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MIT team develops new lane-change algorithm for autonomous cars

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Most existing lane-change algorithms for autonomous cars have one of two drawbacks: Either they rely on detailed statistical models of the driving environment, which are difficult to assemble and too complex to analyze on the fly; or they’re so simple that they can lead to impractically conservative decisions, such as never changing lanes at all.

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Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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It covers not only carbon dioxide but also other groups of chemical compounds known to have a detrimental effect on the environment, such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs). EDGAR used the latest international statistics and data on greenhouse gas emissions to model emissions for every country in the world.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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According to the investigators, this is the first study based on estimates of quantitative historical exposure to diesel exhaust to yield a statistically significant, positive increase in lung cancer risk with increasing diesel exposure with adjustment for potential confounding from cigarette smoking. and other risk factors for lung cancer.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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In a special presentation yesterday at the “ Beyond Lithium Ion: Computational Perspectives ” conference held at Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN).

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Masdar is a multi-billion dollar project to create a mile-square city in a desert environment where “ nothing grows ” today.

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AI Battles the Bane of Space Junk

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In a paper presented earlier this year at the European Space Agency’s second NEO and Debris Detection Conference in Darmstadt, Germany, Fabrizio Piergentili and colleagues presented results of their evolutionary “genetic” algorithm to monitor the rotational motion of space debris. That’s still a gaping hole scientifically,” Jah says.

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AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

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Since AI-enabled systems confer greater speed benefits on its users, the first countries to develop military applications will gain a strategic advantage. Since today’s AI runs on data sets, advanced statistical models, and predictive algorithms, the process of building machine intelligence ultimately centers around mathematics.