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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. Click to enlarge.

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Honda Introducing BEV and PHEV to US and Japan in 2012; Demonstration Programs in US Begin This Year

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Honda Motor Company will introduce a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) to the US market in 2012, said President & CEO Takanobu Ito in his mid-year address in Tokyo, Japan. Vehicles equipped with this new system are scheduled to go on sale in 2012 in Japan and the US. Plug-in hybrid.

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Video Friday: Co-Expression

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RoboCup German Open : 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANY AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024 : 22–25 April 2024, SAN DIEGO, CA Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Enjoy today’s videos! Paper ] Thanks, Kelly!

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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The competition, which was supported by the IEEE Japan Council and the IEEE New Initiatives Committee , was open to all IEEE members and student members. The idea for Sher-DeCusatis’s second comic, she says, came from a personal experience she had while volunteering for IEEE. The winning manga stories are available to read online.

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AI Could Analyze Speech To Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s

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Other voice-based technologies have had similar success, says Frank Rudzicz , an associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto and co-founder of Winterlight Labs , which makes a similar product to Canary Speech. We validate our model and train it in that system, in that environment, for performance,” he says.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. The 17 teams hailed from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

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will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. In 2012, Honda unveiled the Honda Smart Home System (HSHS) in the city of Saitama, Japan. Earlier post.).

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