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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. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. —Jessika Trancik.

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Building Human-Robot Relationships Through Music and Dance

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You can imagine how this concept can extend to movements and gestures as well, and effective robot-to-human interaction will need to account for this. That’s prosody. Many of the robots in this performance are already well known, including Shimon , one of Gil Weinberg’s most creative performers.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose. If, for example, the app detects the person has a folate deficiency, it recommends foods such as asparagus, spinach, and sunflower seeds, he says. The app starts with a photo of a nail taken by a user.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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The 25 experiments address four global megatrends—explosive population growth; an expanding middle class; air quality and public health concerns; and changing customer attitudes and priorities—challenging today’s transportation model and limiting personal mobility, especially in urban areas. Data Driven Insurance, London.

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

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The concept of a 3D-printed 3D printer was a theory before Minnick began his project three years ago. I'm a very competitive person," he says, "so I was motivated to try and disprove these articles and actually build this device.". The second-place winner was Brian Minnick, who developed a self-replicating 3D printer. Brian Minnick.

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First drive in the Kia EV9: The three-row electric SUV many consumers have been waiting for

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A quick Kia EV9 recap leading up to the test drive This latest drive event (personally my first with Kia) was three years in the making, as the EV9 SUV’s origin dates back to its debut as a concept at the LA Auto Show in 2021. I foresee it doing well globally, especially in the SUV-crazed US.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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As in the preliminary events, humans weren’t permitted on the course, and only one person from each team was allowed to interact remotely with the team’s robots, so direct remote control was impractical. and Team CSIRO Data61—consisting of CSIRO’s Data61; Emesent; and Georgia Tech. What was special about the Subterranean Challenge?