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Starfire Energy closes major funding round; green ammonia and hydrogen solutions

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It can be stored and transported inexpensively and easily, leveraging established infrastructure and shipping networks, and is regulated by well-developed codes and standards. Unlike traditional Haber-Bosch designs the RapidRamp process can accommodate being directly powered by intermittent energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The South African patent office made history in July when it issued a patent that listed an artificial intelligence system as the inventor. The patent is for a food container that uses fractal designs to create pits and bulges in its sides. The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Silverton Assembly Plant (South Africa): Began using a $2.5 Outside of the company, The Ford Fund in 2012 supported 19 different water-related projects in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, India, Germany and South Africa.

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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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Unlike a typical hydrogen fuel cell, the system doesn’t store its fuel as pressurized hydrogen gas, but stores it as a solid chemical material, making it easy for end-users to handle in the field. HES has been able to show that its system can store 7% of its weight as hydrogen with a fuel utilization rate of close to 90%.

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Peugeot sees robust orders, rolls out EV subscriptions in Europe

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Peugeot lately has a “healthy” form store and is taking a look to make bigger electric-vehicle choices at the same time as indicators mount that auto call for is softening international, Linda Jackson, the emblem’s CEO, stated. The emblem has refuse plans to go into the U.S.

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Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

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But in countries without the same level of investment in network infrastructure, the picture was less rosy: Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa and Venezuela , for instance, reported significant strain. But this design is not well suited for the mass consumption of static content, such as movies or TV shows.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time. If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change.