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U Toronto and Fujitsu team use quantum-inspired computing to discover improved catalyst for hydrogen production

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Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. —Ted Sargent, senior author.

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Volvo Car outlines technological future: new Scalable Platform Architecture and focus on four-cylinder engines; Concept You

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The new Concept You show car is an example of coming designs based on the SPA. The electrical architecture will enable all future multimedia and connectivity solutions, and forms the backbone of the Volvo Car Corporation’s drive to reinforce its leading position in active safety. Concept You is an excellent example of this.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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The bell-shaped cameras connect to processor units running GRIDSMART client software that provides municipal traffic engineers with very detailed information, from traffic metrics to unobstructed views of accidents. So, where to find a larger, fine-grained vehicle dataset? That was a bit of an effort, too, but that’s what it’s all about.

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EPoSil: electroactive polymers for generating electricity from wave power

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The EPoSil concept uses dielectric elastomer transducers to generate electrical energy from wave motion. A German consortium involving four companies and and two universities is developing dielectric elastomers (electroactive polymers) for the conversion of mechanical energy—in this case wave power—into electrical power.

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Craig Partridge Is Still Working to Improve Internet Traffic

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He focused on networking concepts and technologies while working at the ARPAnet and Internet pioneering firm Bolt Beranek & Newman (BBN), now Raytheon BBN Technologies. Later that year he joined Colorado State University in Fort Collins, as chair of its department of computer science. And he was right. It opened my eyes. “So

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ETH Zürich Developing Pneumatic Hybrid Engine; Approaches Hybrid-Electric Performance at Lower Cost

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Researchers at ETH Zürich are developing a pneumatic hybrid engine—an internal combustion engine connected to a compressed air tank instead of a battery system. ETH Zürich says that the engine concept has interested several major motor companies and automotive suppliers. Pneumatic hybrid engine on the test bench. Rüegg / ETH Zurich.

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Larry Burns: Holistic approach required to achieve transformational change of transportation and the automobile; the power of “And”

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When we take the new DNA—electric drive, diverse energy sources, self-driving and driverless, connected and coordinated, vehicles with a specific purpose—we can put them all together to rethink the entire system. As a point of comparison, the California ARB ZEV regulation is mandating 15% compliant new production by 2025.