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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Valence maintains a team of seven application engineers on the ground in Ireland. “ They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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In October, the Texas attorney general accused Google of violating the state’s biometric privacy law, saying the Nest home-automation device “records—without consent—friends, children, grandparents, and guests who stop by, and then stores their voiceprints indefinitely.” Forensic speaker comparison is primarily investigative.

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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

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Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues have. In comparison, the mobile approach outlined in the paper and led by researchers at UT Austin, maps air pollution every 100 feet, or at about four to five locations along a single city block. —Apte et al.

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