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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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Clean Energy Systems/Technologies under the FOA are systems and technologies that improve the efficiency of power generation and conversion systems to liquids and chemicals from fossil-based fuels, enabling affordable CO 2 capture, increasing plant availability, and maintaining environmental standards.

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Video Friday: ReachBot

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ] Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots. Moderator: Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University.

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Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

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Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, according to a recent study by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. An epidemiological study found that mobile phone conversations increase crash risk by a factor of four.

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Video Friday: No Time to Dance

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Robot Brains ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is by Ross L. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko!

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