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Letting in the Light

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All four men felt that LEVs could eventually be one of the most important forms of personal transportation, and had already been supporting that cause. Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Energy is something we take for granted, because we just plug things into the wall, and it feels as inevitable as air. The best-known wearable energy-harvesting tech today is, of course, solar, which pulls down electrons from sunlight or ambient light. Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. milliwatts.

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Security With a Spectrometer

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As a bit of background, this spectrometer measures largely visible wavelengths of light and some in the infrared. It breaks out the light into a spectrum of varying intensity, which tells us more about a substance than we’d be able to sense by eyesight (or camera sight) alone. So how might a smartphone use a spectrometer?

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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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Registration is open ; guests can attend in person or virtually. Smith at Bell Labs , consist of a sensor that converts an incoming two-dimensional light pattern into an electrical signal that in turn becomes an image. Although the CCDs could capture an image, they couldn’t store it.

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Students Develop Low-Cost Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired

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The IEEE CIS chapter received a US $4,400 grant for the project from EPICS in IEEE , made possible through generous donors and a partnership with the IEEE Foundation. The portable device helps the user read in just about any location and lighting conditions. The team built 11 devices, which currently are stored in the NAB library.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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His team entered its “Project Spread the Light: Provide Electricity in a Small Settlement” in the 2009 IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Project Competition, which was for students who had developed solutions to real-world problems. Smart Village provides grants for the initial investment to buy equipment, as well as mentoring and training.

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More details from Kia on the EV9 three-row SUV

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At launch, the EV9 will be available in Light, Wind, Land, and GT-Line trim levels, offered in two battery sizes and rear-wheel drive or dual-motor AWD configurations. Kia released more details of the Kia EV9, its first three-row seat electric flagship SUV, which is comparable in external dimensions to the Telluride. earlier post ).

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