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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To get some advice about how to run the company and possibly win some money, he entered the bionic hand into the Cozad New Venture Challenge at the University of Illinois. The program allows students to earn both an M.D.

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How to Get Started with EV Charging for Hotels and Resorts

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This type of charging would likely be found at retailers, truck stops, and roadside convenience stores , where EV drivers will exit the highway for a meal or rest stop before continuing their journey. Conversely, destination charging is needed at a traveler’s final destination, such as a hotel, resort, or conference center.

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

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Demonstrations are taking place this week at the 2012 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio. This solution connects utilities to companies that have intelligent energy management products. EIA forecasts that the mix in 2035 will shift to include 39% coal; 27% natural gas; and 16% renewables.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. But during her time as a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the aerospace industry went through a period of mass layoffs.

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How MIT’s Muriel Medard Pioneered the Universal Decoder

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After graduating, she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 as an assistant professor. While a member of the society’s board of governors, she established a popular mentoring program to connect senior and junior researchers. Having conferences at which we exchange information is key,” she says.

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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

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The R1T, a 5-passenger pickup truck, made its debut at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on 26 November and the R1S, a 7-passenger SUV, was revealed at the automaker’s press conference at Automobility on 27 November. Connectivity and Digital Experience. The company’s 2.6-million-square-foot

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How the First Transistor Worked

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In the cutaway photo of a point-contact, two thin conductors are visible; these connect to the points that make contact with a tiny slab of germanium. Now we connect the collector. They were astounded, a week or so later, when Bell Labs finally revealed the news of its own transistor, at a press conference on 30 June 1948.