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Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

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The BASF and Volkswagen international “ Science Award Electrochemistry 2017” ( earlier post ) this year goes to Dr. Jennifer Rupp at MIT. Her research focuses on material and electrode designs for solid-state batteries. With the “Science Award Electrochemistry” she receives €40,000.

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Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to advance autonomous technology capabilities

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Leveraging autonomous systems that include perception, machine learning and advanced flight control systems, Aurora has designed, produced and flown more than 30 unmanned air vehicles since the company was founded in 1989. Aurora Flight Sciences is also a leader in the emerging field of electric propulsion for aircraft.

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Two Oddball Ideas for a Megaqubit Quantum Computer

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The Switzerland-based team built similar structures, measuring a 32 percent reduction in resistance between two transistors connected by a metal interconnect and two connected by a quantum well. Instead the MIT team designed a terahertz “backscatter” system. They settled on near terahertz radiation—specifically 0.26

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Video Friday: Tap Finger, Move Mountain

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Cybathlon Challenges : 02 February 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! MIT CSAIL ] If you look in the background of this video, there’s a person wearing an exoskeleton controlling the robot in the foreground. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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IEEE SSRR 2023 : 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA Cybathlon Challenges : 02 February 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Please send us your events for inclusion. Unitree B2: beyond the limit.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Technical Achievements

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University of Chicago CARL KESSELMAN University of Southern California , Marina del Rey “For contributions to the design, deployment, and application of practical Internet-scale global computing platforms.” ION STOCIA University of California, Berkeley “For contributions to the design of cloud and computer network services.”

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Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

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Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that grasps by reflex. MIT ] Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of the ocean.