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Basic transportation, EV style

Electric Auto Association

Members of the new University of Texas San Antonio EAA chapter ready for go-kart competition. Two years later, the family moved to San Antonio to open a second Johnny Rockets. There, Javier enrolled at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) as a freshman committed to earning a mechanical engineering degree.

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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs

Cars That Think

Unitree ] We present an avatar system designed to facilitate the embodiment of humanoid robots by human operators, validated through iCub3, a humanoid developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. I can relate; that’s my reaction when I lift weights, too. IHMC ] Thanks, Robert! Science Robotics ] Have you ever seen a robot skiing?!

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

Green Car Congress

Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Today’s clouds are designed with a specific set of technologies ‘baked in’, meaning some kinds of applications work well in the cloud, and some don’t.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

We drove several F-150 Lightnings, in various trims, with and without payloads or trailers, out of San Antonio and through the winding roads of Texas hill country during the first week of May. That is starting to change— Electrify America’s latest designs include pull-throughs. vehicle line for more than 40 years.

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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer

Cars That Think

As the history committee chair of the IEEE Lone Star Section , in San Antonio, Texas, I am responsible for documenting, preserving, and raising the visibility of technologies developed in the local area. One such technology is the Datapoint 2200, a programmable terminal that laid the foundation for the personal computer revolution.

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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

Baua Electric

And I was the third person in two weeks to get off at Maxcanú expecting to reach Uxmal, he said. Designed to run 965 miles (1,554 kilometers) around a loop of 34 stations when completed, the train will whisk passengers in cool comfort through colonial cities, archaeological sites, splashy resorts and tropical forests.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

Cars That Think

While studying, he also worked variously at Pacific States University as an instructor, at Beverly Hills retailer David Orgell in inventory management, and at Pertec as an engineer designing computer peripherals. Madni’s started at Systron Donner by designing the world’s first spectrum analyzer with digital storage.