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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Through these turnkey space solutions, SpinLaunch is helping customers eliminate the cost, time, and complexity constraints currently driving space-related business models—ultimately delivering less expensive, scalable access to space.?.

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Students Develop Low-Cost Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired

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OurVision is a low-cost wearable that reads text out loud to users and helps them navigate their surroundings. The technology used in the device includes optical character recognition, machine learning, and Google application programming interfaces.

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BP joins GE, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, and NRG Energy in biomass-to-gasoline startup CoolPlanet’s C Round

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The C Round, led by Shea Ventures, included follow-on investments by the company’s current investors, General Electric, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, NRG and North Bridge Venture Partners. CoolPlanet’s Energy Systems Division plans to mass produce these plants on a production line basis.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., As Google’s business expanded, its need for infrastructure increased.

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital invests in DeepMap; HD mapping for autonomous vehicles with centimeter-level real-time localization

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This strategy enables them to take a more scalable, low-cost approach to HD map making. Prior to founding DeepMap, some members of the executive team previously co-founded Apple Maps, led numerous aspects of Google Maps and Google Earth, and led the Baidu HD Mapping initiative.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

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Last week, Google or Alphabet or X or whatever you want to call it announced that its Everyday Robots team has grown enough and made enough progress that it's time for it to become its own thing, now called, you guessed it, "Everyday Robots." But this doesn't seem fair to me, especially for a company that Google used to own.

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Fisker opens reservations for Ocean SUV; cost starts as low as $379/month

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opened reservations for the Ocean electric luxury SUV, arriving in 2022, through its website and native mobile app—available globally on the App Store and Google Play store. Fisker Inc. Reservations are set at US$250 per vehicle and are fully refundable. 80 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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