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Auburn University building new autonomous vehicle research facility

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The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is building a new autonomous vehicle research facility at Auburn’s National Center for Asphalt Technology test track, making it one of the few such facilities in the nation attached to a test track. mile oval test track. mile oval test track.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 2005) Wave Rotors Technology and Applications (The 11 th International Conference on Vibration Engineering Timisoara, Romania, September 27 - 30, 2005). Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. Source: MSU.

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Honda joins vehicle-to-grid technology demonstration project in partnership with University of Delaware and NRG Energy

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The Honda technology builds off of the research conducted by the University of Delaware and now supported by NRG Energy, Inc. The University of Delaware has been developing the technology so that vehicle batteries can be used not only for mobility but also for grid services. through their eV2g joint venture ( earlier post ).

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GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report. Earlier post.) Opportunities for international collaboration.

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Fudan University researchers develop polymer with metal backbone

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Researchers at Fudan University have developed a polymer with a metallic backbone that is conductive, thermally stable, and has interesting opto-electronic properties. © Wiley-VCH, Angewandte Chemie Synthesis of the chains can be carried out stepwise from individual building blocks or several larger blocks can be linked together.

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Researchers combine AI and radar to allow vehicles to spot hazards around corners

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Credit: Princeton University. The system, easily integrated into today’s vehicles, uses Doppler radar to bounce radio waves off surfaces such as buildings and parked automobiles. —Felix Heide, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University. Image courtesy of the researchers.

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CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that they can significantly improve the accuracy of autonomous vehicles’ detection of objects such as other cars or pedestrians by helping the vehicle also recognize what it doesn’t see. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University. But Peiyun Hu, a Ph.D. for cars, 5.3% for pedestrians, 7.4%

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