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U-M, Ford open robotics complex to accelerate future of advanced, more equitable robotics and mobility

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We also will broaden our learning through daily exposure to many robotics activities, such as considering how our Digit robots not only technically can master delivering packages from autonomous vehicles but also become valued parts of our neighborhoods. Self-driving vehicles and their role in the future of cities.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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At CES, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre (0.71 Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city’s infrastructure. km 2 ) site at the base of Mt.

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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

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The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood. With the BMW iFACTORY, production at the BMW Group is offering a clear view into the automotive production of the future.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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We envision that in the future there will be a network of these types of tools,” says Natalie Nelson , assistant professor in the biological and agricultural engineering department. and its environs. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods. The hope is to provide the data to communities.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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For decades, our vision of the future has been stuck in a 1960s-era dream of science fiction embodied by The Jetsons and space travel. In fact, what if our vision of that particular technologically advanced future is all wrong? This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “Cozy Futurism.".

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American Honda Motor to pay $1.9M in penalties in California for small engine emissions violations

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These credits can then be used for certification purposes to offset emissions on future products. In that case, the manufacturer earns what are known as evaporative credits based on the additional reductions that they assert in the certification process.

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Study finds link between sleep apnea and increases in PM2.5, NO2

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Although there is increasing interest in the influence of the environment on sleep, there is limited research evaluating the relationship between sleep and air pollution. —Billings et al. Prior studies have shown that air pollution impacts lung and heart health, but only a few studies have looked at how air pollution might affect sleep.

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