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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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The niobium industry is aware of these issues and already looking for a future beyond steel, Roskill notes. As one of the indications of industry interest in the potential for niobium and batteries, the topic of the Charles Hatchett Award Seminar 2019 was the opportunity for niobium in batteries. The paper (Griffith et al. )

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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems Outreach.

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Video Friday: Peep Handling

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Additionally, to handle more extreme cases at higher walking speeds, a neural network is used to predict future joint position measurements to calculate future position errors. Much larger helicopter concepts are being studied to enable carrying larger science instrument payloads for potential future Mars missions. GRASP ]

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Video Friday: Punch-Out

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Deep Robotics ] This CMU RI Seminar is by Robert Ambrose from Texas A&M, on “Robots at the Johnson Space Center and Future Plans.” The seminar will review a series of robotic systems built at the Johnson Space Center over the last 20 years.

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How Shell Oil Sees The Future Of Energy And Vehicle Fuels In 2050

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At last month's Shell Eco-Marathon fuel-efficiency competition, sponsor Shell Oil provided seminars for attending journalists to explain how the company views the energy landscape from now through 2050. It's always good to understand how the huge global energy industry views the worlds of today and tomorrow.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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Academic outreach is at the very foundation of IHMC’s mission, and needless to say.our entire organization is incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to continually inspire future generations. In this seminar I’ll discuss Mars robots, the unprecedented results we’re seeing with the latest Mars mission, and how we got here.

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Chevy Cruze Hybrid Coming Soon To Join Diesel, Gasoline Models?

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In last week's seminars and presentations on the new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan, GM discussed its 1.4-liter liter turbocharged gasoline engine and gave a few scant details on a future 1.6-liter But the company also suggested the possibility of a future Chevy Cruze Hybrid. liter diesel model as well.