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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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The support from IEEE gave us validation, and that helped us to believe in ourselves and the ideas we came up with,” Orajaka says. Expanding microgrids beyond the underserved During their final semester in 2010, the students decided it was time to implement their idea, and they turned to IEEE once again.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

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Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world.

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Going with the talent flow

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Resiliency in advocacy When the pandemic started and EVEVA in-person events were curtailed, “I was concerned about how we would keep our community outreach advocacy going,” Baum remarked. Using Burma-Shave signs seemed like an idea that would work for us.” EWEB gave us a $5000 grant to advertise this project,” LePage explained.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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Zakrzewska originally wanted to become a radio broadcaster, but she also liked the idea of becoming an engineer so she could create technology that people would consider magical like she did. She has been granted several patents, which have been commercialized. After earning her Ph.D. student at the Technical University of Denmark.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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The professor is the recipient of this year’s IEEE John von Neumann Medal for “leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.” Known as the Genius Grant, the fellowship comes with a US $625,000 award, which Estrin used to help launch PiTech.

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Justine Bateman's Fight Against Generative AI In Hollywood

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And before we start, I just want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum ‘s most important beats including AI, climate change, and robotics by signing up for one of our free newsletters. First of all, your first example is a person with a brain. What are you going to have this digital replica do?

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‘EVs will kill us all’ – Why are haters so obsessed with electric vehicles?

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In Vermont, they actually passed a law demanding that an motor vehicle must be accompanied by a person walking in front of it at all times, waving a red flag. The standard climate model used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reveals that this will reduce global temperatures by only 0.0001C by 2100.”.