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MIT Sequential Decomposition Synthesis process produces thin solid-state electrolytes without sintering

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from MIT has developed a new approach to fabricating oxide-based solid-state electrolytes that are comparable in thickness to the polymer separators found in current Li-ion batteries without sintering: sequential decomposition synthesis (SDS). Rupp (2022) “A Sinter-Free Future for Solid-State Battery Designs” Energy Environ.

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ARPA-E awarding $10M to 8 projects studying low-energy nuclear reactions

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Amphionic proposes to optimize cathode design to form Pd-polymeric composites within which the Pd nanoparticle size and shape are varied, and the interfacial separation and geometry are controlled. Nanostructured Pd-Anf Composites for Controlled LENR Exploitation - $295,924. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Discover how we put our expertise in robotics research to use designing, testing, and deploying a warehouse robot. But how did we get there? VISTEC ] Thanks Poramate! VISTEC ] Thanks Poramate!

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Researchers take first 3D images of microscopic hydrogen-embrittled cracks in metal

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Microfractures in metal alloys, though impossible to see with the naked eye, can easily spread when exposed to water or hydrogen and lead to major problems in structures such as bridges, electrochemical and nuclear plants and hydrogen storage containers, leading to failures and expensive repairs.

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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APRIL 22, 2022

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. Starship ] Our purpose-built vehicle is designed and engineered to drive safely in rain, hail, or shine.

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

National Science Foundation —holds what are termed visioning events, wherein IEEE members and hundreds of other experts from academia, industry, and nonprofits can conceptualize bold ideas. Reports from recent visioning events are slated to be released to the public in the next few months. “The

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Video Friday: DALL-E 2

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APRIL 8, 2022

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Measuring water quality throughout river networks with precision, speed and at lower cost than traditional methods is now possible with AquaBOT, an aquatic drone developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. Research Specialist, MIT Media Lab.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

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MAY 19, 2023

I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. Because sea levels and temperatures are rising, more than 80 percent of marine life is migrating toward the Earth’s poles and away from warmer water, he said. The event kicked off with a “fireside chat” between Vint Cerf and Katie Hafner , a technology journalist.

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Behind Audi’s new “rightsized” efficient EA888 Gen.3B family

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MAY 14, 2015

The new Audi engine combines shorter intake events with a high geometric compression ratio; together with other refinements to the basic engine, the new combustion concept enables a reduction in combined cycle CO 2 emissions of up to 10-12 g/km compared to its predecessor. 3B designation. Click to enlarge. The basic Gen.3B In the 2.0L

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Video Friday: Remote Control Burger Crafting

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JUNE 24, 2022

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. MIT ] Thanks, Rachel! Event cameras are novel sensors that address this limitation by providing auxiliary visual information in the blind-time between frames. [ I'm impressed.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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MAY 17, 2023

Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. And many of them have turned out to be utter duds.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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APRIL 20, 2024

In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. Kahn postponed his planned return to MIT and continued to work on expanding this network. I was pretty sure it would work,” Kahn says, “but it was a big event.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He graduated from MIT in 1894 with a degree in electrical engineering, and within the year he (along with his friend George C. His initial designs, as described in a series of patents , were for a pendulum clock with a permanent magnet as its bob (that’s the weight at the bottom of the pendulum). which produced battery-operated clocks.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Drift

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): MIT ] In this video we demonstrate fully autonomous multi-contact locomotion for our humanoid robot LOLA. Exyn ] The world's largest quadruped robot cluster performance!

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Engineers at Georgia Tech are the first to study the mechanics of springtails, which leap in the water to avoid predators. CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos!

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