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Edeniq and Global Bio-chem to develop and commercialize technology to convert corn stover to industrial sugars for fuels

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Edeniq has developed a low-cost cellulosic sugars technology that combines patented mechanical and biological processes with innovative plant designs. Edeniq was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, California with locations in Omaha, Nebraska and São Paulo State, Brazil. —Brian Thome, President and CEO of Edeniq.

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Burns & McDonnell develops bi-directional fast chargers for SPIDERS program

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The project is managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District, and includes technical guidance from CERL and TARDEC. Commissioning of the vehicle charging stations represents an important milestone of the Fort Carson SPIDERS project, which is nearing completion.

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DEI Fund Supports STEM Workshops and Coding Camps

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This four-day education series aims to encourage underrepresented and economically disadvantaged preuniversity students in Omaha to pursue an undergraduate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics subject. This program is designed to teach Python and Scratch to more than 200 preuniversity students in Uganda.

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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Trips: Electric and shared-use vehicles are best designed to fill shorter travel needs in more heavily trafficked areas. INRIX then looked at the percentage of a city’s intra-city trips, 10 miles or less, and combined these two metrics to score each city out of a possible 100 points. Top 10 US Cities Primed for Autonomous Rollout.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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The course will start in Omaha and end four days later in Manteo, N.C., At one point, TSMC’s sole 3-nm chip customer for 2022 was Apple , for the latter’s iPhone 14, but supply-chain issues have made it less certain that TSMC will be able to produce enough chips—which promise more design flexibility —to fulfill even that order.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. Additionally, Bill Moore, publisher of the EV World weekly online newsletter, also offered support publicizing the effort.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. Deploying the armies of laborers at BYD is an officer corps of managers and engineers who invent and design the products.

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