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Kalmar and Yara developing first fully-digitalized and electric cargo solution for autonomous electric Yara Birkeland

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Kalmar, part of Cargotec, and Yara have entered into an agreement in which Kalmar will deliver fully autonomous equipment, software and services for a unique, fully digitalized container handling solution at Yara’s Porsgrunn facility in Norway. This means that all the necessary operations related to the world's first autonomous and electric container vessel Yara Birkeland ( earlier post ) will be conducted in a fully autonomous and cost efficient manner, with zero emissions.

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Dodge promotes electric cars–in ad for Demon

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Electric cars are not only the cleanest cars in the world, they're some of the fastest, as quite a few Tesla Model S owners have demonstrated racing against various gas cars on drag strips. Even manufacturers of internal-combustion cars apparently know this. In a recent Twitter ad for the Challenger Demon, Dodge called it "The world's fastest.

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BMW and MIT Self-Assembly Lab collaborate to design the first printed inflatable material; liquid printed pneumatics

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The BMW Design Department in collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory have successfully developed printed inflatable material technologies that selftransform, adapt and morph from one state to another. This commission is on display for the first time during the exhibition The Future Starts Here , which explores the power of design in shaping the world of tomorrow, at V&A museum in London.

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