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Oct 23
Explore the White House with Google Arts & Culture
It’s National Civics Day, and we’re taking a unique tour inside one of the most famous American structures of all: the White House.“Welcome to the White House” is the fi…
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Oct 23
Video Friday: ChatSpot
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IEEE SSRR 2023: 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPANHumanoids 2023: 12–14 December…
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Oct 23
Curl up with a spooky Halloween story with Google Books
A list of spooky books that you can read free of charge on Google Books.
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Oct 23
Netherlands starts building €1.5bn hydrogen pipeline to cut reliance on natural gas
Today, the Netherlands officially began constructing a 1,200km-long hydrogen pipeline — amid a continent-wide push to wean Europe off natural gas. The first section of the pipeline will run from the Maasvlakte — a massive man-made extension of the Europoort in Rotterdam (Europe’s largest port) — some 30 kilometres inland…
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Oct 23
Major revamp of energy rules targets net zero and boosts competition
The Energy Act 2023 will introduce a new tender process for electricity networks that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said will see consumers save up to £1bn off their energy bills by 2050. A new regime for overseeing mergers in the energy sector will also be…
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Oct 23
UN creates AI advisory body to ‘maximise’ benefits for humankind
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has unveiled a dedicated AI advisory body with a mandate to harness the technology’s power for good and mitigate its risks through international collaboration and governance. “AI could power extraordinary progress for humanity,” Guterres said, pointing to a plethora of benefits — from health and education…
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Oct 23
Nasa testing laser system to help ISS communicate 10 times faster with Earth
The ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal) payload will be launching to the International Space Station (ISS) next month to show how missions in low Earth orbit can benefit from laser communications. The system works by using invisible infrared light to send…
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Oct 23
Nanoparticles Show Quick and Easy Way to Target Cancer
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Researchers have been exploring the use of injectable nanoparticles that can quickly home in on a microscopic tumor. It’s a novel technique that could pave the way for the early detection of small tumors that…
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Oct 23
South Africa granted $1bn World Bank loan to upgrade its energy grid
The bank wants to support Africa’s sixth most populated nation and help it reduce its energy emissions. South Africa’s energy grid has been increasingly struggling, with the country’s coal-fired power stations routinely breaking down and leaving citizens without power for up to 10 hours a day. To address this situation,…
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Oct 23
Dutch solar EV completes 1,000km test drive through the desert
An off-road solar car built by a team of Dutch students has successfully traversed 1,000km of rugged desert terrain in North Africa — opening up possibilities for the broader rollout of solar-powered EVs in areas with limited charging infrastructure. The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) students drove the SUV, which…