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Build Long-Range IoT Applications Fast With Meshtastic

Cars That Think

Clearly, mesh and its ad hoc decentralized digital architecture were the future of wireless comms! I bought a $25 WisBlock meshtastic starter kit from RAKwireless, which marries a LoRA radio/microcontroller and an expansion board. megabits per second in a moving car. I chose this board because its 3.3-volt

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ON Semiconductor introducing new family of power modules for Automotive traction inverters

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Future devices in the VE-Trac family will include discrete power devices, isolated gate drivers and expanded module solutions, as well as wide bandgap (WBG) devices that will drive performance and expand the portfolio of products available to automotive systems designers.

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BioBoost project targets conversion of biomass into intermediate energy carriers for subsequent conversion into fuels, chemicals, power and heat

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The project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), will start in early 2012. The fast pyrolysis and HTC processes of demo-size (0.5-1 KIT is using a new technology; cleaning will take place at 500 °C, as a result of which energy consumption will be reduced compared to conventional processes. above 1000 °C.

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Kespry and NVIDIA demonstrate deep learning for commercial autonomous drones; NVIDIA Jetson TX1

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The demo was conducted using the NVIDIA Jetson TX1 embedded module—unveiled yesterday at an NVIDIA event in San Francisco. Kespry’s prototype drone with Jetson TX1 is a vision of the future, when robots and drones will see, think and navigate on their own Jetson TX1 will enable a new generation of incredibly capable autonomous devices.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. The originator of that phrase is unclear.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal PluginIndia was invited by the OLA Electric team to visit the OLA future factory. Video: ​OLA Future Factory: Guided Tour | QnA Ola Future Factory is near Krishnagiri, TN Test Track! Video: ​OLA Future Factory: Guided Tour | QnA Ola Future Factory is near Krishnagiri, TN Test Track!

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ONR developing offensive autonomous swarming capability for unmanned surface vehicles; adapting JPL’s CARACaS

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The technology under development—based on the Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing ( CARACaS ) developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)—can be put into a transportable kit and installed on almost any boat.

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