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UT Arlington licenses technology for portable, modular GTL conversion units; targeting stranded gas

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The University of Texas at Arlington has licensed technology for converting natural gas to synthetic liquid fuels (GTL) in portable units at a cost lower than current market rates to 1 st Resource Group Inc. UT Arlington engineering and science researchers designed a portable conversion unit utilizing their microreactor and process.

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Chevrolet Equinox EV and GM Electrified Pickups Delayed

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The postponement was announced as part of GM’s earnings report, with CEO Mary Barra citing improvements the company would like to make to the product as well as some market challenges. Conversely, the relevant earnings call does seem to have directly influenced the UAW to call for a walkout at GM's Arlington Assembly plant.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a stint at the nearby research-and-development company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). You were just trying to figure out how to enable conversations.” He didn’t think much about what they would say to one another, though.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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How could they scale up and simplify the capabilities that Kahn and company spent a year bringing to the Hilton ballroom? And it wasn’t just hype by academics: Within a couple of months, three new companies were formed— Sytek , 3Com , and Ungermann-Bass. In 1981, GM held exploratory conversations with Digital Equipment Corp.