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Volvo Car Corporation developing new safety systems with autonomous driving support

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A research project within Volvo Car Corporation in collaboration with the Department of Signals and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology is developing Intersection Support, a system which alerts and automatically brakes for crossing traffic when necessary. In the US 21.5% Sweden reported 47,000 animal collisions in 2010.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. A blockchain is essentially a fault-tolerant, decentralized collection of records, or blocks, that are connected and secured by cryptography.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Project Title: Deep-C: Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Buskey, Ph.D.

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CoorsTek proton ceramic membranes produce hydrogen from ammonia, natural gas or biogas

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—co-author Irene Yuste, chemical engineer at CoorsTek Membrane Sciences and PhD candidate at the University of Oslo. Protons are transported through the solid ceramic membrane while electrons are transported separately through a metallic conductor connected to a power source. Clark et al.

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Ford and Azure Dynamics introduce Transit Connect Electric passenger wagon

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Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation are introducing a passenger wagon version of the Ford Transit Connect Electric. The wagon is a logical next step for Azure and Ford which first introduced an electrified Transit Connect in December 2010. Earlier post.). The wagon has a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h).

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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Kahn Current job: Chairman, CEO, and president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) Date of birth: 23 December 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Family: Patrice Ann Lyons, his wife Education: BEE 1960, City College of New York ; M.A. 1962 and Ph.D.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley. Sierra Nevada Corporation. Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. California State University Channel Islands. Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. Follow Team.