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Toyota Research Institute launches next phase of collaborative research with 13 new academic institutions; more than $75M investment

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These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. —Eric Krotkov, TRI Chief Science Officer, who leads the university research program.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Reed Faculty Initiatives Fund, and the MIT Energy Initiative. —Jessika Trancik.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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Colorado State University. Colorado State University will develop a thermal energy storage system combined with partner ION Clean Energy’s flexible advanced solvent carbon capture technology. University of Pittsburgh. Georgia Institute of Technology. Natural Gas/Direct Air Capture Hybrid Plant - $800,283.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Hacettepe University , in Ankara. IEEE Presidents' Scholarship , which is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. The concept of a 3D-printed 3D printer was a theory before Minnick began his project three years ago. University of California, Santa Cruz.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. The aerobic microbe has been engineered at MIT and is capable of converting a variety of organic compounds into oil, from which biodiesel may be produced. NC State University. of Georgia). Medical University of South Carolina. 1,500,000.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Team CoSTAR, a collaboration between NASA’s JPL, MIT, Caltech, KAIST, and LTU, inspects the communications-node deployment system on their Husky wheeled robots [top]. and Team CSIRO Data61—consisting of CSIRO’s Data61; Emesent; and Georgia Tech. The Cave Circuit, scheduled for the fall of 2020, was canceled due to COVID-19.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects were selected through a merit-based process from thousands of concept papers and hundreds of full applications. The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% University. University. University of.

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