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MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. But it is unclear how this enhancement in efficiency connects with the material’s inherent, topological properties.

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CSRC will concentrate on supporting a safe transition to the future of mobility, particularly through emerging automated- and connected-vehicle technologies. Autonomous driving Big Data Connected vehicles Driver Assistance Systems Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Research Safety'

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. First announced in 2014, CSRC Next ( earlier post ) will direct $35 million through 2021 towards research designed to support a safe transition to the future of mobility.

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The design provides for two options: self-propelled or barge-mounted floating NPPs [e.g., They might be connected to coastal infrastructure or float next to consumer. OKBM has participated in realization of reactor plant (RP) designs for nuclear ships since 1954.). New design for floating NPPs. the Lomonosov].

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Three MIT-affiliated research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program launched by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Provided over four years, the support to MIT researchers will be primarily directed at scientific discoveries and advancing energy storage. Earlier post.)

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Researchers at MIT have carried out the most detailed analysis yet of lithium dendrite formation from lithium anodes in batteries and have found that there are two entirely different mechanisms at work. The MIT team carried out tests at higher current levels that clearly revealed the two distinct types of growth. —Bai et al.

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Dusseldorf, Germany, and MIT have developed a novel strategy to design nanostructured, bulk high-entropy alloys (HEAs) ( earlier post ) with multiple compositionally equivalent high-entropy phases. Source: MIT. The new approach is described in a paper this week in the journal Nature.

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The commercial system will be a 150kW/900kWH containerized system, to be based on EnStorage’s grid connected 50kW/100kWH technology demonstrator. Princeton Power Systems is a leading global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy management, micro-grid operations, and electric vehicle charging.

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XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. Our hybrid controller connects to the CAN; our controller is read-only.

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The contract is worth approximately $8 million in funds to Amyris, conditioned on meeting certain technical milestones in connection with the DARPA’s Living Foundries research program, announced in 2011. 3,628,291 to MIT. 2,260,237 to MIT. Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. Craig Venter Institute, Inc (JCVI).

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The autonomous boats—rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware—are being developed as part of the ongoing “ Roboat ” project between MIT and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute). Collision-free trajectories.

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These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes. Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets.

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MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains while using far less energy than an aerial robot of comparable size. MIT ] CubiX is a wire-driven robot that connects to the environment through wires, with drones used to establish these connections. JSK Lab ] Thanks, Shintaro!

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The nonprofit was one of seven winners last year of MIT Solve’s Gender Equity in STEM Challenge. The MIT Solve Gender Equity in STEM Challenge thoroughly vets all applicants—their theories, practices, organizational health, and impact,” Smith says. The initiative supports organizations that work to address gender barriers.

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By connecting cars and trucks to wireless networks, and giving unheard-of access to vehicle data, entirely new application categories and hardware modules can be explored—safety, energy efficiency, sharing, health; the list goes on. The read-only system is designed to keep everything isolated from the vehicle control systems.

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Ultimately, the lab will create an “innovation network” connecting Ford’s Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, Calif., and Ford employees working with connectivity platform partner Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Wash. —Paul Mascarenas, Ford chief technical officer and vice president of Research and Innovation.

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Utilizing Microsoft technologies such as Kinect, the interactive systems integrated into the design of the vehicle display important, highly personalized information on the side window when the driver approaches the car. And like any human-to-human connection, they have an emotional effect on people. They build bonds with them.

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WiTricity is an MIT spin-off commercializing an approach to “mid-range” wireless charging (distances from a centimeter to several meters) based on sharply resonant strong coupling. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). The magnetic field can wrap around a conductive obstacle between the power source and the capture device.

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WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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City Safety is designed to help a driver avoid rear-ending another vehicle in slow-moving, heavy traffic. It’s not designed to work at speeds faster than 19 mph. There is an extensive body of work on connected vehicle research, and some background is required before coming back to Ford. US DOT Connected Vehicles Research.

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Researchers at MIT have developed a new bicycle rear wheel—the Copenhagen Wheel —that can capture energy from braking and deliver the power back to provide a boost. A close-up of the Copenhagen Wheel, from MIT’s SENSEable City Lab. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Conventional automobiles of today are partly electric in their own way, with most systems in the vehicle having electrical and electronic connections for better functionality. Not all components and systems designed for the present 12V power-net can be used in the proposed 48V power-net.

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.” — Brice Ménard, Johns Hopkins University For the past decade or more, engineers have mostly tweaked neural-network designs through trial and error, says Brice Ménard, a physicist at Johns Hopkins University who studies how neural networks operate but was not involved in the new work, which was posted on arXiv in April.

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The car manufacturer supplied data from more than 18,500 trips taken by employees and their family members operating similar Volvo vehicles within the designated analysis area. Zhu’s co-authors are Jeffrey Gonder, who manages his group, and three researchers from Volvo Cars. 2019.2919537.

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The aerobic microbe has been engineered at MIT and is capable of converting a variety of organic compounds into oil, from which biodiesel may be produced. The process will produce butanol and will also be able to produce ethanol The research team has a strong connection with Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies, LLC in this area of research.

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TRANSNET project teams will design and test new network optimization approaches, coupled with novel transportation and mobility simulations, to improve the energy efficiency of personal transportation. Project teams will each design a system model that dynamically simulates an urban transportation network and its energy use.

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Now, an MIT spin-off says it has found a solution in an innovative technology that could dramatically reduce the costs and timelines of drilling to fantastic depths. It wasn’t much of a jump to make the connection that if we can melt steel chambers and vaporize them, we could melt rocks.” Quaise Energy , based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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But connecting them all by coaxial cable to control and readout electronics, which work at room temperature, would be impossible. Instead of connecting each transistor to its neighbor with a metal interconnect, they had them share the quantum well. Instead the MIT team designed a terahertz “backscatter” system.

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. The pine tree developed for this project is designed both to. the use of a new motor design, addition of emerging materials, and the incorporation of advanced manufacturing techniques. This metal composite magnet design contains. 6,367,276.

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A Portable Desalination System Makes Water Potable—Without a Filter Payal Dhar (Freelance Blogger) MIT researchers have developed a prototype of a suitcase-size device that can turn seawater into safe drinking water. What’s more, it has a completely filter-free design. The most notable feature of the unit is its unfiltered design.

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The MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor’s positive thinking has led to new ways to improve tried-and-true techniques in the field of information theory. She liked working on creative projects and mathematics, so she decided to study math and literature at MIT. She returned to MIT as a faculty member in 2000.

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Automatic design of stigmergy-based behaviors for robot swarms,” by Muhammad Salman, David Garzón Ramos, and Mauro Birattari, is published in the journal Communications Engineering. NRL did some interesting stuff with Nexi robots from MIT and made their own videos. MIT ] Lex Fridman interviews Marc Raibert. [ Cool, right?

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At SMSC she was responsible for integrated circuit design, validation, and product engineering of silicon chips used in PCs. She was one of the architects for the organization’s data privacy and security initiative, and helped develop its Digital Standard framework of product testing criteria for connected products and services.

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It can also help you interact with other connected devices or take care of hassles. MIT ] Meet DJI’s first delivery drone—FlyCart 30. Kepler Exploration ] Introducing the new Ballie, your true AI companion. With more advanced intelligence, Ballie can come right to you and project visuals on your walls.

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Based in Palo Alto, CA, and Pittsburgh, PA, Aurora designs and builds self-driving technology, partnering with automakers to integrate, pilot and deploy advanced self-driving platforms into vehicles. He has a PhD in Robotics from MIT. Drew Bagnell, Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer.

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from MIT in 1963. The Sutherland brothers, through a connection of their mother’s, began visiting Edmund Berkeley in New York City from their home in Scarsdale while Ivan was still in grade school. For Sutherland, engineering design has a strong aesthetic dimension. At MIT, Sutherland met with Wesley A. The reason?

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So, researchers are brainstorming ideas for foiling cyberattacks on such devices that exploit security weak points in their wireless power or Internet connections. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning. Rats are irrepressible.

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