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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

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This Texas Instruments calculator, called the Little Professor, debuted in 1976 and proved an instant hit. A 9-volt battery powered the Texas Instrument TMS0975NL integrated circuit and the eight-digit LED display. Texas Instruments still makes a version of the Little Professor, only now it’s sustainably powered with solar cells.)

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Video Friday: Grain Weevil

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Pickle Robot ] Quite possibly the most destructive combat robot ever designed has been revamped and is heading to RoboGames 2023. KAIST ] Here’s how Pickle’s box-unloading robot has been doing. Use the code “HardCore” for a discount on your RoboGames tickets! RoboGames ] Is AI smarter than babies?

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. She left the University of Texas in 2005 to join Rice University. A bridge between EE and health care Richards-Kortum joined IEEE while teaching at the University of Texas. “I After earning her Ph.D.

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Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

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Air Products’ carbon capture project in Port Arthur, Texas captures 90% of the CO 2 via Vacuum Swing Adsorption from 2 steam-methane reformers (SMRs) yielding 1,000,000 tons CO 2 /year. The technology in the demo—the first of its kind operating at such a large scale—has not been accomplished anywhere else in the United States.

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Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

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50 flights is 45 flights more than this little helicopter was designed for, which is bonkers. In the final episode of Putting Zoox to the Test, we explain how our robotaxi is designed to pass the most rigorous crash tests and summarize the process from pre-crash simulations to component-level tests and post-crash testing.

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Video Friday: Lunar Base

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As weird as this looks, it’s designed to reduce the burden on caregivers by automating tooth brushing. GITAI conducted a demonstration of lunar base construction using two GITAI inchworm-type robotic arms and two GITAI Lunar Robotic Rovers in a simulated lunar environment and successfully completed all planned tasks. Slip Robotics ] Uh.

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FedEx Express closes in on goal of 20% improvement in vehicle fleet fuel efficiency years ahead of schedule

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The lower weight design, along with the engine, is expected to save up to 35% in fuel over most conventional walk-in vans. New York City and several locations in Texas. Additional all-electric trucks are being prepared for deployment in Asia and Europe, where FedEx Express currently operates all-electric trucks in London and Paris.

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