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C40 Cities: urban consumption-based emissions must be cut by 50% by 2030, 66% for high-income areas; buildings, food, transport, clothing, electronics, appliances, aviation

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C World , was produced in partnership with Arup and the University of Leeds, and cautions that urban consumption-based emissions must be cut by at least 50% by 2030 in order to maintain the possibility of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C. Without urgent action, those emissions are projected to nearly double by 2050.

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UCSD team suggests building more fast-charging stations based on study of pandemic impact on EV charging

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A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recommends expanding fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as campuses and businesses start planning for a post-pandemic world. As expected, charging declined significantly once most campus operations became remote. This reflects nationwide trends.

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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headquartered in Mountain View, California, builds electric transportation solutions to free people from traffic and decrease carbon footprint. The company’s portfolio of vehicles includes Cora, a two-person air taxi and Flyer, a vehicle for personalized flight. Kitty Hawk Corp., The agreement with Kitty Hawk Corp.

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In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

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10x engineer makes it sound like productivity is an immutable characteristic of a person. If you have services or software components that are owned by a single engineer, that person is a single point of failure. If you must 10x something, build 10x engineering teams. It can be humbling to think of yourself as a normal person.

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These Graphene Tattoos Are Actually Biosensors

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Right now, such tattoos dont exist, but the key technology is being worked on in labs around the world, including my lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Building this technology is whats motivating the work at my 2D bioelectronics lab , where we study atomically thin materials such as graphene.

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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The same is true for buildings. It’s the first megacity for which we’ve quantified emissions down to the scale of every building and roadway. Animated graphics help people visualize their city and their personal emissions to illustrate how their actions are affecting the environment in which they live. —Professor Gurney.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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