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Connect with Engineers Worldwide Through the IEEE App

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One of its many features is connecting members with other app users who have similar interests or affiliations, or live nearby. The app can recommend upcoming conferences and meetings based on your interests and location. You can download the IEEE app from Appleā€™s App Store or Google Play. The IEEE app can help.

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Audi of America to introduce 4G LTE Audi connect service with A3 in Spring 2014

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Audi of America will launch its first 4G LTE service with the new Audi connect system in A3 models due Spring 2014. In a press conference at the 2013 Connected Car Expo at the Los Angeles Auto Show today, Audi officials detailed the services and long-term opportunities enabled by technology, which it had announced in January.

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OnStar Leverages Google Android and Maps Technology for Chevrolet Volt Mobile Applications

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OnStar is leveraging Google technology to develop a number of new mobile application features to provide Volt customers with the most connected vehicle experience possible. Additionally, the owner will also have the option to get voice-guided directions to their vehicle from their current location, using Google Maps Navigation.

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Audi shows integrated Android operating system in Audi Q8 sport concept

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This world premiere, presented at the Google I/O developer conference, will allow the development of connectivity services to be greatly accelerated, the company said. The Audi Q8 sport concept technology platform, which Audi is presenting at Google I/O, already has Android on board. billion active users worldwide.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Googleā€™s ā€œGfleetā€ based at the companyā€™s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. Click to enlarge.

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Ampriusā€™ silicon nanowire Li-ion batteries power Airbus Zephyr S HAPS solar aircraft

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The silicon nanowire structure includes a metallically conductive nanowire core, metallurgically connected to the current collector. Each silicon wire is directly connected and does not need to rely on particle-to-particle contacts for conductivity; the silicon material remains in electrical contact over the entire cycle life of the cell.

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Ford working with Google Prediction API to enable vehicles independently to change behavior for optimal driveability and fuel efficiency

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Prototype screen shot of Ford’s Google Cloud Prediction. Ford researchers are applying Googleā€™s Prediction API to more than two years of their own predictive driver behavior research and analysis in an effort to enable vehicles independently to change how they perform to deliver optimal driveability and fuel efficiency.

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