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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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Compared to Starlink’s sky-cluttering swarms of tiny satellites, San Francisco–based Astranis’s plans may seem old school. It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. It aims to launch a humdrum, lone geostationary satellite.

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

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But now they are in San Francisco, a very difficult city with all kinds of crazy intersections. People build a safety-critical system, then they put a cheap commercial software product in the middle of it. The power grid is important, maybe the most important, but it’s difficult to prove to people it’s vulnerable.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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We just had one that happened in Germany and [another] in the San Francisco Bay area. Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. I and my team were part of the industries that created power-line communication technology. It’s a must.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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French construction company Bouygues Immobilier is working on an office in Meudon, western Paris, which uses 4,000 square metres of solar panels to meet not only its own energy needs but also to export surplus energy back to the power grid.

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