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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

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Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future. Ferrovial and MIT.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Torres Quevedo’s design for the Whirlpool Aero Car, which offers a thrilling ride over Niagara River, debuted in 1916. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images First came his work, beginning in the 1880s, on funiculars, the most famous of which is the Whirlpool Aero Car.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? Torres Quevedo’s design for the Whirlpool Aero Car, which offers a thrilling ride over Niagara River, debuted in 1916. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images First came his work, beginning in the 1880s, on funiculars, the most famous of which is the Whirlpool Aero Car.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Henrik Fisker, a car designer and cofounder of the company, said at the New York Auto Show last week that the car is part of his effort to show that environmentally friendly cars need not be small and underpowered. Thats because the plug-in hybrid design will make the Karma more appealing to consumers who want to travel long distances.