Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. Consequently, governments, universities, and companies have long looked to fusion to remedy these ills. Among those interested parties is NASA. percent efficiency.
Cars That Think
JULY 15, 2023
Brandon Sorbom , the scientific director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) , leads me toward the center of the building’s cross-shaped footprint, weaving among scaffolding, forklifts, and teams of welders and painters. On the site of a former U.S. Army Reserve base near Boston, an unusual structure is rising from the rolling hills.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Lockheed Martin revealed yesterday that its Skunk Works team is working on a new compact fusion reactor (CFR)—the size of a Class 8 trailer rather than a building—that could be developed and deployed in as little as 10 years. —Tom McGuire, compact fusion lead for the Skunk Works’ Revolutionary Technology Programs.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The consortium includes the University of Bristol, EDF UK, UKAEA and Urenco. This will be a world first technology demonstrator which is a beautiful and exciting translation of a well proven fusion-fuel hydrogen isotope storage technology that the UK Atomic Energy Authority has used for several decades at a small scale. million (US$9.3
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2017
At WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience, SAE International and General Motors announced the eight North American universities which will compete in the upcoming AutoDrive Challenge. The participating universities are: Kettering University. Michigan State University. North Carolina A&T University. Michigan Tech.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 16, 2022
at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bovik found his calling: digital image processing. Employer: University of Texas. Alma mater: University of Illinois. For nearly 40 years, he has been a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering , in Austin.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Cadillac’s Super Cruise uses a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data. GM and Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated this when the “Boss,” our fully autonomous Chevy Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007. Click to enlarge. —Mary Barra.
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