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Elon Musk On Tesla’s AI Leadership & Idea To Make Traffic Lights Smarter

CleanTechnica EVs

Elon Musk shared some interesting tweets about Tesla’s AI this weekend, and even a cool idea that would bring innovation to those old traffic lights that take forever to change at 2:00 am even though no one else is around. I think we’ve all been in that situation. probably releases Tuesday in US […].

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Caltech’s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar

Cars That Think

So Harry and his team are exploring the trade-offs and developing a lot of new cells that are much cheaper and lighter: Cells made with thin films of perovskites or semiconductors like gallium arsenide, cells that use quantum dots, or use waveguides or other optics to concentrate the light. Many of these cells show very large promise.

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Tesla installs solar lighting at local park near Giga Berlin

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Tesla has donated some solar lighting to a park near its Gigafactory outside of Berlin, Germany, expected to offer the Grünheide location more light at three popular attractions amongst youth. The site is home to a youth club, and Director Martin Wiegold notes that the lights will let kids use the park for longer hours.

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Elon Musk Sheds Light On Tesla’s “Only Path” To Full Self Driving

CleanTechnica EVs

Elon Musk has shed some light on what he sees as the “only path to success” for broad full self-driving capability. They have no idea […]. His thoughts on Twitter came as a response to Whole Mars Blog, who has been speaking out against some of the smear campaigns put forth by some of Tesla’s competitors.

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” The general idea is really simple,” Schneider says. “A A lot of people have said they also thought of this idea.

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Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Doing With Tesla Bot

Cars That Think

But from listening to what Elon Musk said today, I don't think he has any idea what getting humanoid robots to do useful stuff actually involves. They look for things that cars need to understand, and they have absolutely no idea about anything else, which can cause all kinds of problems for them. Not impossible, no.

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Daimler Trucks’ FUSO introduces eCanter SensorCollect concept refuse truck

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The vehicle proposes an application of the emissions-free light-duty truck to make essential garbage collection services more efficient and environmentally conscious. Through these events, more than 100 ideas to date have been generated.

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