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CoolPlanet BioFuels claims conversion yield of 4K gallons gasoline per acre biomass

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CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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AIs and Robots Should Sound Robotic

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AI agents will make calls on our behalf, conversing with others in natural language. A ring modulator has several advantages: It is computationally simple, can be applied in real-time, does not affect the intelligibility of the voice, and--most importantly--is universally robotic sounding because of its historical usage for depicting robots.

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U-Mich Mobility Transformation Center targeting full autonomous vehicle deployment in Ann Arbor by 2021

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That’s the goal of the Mobility Transformation Center, a cross-campus University of Michigan initiative that also involves government and industry representatives. —Peter Sweatman, director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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There’s a New Problem With Electric Cars That No One Saw Coming

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This week we sit down with Cody Stolle, research assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the assistant director at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, to discuss a lesser-known problem with EVs and road safety. It pertains to our conversation and is worth your time. As well as here.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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There are now more than 270 IEEE-HKN chapters at universities around the world. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. In October the Nu Theta chapter debuted at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Ind.

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Chatbot: A New Robotics Podcast from IEEE Spectrum

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Spotify ↗ • Apple Podcasts ↗ • Google Podcasts ↗ • Amazon Music ↗ • Pocket Casts ↗ • Podcast Addict ↗ • Deezer ↗ • Player FM ↗ • Podchaser ↗ • Listen Notes ↗ • YouTube ↗ • RSS Feed ↗ The way the Chatbot podcast works is that we invite a couple of robotics experts to talk with each other about a topic that they have in common. .

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Will the "AI Scientist" Bring Anything to Science?

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Lu, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia , collaborated on the project with several other academics, as well as with researchers from the buzzy Tokyo-based startup Sakana AI. Shortly after a 2023 Google DeepMind paper came out claiming the discovery of 2.2 And, perhaps like an early Ph.D.

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