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Can Electric Cars on the Highway Emulate Plane-to-Plane Refueling?

On-the-road peer-to-peer charging depends on steerable booms to make the connection



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  • energy/batteries-storage

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Who Invented Radio: Guglielmo Marconi or Aleksandr Popov?

Popov may have been first but he didn’t patent his inventions or try to commercialize them




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‘Hydrogen-On-Tap’ Device Turns Trucks Into Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

An Indiana startup is retrofitting five pickup trucks with its novel hydrogen-producing system




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Sabrewing Cargo Drone Rises to Air Force Challenge

The Rhaegal cargo drone pivots to new possible military missions under a U.S. Air Force contract




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Back to Work: Wearables Track Social Distancing and Sick Employees in the Workplace

As companies re-open, employees may don wearable tech to prevent the spread of COVID-19




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Keysight Remote Teaching Tools

Remote teaching tools from Keysight




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Video Friday: Startup Unveils Agile Robot Dog That Costs Less Than $10k

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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How Medical Robots Will Help Treat Patients in Future Outbreaks

Teleoperated robots can help perform patient care tasks while keeping healthcare workers safe




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Thermal Cameras Are Being Outfitted to Detect Fever and Conduct Contact Tracing for COVID-19

Members in Spain and Switzerland are developing software for FLIR cameras and building their own versions to protect people’s privacy




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Tech Jobs in the Time of COVID

Cybersecurity job openings explode, while the job market gets tougher for Web developers and Ruby experts




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How Off-Grid, Lights-Out Cell Sites Will Aid the Effort to Bring the Next Billion People Online

Clear Blue Technologies receives $3.5 million CAD deal to build out solar-powered cell networks in the Congo, Ghana, and Nigeria




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Lisa Lazareck-Asunta, IEEE’s Women in Engineering Chair, Is Just Getting Started

One of her goals is to make speaker panels and conferences more inclusive




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Australia’s Contact-Tracing COVIDSafe App Off to a Fast Start

With over 3.5 million downloads in the first five days, the app can speed notification of people exposed to COVID-19




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Coding for COVID-19: Contest Calls on Developers to Help Fight the Pandemic

IBM’s Call for Code names three winners and promises support for digital tools designed to aid in the coronavirus response




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Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot Gets Even More Capable With Enhanced Autonomy, Mobility

Spot Release 2.0, launching today, includes improvements to navigation, autonomy, stair climbing, and more




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Preventing AI From Divulging Its Own Secrets

A masking defense could stop neural networks from revealing their inner workings to adversaries




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Volvo and Lidar-maker Luminar to Deliver Hands-free Driving by 2022

Level 3 capability would be an industry first



  • sensors
  • sensors/automotive-sensors

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Physical Modeling of Supercapacitors and Lithium-Ion Capacitors

Learn how researchers are exploring new hybrid devices that can exploit features of both supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries.




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ThereCraft’s Lifting Body Drone Acrobatically Delivers Packages With Pinpoint Accuracy

A unique drone design promises aircraft payload with helicopter precision




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Statement Regarding the Ethical Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS) for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

The document addresses 10 issues




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How Network Science Surfaced 81 Potential COVID-19 Therapies

Researchers led by Albert-László Barabási used network-based models to discover existing drugs that might take on COVID-19




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6 Tips to Help Your Startup Survive the Coronavirus Pandemic

Don’t panic, be compassionate, and help others




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9 New Suggestions For Bored Engineers

More great kits, live events, and how you can help fight COVID-19 with a Pi




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COVID Moonshot: Can AI Algorithms and Volunteer Chemists Design a Knockout Antiviral?

This pro-bono initiative crowdsourced 4,500 drug designs, synthesized 311, and is now testing them against viral proteins




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Tracking COVID-19 With the IoT May Put Your Privacy at Risk

The coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to balance public health and personal privacy




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Team Sonnenwagen Prep for Race Across the Outback

Team Sonnenwagen from RWTH Aachen University race in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, in Australia.




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Video Friday: Robot Startup Refraction AI Testing Contactless Food Delivery

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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Vanessa Bryant files claim over crash-site photos

Vanessa Bryant filed a claim against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, contending deputies shared unauthorized photos of the site where her husband and daughter died in a helicopter crash in January.




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U.S. to allow states to distribute Gilead's remdesivir to fight COVID-19

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Saturday it would allow state health departments to distribute Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir drug to fight COVID-19, and the United States would receive about 40% of the drug maker's global donation.




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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dies at age 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at the age of 87.




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U.S. CDC reports 1,274,036 coronavirus cases, 77,034 deaths

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,274,036 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 25,996 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,557 to 77,034.




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Major U.S. airlines endorse temperature checks for passengers

A major U.S. airline trade group on Saturday said it backed the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checking the temperatures of passengers and customer-facing employees during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Rare syndrome tied to COVID-19 kills three children in New York, Cuomo says

Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, a development that may augur a pandemic risk for the very young.




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In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as "chaotic" in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said on Saturday.




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U.S. next week to start purchasing $3 billion worth of farm goods: Trump

President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States will next week begin purchasing $3 billion worth of dairy, meat and produce from farmers as unemployment soars and people are forced to food lines.




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Three key U.S. coronavirus officials in self-quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

Three senior officials guiding the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for the disease, their agencies and spokesmen said.




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Indian Envoys in Gulf Nations Assure Expats of More Repatriation Flights

The Indian mission in Saudi Arabia is arranging four flights next week to repatriate Indians - including a Riyadh to Delhi flight on Monday.





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1st batch of Indians stranded in UK to arrive early morning Sunday




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Goa govt's quarantine fee rules disappointing, says GSAI




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'Confusion' within central government in fight against COVID-19: Cong




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362 stranded Indians reach Kerala 2 flights from Oman& Kuwait with 362 stranded Indians reach




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2 flights from Oman& Kuwait with 362 stranded Indians reach Kerala




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Air India flight carrying 182 stranded Indians from Sharjah arrives in Lucknow




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Rahul Gandhi Demands Audit of PM-CARES Fund, Says 'Record of Money Received & Spent Should be Made Available to Public'

New Delhi, May 9: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should ensure an audit of PM-CARES. Rahul Gandhi said that PM-CARES fund received huge contributions from public sector units (PSUs) and organisation, including Indian Railways.





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'Vande Bharat' adds 2 new cases to Kerala's 'flattened COVID-19 curve'; Vijayan says 'warning' sign for all states




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First Air India repatriation flight to take off from US with 224 Indians




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AI flight with 163 Indians from Kuwait lands at Hyderabad airport




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AI flight with 163 Indians from Kuwait lands at Hyderabad airport




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AI crew on ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ can return to Gautam Budh Nagar from Delhi after COVID-19 test




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Cong leaders making absurd remarks, weakening fight against COVID-19: BJP