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Nissan and ENEL announce V2G system, launch smart grid trials in Europe

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At the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this week, Nissan announced the development of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system which will allow drivers to operate as individual energy hubs with the ability to store, use or return electricity to the grid. Earlier post.).

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Air Products provides hydrogen fueling station to Shell in Germany

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The hydrogen stations are to be built in metropolitan regions and along corridors connecting these regions, thereby supporting the initial roll-out of fuel cell vehicles. In Spain, Air Products recently provided the hydrogen for the fueling station in Barcelona, which powered a Honda FCX Clarity on a journey across the city in June.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Even after Torres Quevedo’s death in 1936, the machine continued to garner attention among the cybernetic set, such as when it defeated Norbert Wiener at an influential conference in Paris in 1951. (To Plus El Ajedrecista has always had a fan base among chess enthusiasts.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Even after Torres Quevedo’s death in 1936, the machine continued to garner attention among the cybernetic set, such as when it defeated Norbert Wiener at an influential conference in Paris in 1951. (To Plus El Ajedrecista has always had a fan base among chess enthusiasts.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Hanna

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I was also thinking about how I was going to spend today and tomorrow reviewing articles for the ELNANO Conference that we hold every year in April and May. So much to do: lessons, conference, articles, teaching materials for lectures. I am writing this in small parts, because there is something to do all the time.

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