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Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. The design of rWGS reactor and the catalyst is VTT in-house know-how. kW solar PV power plant at LUT.

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DARPA GXV-T demos showcase radical vehicle technologies

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A team from Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU NREC) demonstrated shape-shifting wheel-track mechanisms that transition from a round wheel to a triangular track and back again while the vehicle is on the move, for instant improvements to tactical mobility and maneuverability on diverse terrains.

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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

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The site is on the campus of the University of California, Davis; the building process will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US website. High-efficiency HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and Lighting System designed by UC Davis. American Honda Motor Co., model home in San Marcos, Calif.,

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ORNL-led team demos 3D printing method with precise control of structure and properties of metals

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This new manufacturing method takes us from reactive design to proactive design. As a result of our work, designers can now specify location specific crystal structure orientations in a part. —Suresh Babu, the University of Tennessee-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Advanced Manufacturing.

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Shell opens major new technology center in Bangalore; waste-to-fuels demo plant

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It is home to a wide spectrum of technical disciplines and specific expertise in fields such as liquefied natural gas, subsurface modelling, data analysis, engineering design, bitumen, distillation and enhanced computational research.

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Video Friday: Tap Finger, Move Mountain

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Gravis Robotics ] Universal Robots introduced the UR30 at IREX, which can lift 30kg- not the 63.5kg that it says on the tire, that’s the weight of the UR30 itself. Universal Robots ] IREX is taking place in Japan right now, and here’s a demo of Kaleido, a humanoid robot from Kawasaki. Available for preorder now.

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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