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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The recent progress in commercial humanoids is just exhausting. Starship ] By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts. The bit at the end there was Nadia not quite managing to do lateral arm raises.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The study was carried out at the MIT Industrial Performance Center and involved faculty and students from nine MIT departments. Innovation doesn’t just emerge out of thin air.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The international team, led by the Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ), has developed a new method for producing roll-to-roll flexible printed solar cells that deliver unprecedented levels of efficiency. Printed solar cells are highly efficient, flexible, and decreasing in cost.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

The A123 patents cross-licensed in this agreement are separate from the original Nanophosphate patents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which are not included as part of this settlement. We believe this agreement represents a win-win for the entire industry by paving the way for faster adoption.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” MISHRA University of California, Santa Barbara “For contributions to the development of gallium nitride-based electronics.”

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MAY 25, 2011

A report from MIT and The University of Texas at Austin urges the US to accelerate efforts to pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) in combination with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a practice that could increase domestic oil production while significantly curbing emissions of carbon dioxide. Schematic of a CO 2. EOR System.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). Earlier post.). —Li et al.

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MAY 30, 2019

Using technology we developed, we are now upgrading low-value product streams directly into higher-value base stocks and distillates—a first for our industry. A great example is the new hydrocracker at our Rotterdam refinery which started up late last year. —Darren Woods.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The new Advisory Board includes: Grant Covic, Professor of Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where there are more than 40 Ph.D. Covic leads industrial and EV wireless power research efforts, is a pioneer in inductive power transfer, and actively collaborates in WiTricity research. Marin Solja?i?,

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MARCH 12, 2011

Researchers have demonstrated a route for the production of major commercial C 3. A paper on their work appears in the ACS journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. Tester were originally at MIT; they are now at Ginkgo Bioworks, Stanford University, and Cornell University, respectively.

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MAY 14, 2020

The projects will work to lower O&M costs by using diverse technologies that are driving efficiencies across other industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced control systems, predictive maintenance, and model-based fault detection. EPRI studies have identified the potential for a.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

The MITEI program pairs world-class research teams with the energy companies responsible for commercializing the technology. The program’s structure enables industrial partners to jointly support innovative energy-related academic research while simultaneously advancing research directed at specific business challenges.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

The first commercial deployment of the OLEV wireless charging technology was put into operation in July 2011 at Seoul Grand Park, where three 100-passenger trams provide daily shuttle services to visitors at a theme park near Seoul, South Korea. MEDITECH), and member of the MIT Corporation.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

CMI will leverage these existing research programs into a larger, coordinated effort designed to eliminate materials criticality as an impediment to the commercialization of clean energy technologies. Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.;

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. IEEE FRANCES E.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Researchers at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, MIT and Boston College have found that indium-doped tin telluride (SnTe) shows high thermoelectric performance, with a peak figure of merit (ZT) of ?1.1 atom % In-doped SnTe at about 873 K (600 ° C).

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JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991.

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JUNE 24, 2013

The Obama Administration and academic and industry partners announced a series of commitments in support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI, earlier post ), a public-private endeavor that aims to cut in half the time it takes to develop novel materials that can fuel advanced manufacturing. Harvard debuts database of 2.3

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The results, Chueh said, can be directly applied to many oxide and graphite electrodes used in today’s commercial lithium ion batteries and in about half of those under development. Li said the group has also been working with industry to see how these findings might apply in the transportation and consumer electronics sectors.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Indiana University in Bloomington. Johnson served in the U.S.

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JULY 15, 2023

Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. A more cynical view of why Torres Quevedo’s computer prowess is not widely known may be because he saw no need to commercialize his chess player.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Hacettepe University , in Ankara. Commercial trucks already have guard bars on the back to prevent such accidents, so instead of looking to improve trucks, Bayhan decided to build an attachment for cars. IEEE Presidents' Scholarship , which is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. Bayhan, who lives in ?zmit,

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MARCH 4, 2016

NASA’s recent focus on supersonic research testing began in November 2010 as part of the project’s Experimental Systems Validations for N+2 Supersonic Commercial Transport Aircraft effort. In 2015, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project awarded eight studies more than $2.3 million over four years to MIT.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. A more cynical view of why Torres Quevedo’s computer prowess is not widely known may be because he saw no need to commercialize his chess player.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Researchers at Princeton University have used light to control genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast—i.e., optogenetic control—and to increase its output of commercially valuable chemicals. But metabolic engineering transcends industrial microbiology. The researchers sought to overcome this barrier.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The biomass-degrading enzymes from the anaerobic gut fungi are competitive with optimized commercial enzyme preparations from Aspergillus and Trichoderma. Lignocellulosic biomass from plant matter is an abundant, renewable starting material for biofuel and industrial chemical production. —Michelle O’Malley.

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MAY 15, 2021

At commercial scale, the inputs to the proposed “carbon refinery” process are carbon-free renewable energy, water, and CO 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to eliminate CO 2 release in the production of chemicals by integrating the unique and efficient capabilities of two microorganisms.

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JULY 26, 2012

As a promising near-term technology, oxy-combustion applied at facilities using pulverized coal-fired boilers for power or industrial applications, will support CCUS efforts and result in ultra-low emissions. University of Kentucky Research Foundation. Washington University. Unity Power Alliance.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The project represents a technical collaboration with Behr, Bosch, Delphi, Federal-Mogul, GW Castings and Honeywell to further the advancement and commercialization of the EBDI project. Ricardo’s EBDI is not utilizing a secondary ethanol injection from a secondary tank as envisioned by Ethanol Boosting Systems and MIT. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 30, 2010

The project includes genetic modifications of bacteria that metabolize carbon dioxide, oxygen, and hydrogen to produce butanol; development of an industrially scalable bioreactor system; and a novel approach to recovery of butanol from the bioreactor. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. Harvard, Univ.

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APRIL 13, 2014

Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a material that can absorb the sun’s heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand. The work was supported by BP though the MIT Energy Initiative and the US. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy.'

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. The Pennsylvania State University. PPG Industries, Inc. valve train vs. bearings). Amprius, Inc.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Boosting the yield and lowering the cost of fermentative production of biofuel would not only result in a significant immediate financial impact to commercial ethanol operations, but also support cost reductions that would be helpful to advance other advanced biofuels using the same or a similar pathway. Ethanol tolerance.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

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MARCH 11, 2023

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV. After earning a Ph.D.

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