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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The PPPL team invented this nuclear-fusion reactor, completed last year, using mainly off-the-shelf components. Jayme Thornton PPPL researchers say their simpler machine demonstrates a way to build stellarators far more cheaply and quickly, allowing researchers to easily test new concepts for future fusion power plants.

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MAY 15, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $60 million in funding to 23 new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants and developing prototype technologies to explore new pathways for fusion power. Colorado State University.

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APRIL 6, 2017

At WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience, SAE International and General Motors announced the eight North American universities which will compete in the upcoming AutoDrive Challenge. The participating universities are: Kettering University. Michigan State University. North Carolina A&T University. Michigan Tech.

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Interest in fusion energy is surging today in response to the world’s desperate need for abundant clean power. However, the standard deuterium-tritium (D-T) reaction at the core of conventional fusion reactors conceals big, long-term problems. “In The company launched in 1998 and is now capitalized at about US $1.25

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

NIST is awarding $5 million to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, Ohio, which is operated by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, for a three-phase collaborative research effort involving 27 companies, universities and national laboratories. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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MARCH 29, 2024

Invented by Soviet scientists in the 1960s , gyrotons are used in nuclear fusion research experiments to heat and control plasma. Microwaves meet rocks “But an energy beam doesn’t have those kinds of limits,” says Paul Woskov , senior research engineer at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Cadillac’s Super Cruise uses a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data. GM and Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated this when the “Boss,” our fully autonomous Chevy Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007. Click to enlarge. —Mary Barra.

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JUNE 23, 2014

Progressively demonstrate the project objectives via concept analysis/modeling, single-cylinder engine, multi-cylinder engine, and vehicle-level demonstration—the point at which the development team is now. I4 / 25 bar BMEP; during the concept evaluation in 2010 and 2011, the research team revised the architecture to 2.3L

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Detailed analytical tools, such as computational fluid dynamics, become attractive to reduce the number of probable injector concepts for a given combustion system. In this, it is leveraging its experience with automotive batteries (CAEBAT, earlier post ) and fusion (IPS for ITER). Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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JUNE 4, 2014

The ultra-lightweight battery concept offers a weight reduction of up to 40%, or 12 pounds (5.4 Ford also unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which reduces the weight of a 2013 Fusion to that of a Ford Fiesta—a nearly 25% weight reduction.

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JUNE 26, 2025

One is the availability, at relatively moderate cost, of copper-oxide-based superconducting tape, which is being produced by a few companies for startups working on tokamak fusion reactors. HTS [high temperature superconductors] are having a moment, because the costs are coming down rapidly, driven by all the work on fusion,” Haran says. “A

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

The focus will be on real-world applications of sensing technologies, computing platforms, software design implementation and advanced computation methods such as: computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion and autonomous vehicle controls.

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APRIL 9, 2019

The new concept was developed by MIT Energy Initiative and Plasma Fusion and Science Center research scientist Daniel Cohn and principal research engineer Leslie Bromberg. Over time, gasoline engines have become more and more efficient, and they have an inherent advantage in producing less air pollution, Bromberg says.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Magnomatics was founded in 2006 by a group of engineers from the University of Sheffield (UK) to commercialize magnetic gearing and motor technology developed there. Fusion IP also invested £366,000 (US$602,000) in the technology. Much further testing and optimization remains to be done, Kirby noted. Background. million (US$4.1

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.) Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.) Clemson University researchers will evaluate the feasibility of using wellbore deformations to assess reservoir, caprock, and wellbore conditions. Fusion Petroleum Technologies , Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Gonzalez-Esquer worked with Cheryl Kerfeld, the Hannah Distinguished Professor of Structural Bioengineering in the Michigan State University-DOE Plant Research Lab, and Tyler Shubitowski, MSU undergraduate student. This proof of concept also shows that BMCs can be broken down to the sum of their parts, ones that can be exchanged.

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APRIL 30, 2010

More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. The project also includes innovative concepts for engineering microbial fuel cells and bioreactor systems. Columbia University. of Georgia). Clemson Univ., of South Carolina).

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APRIL 8, 2014

Demonstrate three grid-connected advanced offshore wind concepts by 2017. ?. Conduct discovery-focused research to increase the understanding of matter, materials and their properties through partnerships with universities, national laboratories, and industry. DOE has outlined three strategies to achieve this objective: 1.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Phase 1 ULTIMATE teams will demonstrate proof of concept for alloy compositions, coatings, and manufacturing processes through modeling and laboratory scale tensile coupon testing of basic properties. University of Maryland. University of Virginia. University of Utah. West Virginia University.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Daimler has been expanding its network to universities with innovative instruments such as “Forschungscampus”, tech centers, shared professorships and industry fellowships and start-up incubators and accelerators. sensor fusion. —Anke Kleinschmit, Head of Daimler Group Research.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

The research will take place at ten UK universities and the Transport Research Laboratory. Led by Dr. Marina Gashinova, the project combines novel low-THz (LTHz) sensor development with advanced video analysis, fusion and cross learning. Human Interaction: Designing Autonomy in Vehicles (HI:DAV).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In his 1949 book The Concept of Mind , Gilbert Ryle, an English philosopher, introduced the term “category mistake.” He gave the example of a visitor to the University of Oxford who sees colleges and a splendid library and then asks, “But where is the university?”

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. tesla magnetic field in 2014.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Infrastructure control and networking with innovative vehicle concepts and systems. Fraunhofer Institute for Labor Economy and Organization (IAO); GEVAS Software GmbH; Heusch/Boesefeldt GmbH; University of Applied Sciences Technology and Business of the State of Saarland; ifak Magdeburg e.V.; University of Braunschweig; Tech.

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JUNE 29, 2022

The concept of. Coauthor Gaudiot , Liu’s former doctoral advisor at the University of California, Irvine, often collaborate on autonomous driving projects.). The RSUs then communicate directly with the deployed vehicles to facilitate the fusion of the roadside data and the vehicle-side data on the vehicle.

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JULY 12, 2017

zFAS and sensor fusion. Right from the outset, full attention was paid to this, and especially to the safety concept. Its modular concept makes the zFAS flexibly scalable and thus future-proof. To this end, Audi is working closely with top businesses from the software field, as well as with leading universities.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ouyang Ziyuan , a cosmochemist and early driving force for Chinese lunar exploration, notes in a July talk the potential extraction of helium-3 , delivered to the lunar surface by unfiltered solar wind, for nuclear fusion (which would require major breakthroughs on Earth and in space). This won't be enough for larger missions, however.

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JANUARY 22, 2022

This is the moment that the concept of electronic paper, or e-paper, went mainstream. Electronic-ink researchers had been pursuing color e-paper for years, as had other researchers around the world, in universities, corporate research labs, and startups. It was the end of 2008, October, right before the holiday shopping season.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

In Europe, the likes of the Yaris and the iQ have kept average fuel consumption levels low, while Toyota is working on several new concepts such as the FT-EV (see article ) which has a claimed range of 50miles per charge. When sales of the Civic Hybrid started to flag, Honda introduced the Insight Hybrid earlier this year.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Well, taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and potentially other gases like methane is a really sensible concept in principle because that would accelerate the process of moving back to the sort of pre-industrial sustainable climate that we have. Another concept is based on observation of something that’s happening now.

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15 January 2025 Read next CES 2025: Automotive suppliers focus on software and safety 14 January 2025 Read next CES 2025: Carmakers and concepts take a technological leap 13 January 2025 Read next How did the UKs LCV markets perform in 2024? The system is reportedly capable of managing high complexity with its birds-eye fusion technology.

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JULY 23, 2014

Scheme of the HARKEN concept. The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) —Martínez et al.

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

A Clandestine Ford Escape Engine Upgrade Yeung graduated from Purdue University in 1991, in the teeth of a recession. liter engine that was used in the Escape compact SUV and the midsize Fusion family sedantwo of Fords top U.S. With an electric motor, theres really not that much to it, he said. Its no longer an art form.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

When the final funding opportunity announcement is released following this public comment period, DOE will accept applications from industry, national laboratories, and university-led teams to address these challenges and enable technologies that drive innovation in vehicle design. Advanced Climate Control Auxiliary Load Reduction.

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How We Got Started With Drones for Demining I became interested in land-mine detection while studying geological science as an undergraduate at Binghamton University , New York. Still, this work provided the proof of concept that paved the way for what we’re doing today.

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