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Ford launches Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan; Mobility Challenge Series 2.0

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in 2014 ( earlier post ), Ford has launched the Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan, which asks developers to submit traffic-busting solutions for the main highway artery between Taipei and popular tourist destination Yilan. Building on the success of Ford’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series (IMCS) 1.0

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ExxonMobil ships first LNG cargo from $19B PNG LNG project ahead of schedule; serving China and Japan

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Approximately 435 miles (700 km) of pipeline connect the facilities, which include a gas conditioning plant and liquefaction and storage facilities with capacity of 6.9 Mineral Resources Development Company (representing landowners) and Petromin PNG Holdings Limited. Sinopec); Tokyo Electric Power Co. TEPCO); Osaka Gas Co.

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Clever Compression of Some Neural Nets Improves Performance

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For each snippet of sound, it would guess the word or words, and update its connections based on whether it’s right or wrong. The group’s research, Lai says, is part of an ongoing collaboration on low-resource language learning between MIT CSAIL and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. OMP created no such boost.

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Lumax and Italian ally gear up for new vehicle emission dynamics – ET Auto

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LCVs, ICVs and last mobility solutions will offer opportunities and our e-shifters, connected vehicle systems and sensors will have a larger role,” said Marwah. Mechatronics will play a big role too going forward even while there are challenges to reckon with like the resource crunch in software.

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Eni-BP Joint Venture Awarded Coal-Bed Methane Project in Indonesia; Potential for First Integrated CBM to LNG Project

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A consortium led by BP-Eni 50:50 joint venture VICO has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the Government of Indonesia for the exploration and development of coalbed methane (CBM) resources on the Sanga-Sanga block in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Sanga-Sanga CBM PSC was awarded to a consortium comprising VICO (7.5%

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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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It is particularly critical where battery weight, size, and capacity is a precious resource, such as in small and mobile devices like distributed sensor networks, autonomous robots, wireless communication, and real-time systems. Improved efficiency is increasingly essential for tasks like computer vision and imaging activities.

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Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

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Honda is touting increased relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited. Honda also says it's continuing to aim to reach a goal of a 7 percent return on sales by fiscal year 2026. Like many OEMs, Honda has ambitious EV goals -- goals we've generally been skeptical about.

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