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Daimler forms electrified coach project ELCH

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This will be recorded systematically for the first time in the project and serve as a reference dimension for the design of the drivetrains. The profitability of the resulting vehicle concepts will also be assessed from the operator’s perspective and taken into account in the concept definition.

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Sacramento partners with Deepen AI and Foresight AI on HD, 3D mapping initiative to support autonomous vehicles

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The three-month effort is slated to begin in February 2019, and will focus on building high-definition, 3D maps for three demonstration routes within the city. Such detailed reference maps provide the critical foundation upon which additional real-time live elements (e.g., pedestrians, other vehicles, weather conditions, etc.)

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6G Terahertz Devices Demand 3D Electronics

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They are literally the entire backbone of wireless systems,” says Roozbeh Tabrizian , a researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville. So Tabrizian and other researchers at the University of Florida have now developed an alternative three-dimensional RF filter that can save space in smartphones and IoT devices.

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EDP, TechnipFMC and partners to develop a concept study for green hydrogen production from offshore wind: BEHYOND

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BEHYOND brings together global players in energy, EDP and TechnipFMC, with the CEiiA research center - Center for Engineering and Development; WavEC Offshore Renewables; and the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN). EDP, through the participation of EDP NEW and EDP Inovação, is the project.

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GM and partners demonstrate cross-brand V2X application layer interoperability in China

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GM, Tsinghua University and Chang’an Auto are leading a working group for the development of the V2X application layer and application data-exchange service standard with the support of SAE-China and C-ITS (China ITS Industry Alliance). Source: Huawei. Click to enlarge.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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Musser’s original orrery was a hulking machine, standing over 2 meters tall and intended for use in museums and university classrooms. I first stumbled across Musser’s desktop orrery, called the Copernican Planetarium Model 500, during a visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science , at the University of Cambridge.

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Video Friday: Make This Face

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The engineering here is definitely impressive, but I'm (still) not sold on anthropomorphic robots. Naver Labs ] Since November 2021, University of Washington researchers from the Paul G. UW’s approach uses only onboard sensors and compute and does not reference GPS or predefined maps for localization. Paper ] Thanks, Ad!