Tennessee factory to become GM's 3rd electric vehicle plant
General Motors plans to spend $2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant into a third U.S. site to build future electric vehicles.
Oct 20, 2020
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Radiative cooler that cools down even under sunlight
Now that autumn is upon us, there is a large temperature gap between day and night. This is due to the temperature inversion caused by radiative cooling on the Earth's surface. Heat from the sun during the day causes its ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces Compute Module 4 now ready for sale
Representatives of the Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced on their blog that the Compute Module 4 is now ready for sale starting at $25. The system-on-module variant of the Raspberry Pi 4 runs the same 64-bit quad-core ...
Oct 20, 2020 report
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Business
US slaps Google with antitrust suit, eyes possible breakup
The US government filed a blockbuster lawsuit Tuesday accusing Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades—opening the door to a potential ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Business
Finland's national carrier cuts over 10% of workforce
Finland's national carrier said Tuesday it will cut 700 jobs - over 10% of its workforce - by the end of March next year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global travel.
Oct 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
COVID-19 renewable energy response in Africa 'meager'
As of June this year, only three Africa countries, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria promoted the use of renewable energy to control the challenges COVID-19 triggered in the sector, a study says.
Oct 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Open-source distributed generation market demand model
After years of development, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the open-source dGen model, marking a new era since the model launched in 2016. Public users can access model methodology and instructions, ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind energy and wildlife share future in the skies and seas
A wealth of wind energy potential as well as rich and diverse networks of wildlife species can be found off the coasts of the United States. Coastal ecosystems range from beach dunes where turtles and birds nest, to the shallow ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Robotics
A gecko-adhesive gripper for the Astrobee free-flying robot
Robots that can fly autonomously in space, also known as free-flying robots, could soon assist humans in a variety of settings. However, most existing free-flying robots are limited in their ability to grasp and manipulate ...
Oct 20, 2020 feature
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Computer Sciences
AI outperforms humans in speech recognition
Following a conversation and transcribing it precisely is one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence (AI) research. For the first time now, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded ...
Oct 20, 2020
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