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TAE Technologies exceeds fusion reactor performance goals by 250% as company closes $250M round; $1.2B to date

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After achieving temperatures greater than 75 million degrees Celsius and demonstrating unmatched real-time control of plasma with its fifth-generation fusion research reactor, Norman, TAE Technologies has secured strategic and institutional investments to fund the construction of its next research reactor, the sixth-generation Copernicus.

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TTTech Auto and Infineon design fail-operational architecture for Level 3 and 4 highly automated driving

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For three years, about 60 partners worked together in the areas of sensor-fusion, electronic architectures and artificial intelligence coordinated by Infineon. This mechanism ensures the fail operationality of the system, for example, sensor fusion, trajectory planning and object recognition tasks of SAE Level 3 and 4 functions.

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Fine-Tuning the Factory: Simulation App Helps Optimize Additive Manufacturing Facility

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One promising way to meet modern industrial challenges is by using additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as powder bed fusion and other emerging techniques. Developed in concert with numerous manufacturers, the DRAMA initiative includes the new powder bed fusion AM facility mentioned previously.

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BMW Group sets out code of ethics for the use of artificial intelligence

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This aligns with the BMW Group’s goals in the areas of human rights and sustainability, which includes climate change and environmental protection. The BMW Group is taking an all-encompassing approach to monitoring the vehicle environment. Accountability. The BMW Group’s AI applications should be implemented so they work responsibly.

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New 8th-generation Audi A6 features 48V mild hybrid system as standard

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It calculates continuously a detailed model of the environment from a fusion of sensor data. inch display, located in the console in the center tunnel, is used for the climate control and for the convenience functions and text input; the driver’s wrist can sit on the selector lever of the automatic transmission. The bottom 8.6-inch

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

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The sun is like a giant fusion generator, from which mankind currently exploits a tiny amount of energy. The faster this transition is achieved, the less risk humanity poses to the environment and the more it will gain. In my view, the future of sustainable energy involves three components. The generation of sustainable energy.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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In what Mr Johnstone is calling the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ he aims to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy, however, critics are already stating that the £4bn package to implements Boris’s 10-point plan is far too small for the scale of the challenge! Point 9: Protecting Our Natural Environment.

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