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MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells

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Photo: Kyoto University An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar. Enter the new breakthrough paper from a team of researchers led by MIT, in collaboration with scientists from around the globe. Get started here. –

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This VW-partnered battery maker just pioneered a novel recycling process

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Photo: 24M Technologies MIT spinout and battery maker 24M Technologies today debuted a new direct-material battery recycling process for EV batteries and battery storage. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.

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Flexible printed perovskite solar achieves a record 11% efficiency

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CSIRO collaborated with researchers from the University of Cambridge, Monash University, the University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Get started here. –ad*

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

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Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. But there are also companies that try to either create persons out of data, so to speak, or there are companies that replicate a living person who has died. Are they people?

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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

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Dr. Kripa Varanasi, cofounder of Alsym Energy and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, said: Battery storage systems can help provide firm capacity to the grid when the sun is not shining and wind is not blowing, but changing climates and hazardous environments demand flexible solutions that can meet a range of needs safely and economically.

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The Heart and the Chip: What Could Go Wrong?

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Legendary MIT roboticist Daniela Rus has published a new book called The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots. To me this character is a tremendous inspiration, yet I often remind myself that in the story, he begins his career as an MIT-­trained weapons manufacturer and munitions developer.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” FUJIMOTO MIT “For pioneering the development and commercialization of optical coherence tomography for medical imaging and diagnostics.”

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