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MIT and Lamborghini file patent on new MOF material for supercapacitors

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The collaboration began three years ago when Automobili Lamborghini joined the MIT-Italy Program, and took a further step forward in 2017 with the launch of two research projects, one with Professor Mircea Dinc? Located in the bulkhead between cockpit and engine it ensures perfect weight distribution. At MIT, the Dinc?

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. —Paolo Santi, a research scientist at the Senseable City Lab at MIT and co-author.

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Lamborghini presents electric super sports car design concept, developed in collaboration with MIT labs

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Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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an experimental prototype engineered to dispense dog treats on demand. And we are proud that we have succeeded.” [ VUB ] Based in Italy, Comau is a leading robot manufacturer and global systems integrator. Boston Dynamics ] For too long, dogs and vacuums have existed in a state of conflict. Now dogs and vacuums can finally be friends.

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Team shows crowdsourced data from smartphones in cars can help monitor structural integrity of bridges

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Researchers from the Senseable City Laboratory at MIT report that crowdsourced data from the smartphones of vehicle passengers crossing bridges may help monitor bridge structural integrity. An open-access paper on their demonstration is published in the Nature journal Communications Engineering. Matarazzo et al.

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Why Tesla won’t lose sleep over other automakers achieving massive range ratings

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With the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX accomplishing a major feat of over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) driven on a single charge earlier this week, many may wonder if Tesla engineers are scrambling around attempting to crank out some new EV with 2,000 kilometers of range. I can assure you they are not. But maybe not.

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