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Audi to demonstrate automated driving technology in Florida

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Audi will be the first to test its automated driving technology on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway in Tampa, Florida—which recently was designated as an automated driving and connected car test bed—using an Audi A7 equipped to handle piloted driving functions on freeway conditions up to 40 mph (64 km/h).

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. They approached Thaler, founder of Imagination Engines , in St. Just a bunch of assumptions.” Charles, Mo. Hold a Patent?

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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The project has future applications for supercritical CO2 cycles in power plants, nuclear power, solar power and natural gas combined cycle units. Advanced Ultrasupercritical Materials Thick-Walled Cycling Header for ComTest Alstom Power Inc. DOE: $696,416 Non-DOE: $174,104 Total: $870,520 (20% cost share). Research Triangle Institute.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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A future HSR/IPR (high-speed rail/intercity passenger rail) network using new diesel or electric power can further enhance rail’s advantages. Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami). This third approach is intended to help establish a structured mechanism and funding stream for future corridor development activities.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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