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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Compared to a healthy user [top], a person experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder [middle] or depression [bottom] may use their phone more than usual and late at night. Calls and texts: The frequency of text messages and phone conversations signifies a person’s social isolation or activity, which indicates a certain mood.

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How the World Views Autonomous Vehicles

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Photo credit: Florenc.Elezi / Shutterstock.com In a recent global survey conducted by Maison Law, a personal injury law firm based in Fresno, California, the levels of trust and comfort with autonomous vehicles were explored across different countries. Conversely, the United States, Japan, and South Korea demonstrated lower levels of trust.

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Virent and HCL CleanTech receive $900K grant to demonstrate lignocellulosic sugars as feedstock for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts

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BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy is a program for US-Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the US Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. Virent Energy Systems Inc. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 million total project cost.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Electromotive to Collaborate on Charging Infrastructure

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The Elektrobay’s socket is located under a secure, weather-proof door, accessed using a personalized key fob. The resulting ‘conversation’ can exchange data and discuss billing, power requirement identification, transaction security and safety. When charging is in progress, the door locks shut to prevent interference.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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The VDoS gang members had been only 14 years old when they started to offer DDoS services from Israel in 2012. On the same day, the Israeli police arrested the VDoS founders in Israel. With this information, it would seek court orders and then search warrants to acquire the content of the conspirators’ conversations.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said. — Mark - Dallas 25.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding.

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