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Ford working with Google Prediction API to enable vehicles independently to change behavior for optimal driveability and fuel efficiency

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Prototype screen shot of Ford’s Google Cloud Prediction. Ford researchers are applying Google’s Prediction API to more than two years of their own predictive driver behavior research and analysis in an effort to enable vehicles independently to change how they perform to deliver optimal driveability and fuel efficiency.

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U. Minnesota team develops Lagrangian technique to identify NOx hotspots; opportunity for connected vehicles and big data

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Conversely, Lagrangian data taken from the vehicle frame of reference can more precisely indicate the spatiotemporal distribution of mobile emissions sources.… The second was a New Flyer Xcelsior 40-foot, low-floor transit bus powered by a Cummins ISB 6.7L diesel engine and an adaptive ZF Ecolife automatic transmission.

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GaN company Transphorm closes $70M investment round

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Transphorm Inc, an early stage power conversion semiconductor company, announced a $70-million investment round led by global investment firm KKR. Similarly, when applied to power conversion, GaN components enable significantly more efficient, compact, and cost-effective products.

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required. Meanwhile, Google has scrambled to deliver its own chatbot, Bard, which launched in March; Amazon announced a $4 billion investment in Anthropic , creator of ChatGPT competitor Claude, in September.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash.

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Video Friday: Dark Side Spot

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Researchers and engineers at Google Research and Everyday Robots are working together to combine the best of machine learning language models with helper robots that can complete complex and abstract tasks like ‘cleaning up a spilled drink.’. What if there was a better way to communicate with learning robots so they can help us? TEDxMIT ].

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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5G devices, meanwhile, can connect directly to each other through radio networks forming an " edge cloud " of their own. That's a problem for all governments connected to the network. "If search giant stopped Huawei from offering Google-run services, such as Gmail, YouTube and carrying Google's Android app store, Google Play.

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