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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. and its environs.

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Volkswagen Group PhD Event; e-mobility, connectivity and new mobility concepts

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At the Volkswagen Group’s PhD Event 2016, some 600 specialist visitors informed themselves about current research work. Bänziger is investigating the environment of the smart factory, while Teiwes is focusing on the use of artificial intelligence. In the field of Industry 4.0,

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

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Previous noise-level measurements had indicated that disturbance from low-frequency noise in indoor environments was present in the residential area. —Kerstin Persson Waye, Professor of Environmental Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, who heads the Sound Environment and Health group that conducted the research.

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

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“Making public charging more economical in rural and remote locations means more public charging stations will be built and EV driving will become more accessible to more Ontarians, benefiting both the environment and the local economy.” For more information about Plug’n Drive’s programs, services, and events, visit plugndrive.ca

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Video Friday: Morphing Adaptive Robots

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. UCSD ] Dino Robotics’ cobot demonstrates machine tending, featuring 3D environment scanning, bin picking of provided parts without mechanical fixtures, and force-controlled part-feeding.

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Audi putting a centralized server solution into test operation in cycle-dependent production; edge solution gets rid of individual PCs

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The server solution makes it possible to level out spikes in demand over the total number of virtualized clients—a more efficient use of resources. In the event of a disruption, the load can be shifted to other servers. That’s also why we call the solution Edge Cloud: because it’s close to our shop floor environment.

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