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EMU TechTalk - Zach Wigal, founder of Gamers Outreach
Eastern Michigan University’s GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology will host a TechTalk featuring EMU alumnus Zach Wigal. The TechTalk series offers students and faculty opportunities to network with experts and up-and-coming leaders in engineering, technology, and related fields. Each TechTalk provides opportunities to explore careers, internships, and research opportunities at the College.
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Read more at EMU Today
Self-Heating Concrete Defends Winter Weather
Drexel University researchers have unveiled a self-heating concrete technology poised to transform winter infrastructure in cold regions. This innovative concrete, infused with phase-change materials, can autonomously maintain warmth, effectively fending off snow, sleet, and freezing rain. This advancement promises significant reductions in both the environmental and economic costs associated with winter weather management. Furthermore, it extends the lifespan of concrete surfaces by preventing the wear and tear caused by freeze-thaw cycles and deicing chemicals.
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Read more at Earth.com
Baby Moves App Detects Cerebral Palsy Risk
AI technology can accurately track babies' movements through smartphone videos submitted by parents. Abnormal or absent movements were successfully detected in 76% of cases, similar to an assessment by an experienced clinician. The videos, captured on the Baby Moves app, showed babies lying on their backs doing spontaneous movements.
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Read more at Medical Xpress
Hitachi Energy and Grid United to Secure Supply Chain to Accelerate Energy Transition
Hitachi Energy and Grid United announced a collaboration to deliver high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for Grid United transmission projects. These projects will help overcome one of the most persistent bottlenecks in the energy transition in the US by bridging the east-west divide. The two companies are exploring potential projects to further strengthen the US electric grid.
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Read more at Yahoo Finance
CXCL17 - A Potent Immune Inhibitor
Bioluminescence technology pioneered at The University of Western Australia has been used to uncover a potential game-changer in immunotherapy. The results of the study led by researchers at UWA and the University of Nottingham in the U.K. Dr. Carl White said CXCL17 is a potent inhibitor of the CXCR4 chemokine receptor.
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Read more at Medical Xpress
DXC Technology - Matt Fawcett to DXC
Matt Fawcett is a well-respected name in the industry. He served as General Counsel of NetApp, a Fortune 500 cloud-led, data-centric software company from 2010 to 2021.
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Read more at PR Newswire
Australia's Defence Capability Review
Vice Chief of Defence Force David Johnston addresses the 2024 Capability Symposium in Canberra. Johnston advocated for an approach centred on achieving “minimal viable capability” urging a shift away from seeking perfect solutions towards delivering timely and pertinent capabilities directly to those in operation. Key priorities, including the development of long-range anti-ship, naval-strike, and land-based strike missiles, were said to be advancing steadily.
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Read more at Airforce Technology
Sequoia Fund Q4 2023 Investor Letter
In the fourth quarter, the fund returned 13.31% compared to an 11.69% return for the S&P 500 Index. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2023. On March 19, 2024, Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock closed at $94.00 per share.
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Read more at Yahoo Finance
Apple’s Security Warnings About Alternative App Stores
Apple was not directly named, but there was little doubt who Margrethe Vestager was referencing when she described such warnings as “unwise”... Core Technology Fee Any developer wanting to opt out of the App Store, and sell its apps through either an alternative app store or its own website, has to pay Apple a “Core Technology Fee” (CTF) of 50 Euro cents per install per year. The fee only applies once an app exceeds a million installs, but fears have been expressed that this would make
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Read more at 9to5Mac
New Field-Deployable Alpha Spectrometer Could Improve Nuclear Emergency Response
NDAlpha is the first field-deployable alpha spectrometer capable of “point and shoot” measurements of nuclear material or contaminated surfaces. One of the key signatures of a nuclear accident is the release of alpha-emitting radionuclides such as plutonium. Current field instruments usually rely on gamma spectroscopy.
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Read more at Los Alamos Reporter