NASA’s Simulated Mars Crew Marks One Year Inside Habitat 

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The four crew members in NASA’s simulated Mars mission have spent the past year living and working in isolation in a confined habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. For the past 365 days, the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew members have operated as though they were on theContinue Reading

‘Cute demo, but totally impractical’: Experts are skeptical that Tesla’s ‘Rocket’ Roadster could actually work in the real world

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Owen Hughes is a freelance writer and editor specializing in data and digital technologies. Previously a senior editor at ZDNET, Owen has been writing about tech for more than a decade, during which time he has covered everything from AI, cybersecurity and supercomputers to programming languages and public sector IT. Owen is particularly interested inContinue Reading

eberspaecher-vecture-introduces-guardion-iq-modular-bms-for-12-to-1,500-v-battery-systems

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Eberspaecher Vecture, part of the Eberspaecher Group, has launched GuardIon-IQ, a modular BMS platform that supports battery systems from 12 to 1,500 V and can be configured for integrated or distributed architectures. GuardIon-IQ includes redundant safety protection, MOSFET and contactor control, current sensing and SOC/SOH algorithms, and offers CAN andContinue Reading

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Dow has launched VOLTRICELL, a suite of materials designed to optimize battery manufacturing processes and improve the performance of existing batteries and emerging sodium-ion, silicon-anode and solid-state battery technologies. Dow says VOLTRICELL is its first materials platform designed specifically to support electrochemistry inside the cell. The platform brings together Dow’sContinue Reading

nvidia-ceo-urges-german-manufacturers-to-adopt-ai,-saying-digital-tech-won’t-replace-heavy-industry

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Germany’s makers of cars and industrial machines to quickly adopt artificial intelligence to “re-engineer” the country’s struggling business model by tapping its wealth of manufacturing data and expertise. Huang, whose company designs the powerful computer chips and software used by companiesContinue Reading

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NordVPN is updating its Linux app to offer a “cleaner, simpler way to manage VPN connections” from the command line. The NordVPN 6.0 update, which is coming soon and not yet out, “cuts down” the amount of commands which “overlap”. The company say this will make it easier for usersContinue Reading

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It’s all relative, but if you want to scope out the likely shape of the tech device industry in five years’ time, you have to think of the likely shape of the replacement cycle, and right now it seems to be shifting toward Apple.  That’s going to become more importantContinue Reading

China-EU reach consensus on hybrid, EV trade

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The consensus reached between China and the European Union (EU) on hybrid and electric vehicle trade has helped prevent an escalation of trade frictions, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response to speculation by some foreign media outlets over details of the trade arrangements…Continue Reading