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Faster, Safer Cars Come Into Focus With New Optical Network Tech

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“I think the car of the future will be a moving data center equipped with a high-performance computer (HPC), numerous sensors, 6G radio systems, and an optical backbone network to connect them all,” says Hiroyuki Tsuda , an electrical and computer engineering professor at Keio University in Tokyo.

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc. Led by Lukas Graber , head of Georgia Techs plasma and dielectrics lab, the research group will run its 72-kV prototype AC breaker through a synthetic test circuit at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee beginning in late April.

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These Companies Were the Patent Powerhouses of 2024

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Once mighty companies have fallen in the ranks, others have come and gone, and the top spots are largely filled by todays Big Tech companies. The tech giant has produced a more influential patent portfolio than entire industry categories. Nearly 20 years later, every company on the top 10 list has been usurped.

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Airbus is Working on a Superconducting Electric Aircraft

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At the Airbus Summit , a symposium for journalists on 24 and 25 March, top executives sketched out a bold, tech-forward vision for the companys next couple of generations of aircraft. The highlight, from a tech perspective, is a superconducting, fuel-cell powered airliner. Airbuss strategy is based on parallel development efforts.

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Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

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The building is home to the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute , part of Victoria University of Wellington. How Electric Propulsion Works In 2023, Paihau-Robinson installed the first version of their superconducting electromagnet onto an existing ion thruster at Nagoya University in Japan. C (75 kelvin).

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Could This Fuel Cell Tech Help Scale Green Hydrogen?

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Saerbeck, Germany-based Enapter and Austin, Texas-based Agastya offer commercial megawatt-scale AEM electrolyzers used in industry for chemical reactions and heating. AEM technology has not yet been proven at commercial scale for continuous industrial hydrogen supply. However, these demonstrations remain limited in scale and maturity.

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The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

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And then there are the quantum sensors based on defects in diamonds that Quantum Catalyzer is trying to commercialize. Mller , professor of computer science at the University of Victoria, B.C., It doesnt hurt to also be familiar with superconductivity or be handy with laser control systems. According to IEEE Life Member Hausi A.