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MIT and Lamborghini file patent on new MOF material for supercapacitors

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The collaboration began three years ago when Automobili Lamborghini joined the MIT-Italy Program, and took a further step forward in 2017 with the launch of two research projects, one with Professor Mircea Dinc? At MIT, the Dinc? Battery materials.

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Lamborghini presents electric super sports car design concept, developed in collaboration with MIT labs

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Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof. Innovative materials.

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. —Paolo Santi, a research scientist at the Senseable City Lab at MIT and co-author.

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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The video is recorded in Perugia Italy. [ This article presents the overall system—design, hardware, and software—for Quori, a novel, affordable, socially interactive humanoid robot platform for facilitating non-contact human-robot interaction (HRI) research. iRobot ] How Wing designed its hybrid drone for last mile delivery.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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They set their record with a chain of 334 self-designed robots. And we are proud that we have succeeded.” [ VUB ] Based in Italy, Comau is a leading robot manufacturer and global systems integrator. The BruBotics research group at VUB aims to bring robots closer to people with their record. ESA ] Wing’s AutoLoader for curbside pickup.

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Why Tesla won’t lose sleep over other automakers achieving massive range ratings

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” Traveling on a route through Germany and Italy, crossing the towns and cities of Sindelfingen, Gotthard Tunnel, Milan, and Cassis, 11 hours and 32 minutes of driving time ended its 626-mile trek successfully with a single charge. .'” The technology program behind it marks a milestone in the development of electric vehicles.

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