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BAIC BJEV in strategic cooperation with Dresden University of Technology for lightweighting technology

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BAIC BJEV), a subsidiary of BAIC, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dresden University of Technology (TUD) to create the Sino-German Automotive Light Weighting Technology Joint R&D Center. Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Earlier post.).

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12 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2022

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While China leads on number of publications, publication citations, and conference publications, the United States still leads on citations of conference publications, showing that prestigious papers from U.S. Universities Are Crawling With CS Students. researchers are still having an outsized impact.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? It featured a vertical chessboard with pegs for the chess pieces; a mechanical arm moved the pegs.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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Alexander Gabay, a researcher at the University of Delaware, states flatly: “I am skeptical that any non-rare-earth permanent magnet could be used in a synchronous traction motor in the near future.” It was a stunning disclosure, which left most experts in permanent magnetism wary and perplexed. No one fully understands this,” he reports.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? It featured a vertical chessboard with pegs for the chess pieces; a mechanical arm moved the pegs.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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events last year, including the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs and the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community Conference. The committee also for the first time awarded funding for projects in Fiji and Spain. COLLABORATIONS The committee participated in several U.N.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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