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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The competition provides mentoring to teams, as well as workshops on topics such as pitching skills and customer development. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. Its battery recharges in an hour, the company says. Psyonic placed first and received a US $10,000 prize.

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BMW unveils production i8 plug-in hybrid; 94 mpg; on sale in US in 2014 priced from $135,925

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The combustion engine and electric motor, battery pack, power electronics, chassis components, and structural and crash functions are all arranged within the aluminum Drive module, while the central element of the Life module is the i8’s CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) passenger cell. Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

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Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development at Audi, during a fuel cell technology workshop held at the LA show, and may be ready to talk about that technology by the end of next year. kilowatt-hours, which is recharged by recuperation or alternatively from a power socket.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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The primary interfaces of the power electronics are its traction network connection to the battery; 3-phase connection to the electric motor; connector from the DC/DC converter to the 12-V electrical system; and a connection for the high-voltage power distributor. Overhead view of electric drive and battery components.

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