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2016 Ford F-150 offers ability to run on compressed natural gas, propane

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Ford will offer the 2016 F-150 with an available gaseous-fuel prep package that enables 5.0-liter The 2016 Ford F-150 with 5.0-liter liter V6 engine, given the capability of the 2016 F-150 5.0-liter 2016 F-150 trucks running on CNG or propane will be able to tow the same amount as if they were running on gasoline.

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Kespry and NVIDIA demonstrate deep learning for commercial autonomous drones; NVIDIA Jetson TX1

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Kespry, a commercial drone system company, demonstrated a prototype drone that uses NVIDIA artificial intelligence technology to recognize objects. This technology has great potential for the commercial drone marke Today, Kespry customers already use aerial data gathered by our drones to calculate distances, sizes, and volumes.

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Mesh Wearables Meld Micro Sensors and LoRa Smarts

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As a case in point, consider a new wearable mesh health-monitor that does away with the “box and a strap” architecture that is still the industry’s de facto commercial design standard. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published RFC 9011, the standard specifying the use of Internet protocols with LoRaWAN, in 2021.

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BMW, Intel, Mobileye: 40 autonomous BMWs to be on road by 2H 2017; standards-based open platform for autonomy

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In July 2016, BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced a collaboration to bring solutions for highly and fully automated driving into series production by 2021. The three said they would create a standards-based open platform—from door locks to the datacenter—for the next generation of cars. Earlier post.)

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. On standard systems, the air compressor and power steering pump run continuously, whether they’re needed or not.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics.

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First minimal synthetic bacterial cell designed and constructed by scientists at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics; 473 genes

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Strychalski, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Craig Venter (2016) “Design And Synthesis Of A Minimal Bacterial Genome” Science doi: 10.1126/science.aad6253. The team concludes that a major outcome of this minimal cell program are new tools and semi-automated processes for whole genome synthesis. Ellisman, Ph.D.,

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