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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed rumors that he would build a private airport in Austin, Texas, today, after reports circulated last week. Musk was rumored to be building an airport for personal use somewhere east of Austin, near the town of Bastrop. “Tesla is 5 mins from Austin International airport. ” Not true.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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Stratasys responds to COVID-19 pandemic by ramping up production of 3D-printed personal protection equipment

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The company will have the ability to scale to an even faster rate of production. in and around Austin, Texas, and Valencia, Calif. A number of other large manufacturers and educational institutions with production grade 3D printers have donated their capacity to help.

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Machine learning PODA model projects the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand

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Projections of the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic trends show that lockdowns help to reduce COVID-19 transmissions by as much as 90% compared with the baseline without any social distancing in Austin, Texas. However, this unprecedented phenomenon could last for a few years: Kissler et al.

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These Graphene Tattoos Are Actually Biosensors

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In search of thinner wearable sensors, Deji Akinwande and Nanshu Lu , professors at the University of Texas at Austin, created graphene electronic tattoos (GETs) in 2017. Dmitry Kireev/The University of Texas at Austin Some people mistakenly think that graphene isnt biocompatible and cant be used in bioelectronic applications.

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TetraVitae Bioscience demos production of renewable n-butanol from a corn dry-mill

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n-butanol is an important intermediate in the coatings, plastics, personal care, and packaging industries. The technology performed as expected, according to TetraVitae, producing n-butanol, acetone, and distillers grains, and validated that the production process is economically competitive. Earlier post.).

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Tesla’s Elon Musk takes the Cybertruck for a spin around Austin, Texas

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The Tesla Cybertruck was sighted this weekend driving around in Austin, Texas. The Tesla Cybertruck is poised to enter production soon, with reports suggesting that the company is already fine-tuning Giga Texas’ lines and assigning staff for the production of the upcoming vehicle. Just drove Cybertruck around Austin!

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