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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will receive funding to replace diesel buses with 40' battery electric Gillig buses and chargers for an expansion route. The new route will serve a Park-n-Ride and a new Amazon distribution center that employs over 1,500 Jacksonville residents.

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Video Friday: Robotics After Hours

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YouTube ] The Apellix Opus X8 Softwash (SW) system cleaning the University of Florida Shands Hospital building in Jacksonville, Florida. Apellix ] NeuroVis is a neural dynamic visualizer that connects to the Robot Operating System (ROS). For a decade-old platform, this performance is still pretty good. Brain Lab ] Thanks, Poramate!

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How to Build a Power Grid on the Moon

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Without sunlight, solar panels become useless, their broad expanse then serving only to lose heat. A combination of insulation, reflection, and energy produced from solar panels works to keep the entire spacecraft within an acceptable temperature range throughout its flight. At night the temperature falls to -220 °C, as cold as Pluto.