buildings, food, transport, clothing, electronics, appliances, aviation

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This could help reduce meat consumption to a maximum of 16 kg per person per year and dairy to 90 kg per person per year, down from an average of 58 kg of meat and 155 kg of dairy at present, and eventually to even lower levels of consumption that can further reduce emissions. This research was made possible thanks to Citi Foundation.

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. IEEE Senior Member Fawzi Behmann and staff from the IEEE Communications Society promoted the workshop to section and society chapter members. The event attracted more than 200 participants. IEEE Member Juleen Gentles.

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DEI Fund Supports STEM Workshops and Coding Camps

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Supporting the next generation of engineers These are the eight winning proposals: Inland Empire data science workshops. iBelong workshops. Raspberry Pi coding workshop. Participants also can learn how to build a computer and program it using a single-board Raspberry Pi. Girls and Computing workshop.

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