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JANUARY 21, 2018

MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. But it is unclear how this enhancement in efficiency connects with the material’s inherent, topological properties. 1715477115.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Ford is now shipping beta test kits of its open-source connectivity research platform, OpenXC ( earlier post ), to developers and universities around the world. The CAN translation module is a microcontroller with two connections: one to the CAN bus via the OBD-II port, and one to the host device via USB. OpenXC architecture.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Our hybrid controller connects to the CAN; our controller is read-only. In May, XL Hybrids signed an agreement with Henley Transmission Services, LLC, the largest franchise holder of AAMCO automotive service centers, to certify AAMCO technicians to install and service XL Hybrids’ hybrid-electric conversions.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) and WiTricity have jointly developed a high-efficiency wireless power demonstration system utilizing the high-frequency switching capability of gallium nitride transistors. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials. nuclear applications. Abengoa Solar Inc.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel. Hydrogen-Dependent Conversion of Carbon Dioxide To Liquid Electrofuels By Extremely Thermophilic Archaea.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NRL did some interesting stuff with Nexi robots from MIT and made their own videos. MIT CSAIL ] Large industrial asset operators increasingly use robotics to automate hazardous work at their facilities. RozenZebet ] Hawkeye is a real time multimodal conversation and interaction agent for the Boston Dynamics’ mobile robot Spot.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Kickstarter ] Researchers created a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about who they connect with, enabling more scalable self-assembly. MIT CSAIL ] Thanks, Rachel! Its AI gets smarter and more individualized through questions and conversations with users. Paper at IROS next week! [

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MAY 24, 2022

So, researchers are brainstorming ideas for foiling cyberattacks on such devices that exploit security weak points in their wireless power or Internet connections. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning. Rats are irrepressible.

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APRIL 16, 2023

from MIT in 1963. The Sutherland brothers, through a connection of their mother’s, began visiting Edmund Berkeley in New York City from their home in Scarsdale while Ivan was still in grade school. Adding to Sutherland’s excitement about MIT was the fact that Claude Shannon had moved there. At MIT, Sutherland met with Wesley A.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” DURRANI University of Strathclyde Glasgow “For sustained leadership and outstanding contributions to the IEEE in education, technical activities, awards, and global connections.” VINCENT W.S.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He graduated from MIT in 1894 with a degree in electrical engineering, and within the year he (along with his friend George C. In Warren’s own telling of the story , his first attempt at an electric chronometer was a crude motor that connected the gears of a clock to the Boston Edison electrical system. In 1916, the Warren Clock Co.

Power Grid

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APRIL 21, 2023

Using a hand-me-down television set as a monitor, and a dial-up modem, he connected the computer to CompuServe , one of the first commercial online service providers. “It Another is the Open Casebook series, a joint project of MIT Press and the Harvard Law School Library that offers open-source digital legal textbooks for free.

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MAY 28, 2024

Almost all the content is taken directly from talks I attended or conversations I had with fellow attendees. Russ Tedrake of Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and MIT pointed to the recent Diffusion Policies paper as showing a similar surprising capability.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Marketwatch ).

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APRIL 20, 2024

The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. You were just trying to figure out how to enable conversations.”

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This article is based on the authors’ new book, Fantasies of Virtual Reality (The MIT Press). The two connected through their forum posts, and Luckey sent one of his prototype VR headsets to Carmack. In 2017 Mark Zuckerberg stated a bold goal: He wanted one billion people to try virtual reality (VR) by 2027.

Environment

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MARCH 24, 2022

As it turns out, Estrin—whose parents are IEEE Fellows Gerald and Thelma Estrin—has a connection to von Neumann, a mathematician who made contributions to physics, computing, and game theory. At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. Steven Cherry We've been speaking with IBM veteran and Ph.D.

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JUNE 4, 2022

A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. Local area network. Object-oriented programming.

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MAY 17, 2023

Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. It doesn’t have any connection to the world. I’ve read it. It’s superb.

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