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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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But we have encountered another, quite surprising connection between supernovas and the human world specifically, a connection to the technology needed to make computer chips for the latest smartphones and other electronic devices. Seen through telescopic eyes, the night sky is dotted with the glowing remains of exploded stars.

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Mobile BESS Powers Remote Heavy Equipment

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As the Maryland capital raced to contain the mess, responders discovered a problem: They didn’t have access to reliable power at the waterfront site. So they tracked down Scott Calhoun , chief operating officer of Power Up Connect. Usually in these kinds of situations, responders bring in fossil-fuel generators.

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Startup’s Analog AI Promises Power for PCs

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Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above). Say youve got an analog neural network where the weights are stored as conductances in individual RRAM cells. The problem is, semiconductor devices are messy things, says Verma.

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Will Supercapacitors Come to AI's Rescue?

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Because training is orchestrated simultaneously among many thousands of GPUs in massive data centers, and with each new generation of GPU consuming an ever-increasing amount of power, each step of the computation corresponds to a massive energy spike. This makes the grid see a consistent load, but it also wastes energy doing unnecessary work.

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Plug’n Drive and NexDrive Announce Essential Partnership Powering Canada’s EV Transition

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From the floor of the 2025 Canadian International AutoShow (CIAS), Plugn Drive and NexDrive, powered by NAPA, are thrilled to announce their collaboration on the EVs are for Everyone Cross-Canada Tour. Bringing Electric Vehicle Education and Test Drives to Communities Nationwide Toronto, Ontario February 14, 2025.

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"Flying Batteries" Could Help Microdrones Take Off

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But a new combination of circuits and lightweight solid-state batteries called a flying batteries topology could let these bots really take off, potentially powering microbots for hours from a system that weighs milligrams. milligram cell can store 20 microampere-hours of charge, or about 60 ampere-hours per liter. cubic-millimeter, 0.8-milligram

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Put an Old-School BBS on Meshtastic Radio

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Todays BBSs are typically accessed over the Internet, rather than dial-up connections. LoRa first appeared on Hands Ons radar in 2020 , when enthusiasts realized that the long-range, low-bandwidth protocol had a lot of potential beyond just machine-to-machine Internet of Things connections, such as building person-to-person text messagers.