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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. He reported that he felt as though a part of him had come back thanks to the prosthesis. The Ability Hand is also water-resistant, Akhtar says. The program allows students to earn both an M.D. and a Ph.D.

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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. Then you are part of a community.”

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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders

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during a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. Click to enlarge.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000.

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How the First Transistor Worked

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Think about slowly pouring a small amount of fine powder onto the surface of water. In fact, point-contact transistors remained in production until 1966 , in part due to their superior speed compared with the alternatives. The powder eventually sinks, but first it spreads out in a rough circle. Now we connect the collector.