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BMW’s ReachNow installing Light & Charge locations in Seattle; 100 chargers at 20 new public sites

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transforms existing street and parking lot light poles into connected nodes on a smart city network. The system combines high-efficiency LED lighting, EV charging and a sophisticated sensor bus that senses various parameters and connects the site to the cloud. BMW had presented a prototype system in 2014. Earlier post.).

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BMW brings Enlighten real-time signals app into car

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The BMW Group is the first manufacturer to bring the EnLighten App, by Connected Signals , into the car. When connected to the BMW’s display, EnLighten provides more information about the state of upcoming lights. Supported cities currently are Portland and Eugene, OR and Salt Lake City, UT, offering more than 2.000 traffic lights.

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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. The most capable AI models today lean heavily on data centers packed with expensive AI hardware that users must access over a reliable Internet connection. Even so, AI models accessed remotely can of course be slow to respond.

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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In 2014, the world’s leading truck manufacturer presented the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025, the world’s first automated truck ( earlier post ), and was the first to demonstrate the technological opportunities and great potential that automated trucks have for the economy and society. Daimler Trucks reassessing the benefits of platooning.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The city proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs.

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UC Riverside team developing nav system that uses signals of opportunity; support for autonomous vehicles

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Led by Zak Kassas, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, the team presented its research at the 2016 Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite System Conference (ION GNSS+), in Portland, Ore., in September.

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

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Portland, Ore., I had the monitor installed, working, and connected to the Airthings app less than 10 minutes after it arrived at my doorstep, in June. LG led its presentation with personal air purifiers instead of televisions. Harry Campbell. The summer of 2020 brought wildfire to. Obviously, the air in my home was bad.

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