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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To get some advice about how to run the company and possibly win some money, he entered the bionic hand into the Cozad New Venture Challenge at the University of Illinois. The program allows students to earn both an M.D.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. Nanofluids suspended in water-based electrolytes were first investigated for this application in 2009 by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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3D self-assembling nanostructure for cathodes enables very rapid charge and discharge without sacrificing capacity; potential for EVs

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. Battery life and recharging time are major limitations of electric vehicles.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

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The industry-first “Gear Tunnel” is a cavernous, side–to-side cargo hold behind the passenger cab, only possible because there’s no internal-combustion powertrain. A clever, rechargeable portable Bluetooth speaker detaches from the center console, part of an 18-speaker Meridian sound system. foot cargo bed.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Illinois Institute of Technology with City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies and Commonwealth Edison, Ford Escape Hybrid by All Cell Technologies (March 2007), Chicago, IL, contact: kcampbell@cityofchicago.org , alhallaj@iit.edu , sveupet@gmail.com. Jim Tech Ltd.

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