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DeMoBat project developing robot-assisted dismantling for EV batteries and motors

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photo: Irina Westermann, KIT). The funding is spread over four years and is made available as part of the Baden-Württemberg Automotive Industry Strategy Dialogue (SDA). The dismantling factory is to be built close to the industry. In this way, we conserve rare raw materials and also advance the German industrial location.

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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. kilograms per hour.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. And the company donates 5% of sales to CalCars.org in recognition of its role in promoting PHEVs and the conversions industry.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. We haven't yet seen another industrial system that can drive completely with computer vision, but one-eyed Vasya showed us that this was possible. Cognitive Pilot.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. We haven't yet seen another industrial system that can drive completely with computer vision, but one-eyed Vasya showed us that this was possible. Cognitive Pilot.

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