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Driverless urban futures : a speculative atlas for autonomous vehicles
\"Since the industrial revolution, innovations in transportation technology have continued to re-shape the spatial organization and temporal occupation of the built environment. Today, autonomous vehicles (AVs, also referred to as self-driving cars) represent the next disruptive innovation in mobility, with particularly profound impacts for cities. At a moment of the fast-paced development of AVs by auto-making companies around the world, policymakers, planners, and designers need to anticipate and address the many questions concerning the impacts of this new technology on urbanism and society at large. Conceived as a speculative atlas -a roadmap to unknown territories- this book presents a series of drawings and text that unpack the potential impacts of AVs on scales ranging from the metropolis to the street. The work is both grounded in a study of the history of urban transportation and current trajectories of technological innovation, and informed by an open-ended attitude of future envisioning and design. Through the drawings and essays, Driverless Urban Futures invites readers into a debate of how our future infrastructure could benefit all members of the public and levels of society.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Enhancing Grid Operation with Electric Vehicle Integration in Automatic Generation Control
Wind energy has been recognized as a clean energy source with significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. However, its inherent variability poses substantial challenges for power system operators due to its unpredictable nature. As a result, there is an increased dependence on conventional generation sources to uphold the power system balance, resulting in elevated operational costs and an upsurge in carbon emissions. Hence, an urgent need exists for alternative solutions that can reduce the burden on traditional generating units and optimize the utilization of reserves from non-fossil fuel technologies. Meanwhile, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology integration has emerged as a remedial approach to rectify power capacity shortages during grid operations, enhancing stability and reliability. This research focuses on harnessing electric vehicle (EV) storage capacity to compensate for power deficiencies caused by forecasting errors in large-scale wind energy-based power systems. A real-time dynamic power dispatch strategy is developed for the automatic generation control (AGC) system to integrate EVs and utilize their reserves optimally to reduce reliance on conventional power plants and increase system security. The results obtained from this study emphasize the significant prospects associated with the fusion of EVs and traditional power plants, offering a highly effective solution for mitigating real-time power imbalances in large-scale wind energy-based power systems.
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Wind Farms and Flexible Loads Contribution in Automatic Generation Control: An Extensive Review and Simulation
With the increasing integration of wind energy sources into conventional power systems, the demand for reserve power has risen due to associated forecasting errors. Consequently, developing innovative operating strategies for automatic generation control (AGC) has become crucial. These strategies ensure a real-time balance between load and generation while minimizing the reliance on operating reserves from conventional power plant units. Wind farms exhibit a strong interest in participating in AGC operations, especially when AGC is organized into different regulation areas encompassing various generation units. Further, the integration of flexible loads, such as electric vehicles and thermostatically controlled loads, is considered indispensable in modern power systems, which can have the capability to offer ancillary services to the grid through the AGC systems. This study initially presents the fundamental concepts of wind power plants and flexible load units, highlighting their significant contribution to load frequency control (LFC) as an important aspect of AGC. Subsequently, a real-time dynamic dispatch strategy for the AGC model is proposed, integrating reserve power from wind farms and flexible load units. For simulations, a future Pakistan power system model is developed using Dig SILENT Power Factory software (2020 SP3), and the obtained results are presented. The results demonstrate that wind farms and flexible loads can effectively contribute to power-balancing operations. However, given its cost-effectiveness, wind power should be operated at maximum capacity and only be utilized when there is a need to reduce power generation. Additionally, integrating reserves from these sources ensures power system security, reduces dependence on conventional sources, and enhances economic efficiency.
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Driverless cars
Driverless cars are the future. That is what the tech giants, the auto industry and even the government want us to think. Almost daily there are media stories about how we will soon all be able to rip up our driving licences, sit in the back seat and let the car take us around. But is this really going to happen? Christian Wolmar has dug behind the hype and found a very different story. We are nowhere near this driverless utopia. Indeed it may prove to be impossible to reach. And even if it were achievable, does anyone want it? Far from reducing traffic and pollution, millions of zombie cars on the roads would make them worse. Wolmar looks at the technical and other difficulties that make this driverless future a very uncertain proposition. He finds that it is the tech companies and the auto manufacturers who are desperate to get us out of the driving seat, and argues that far from making the roads safer, driverless cars may well make them more dangerous. This entertaining polemic sets out the many technical, legal and moral problems that obstruct the path to a driverless future, and debunks many of the myths around that future’s purported benefits.
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Kokua Line column
Answer: The Division of Motor Vehicles, Licensing and Permits does not purge registration records after a specified time of inactivity, said Sheri Kajiwara, director of the city Department of Customer Services, which includes the DMV. [...]there is no 'statute of limitations' on payment of delinquent car registration fees,\" she said.
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Stockwire.com: Speak with other shareholders about: (OTCBB: BTEM), (NASD: ASTI), (OTCBB: APXR), (NASD: FICC), (NASD: DSTI), and (OTC: ETIM)
AUSTIN, TX: A very interesting indicator to look for is where the money is flowing into. We have a filter that we watch every morning that shows us \"Dollar Volume\". Here are a few of these stocks: BioStem inc (OTCBB: BTEM), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (NASD: ASTI), Apex Resources Group (OTCBB: APXR), Fieldstone Investment Corp (NASD: FICC), DayStar Technologies (NASD: DSTI), and Eternal Image Inc (OTC: ETIM) . Cryobanks International, is a corporation located in Altamonte Springs, Fl., which is to be acquired by BioStem, Inc. (OTCBB: BTEM). The Company is a leader in the collection, processing, and banking of stem cells derived from the umbilical cord immediately after birth. The units of cord blood are processed and stored by the company for use in unrelated transplants (where the donor is a histocompatible match, but is anonymous and unrelated to the recipient) and for personal storage and use. In recent years, cord blood transplants (CBTs) have become widely recognized as a safe, effective, and in many ways preferable, alternative to bone marrow transplants. There is tremendous potential need for CBTs in the United States and worldwide. Cryobanks International is well poised to help meet that need, equipped with an inventory of over 9,000 cord blood units. For more information about Cryobanks International call 1-800-869-8608 or visit the website at www.cryo-intl.com. Pursuant to the Letter of Intent, subject to completion of due diligence within thirty days, Samarium Technology Group, Ltd., a private investment fund with offices in Canada, BVI and Europe, agreed to purchase $9,000,000 of Class A Secured Convertible Debentures of Cryobanks, which are to bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum, are convertible into 7.5% of Cryobanks' outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, and are due and payable on December 31, 2008 (the \"Debentures\"). The Debentures automatically convert into registered shares of the Company's common stock upon the completion of the Merger and the subsequent effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-4 registering the shares which the Debentures are convertible into (the \"Effectiveness Date\").
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Bangkok Post, Thailand, The Weekly Link Column
For example, the Pinkerton security group has conducted a number of supply chain risk and vulnerability assessments by concentrating on key logistics processes and business controls in all aspects of the chain. The aim has been to identify \"triggers\" and time-line sequences that precede supply chain disruption so that the company can implement pre-determined contingency plans to minimise the impact. Richard Goss of Pinkerton provided this insight about a leading microprocessor manufacturer: \"It faces a huge SCM transport risk issue as its product is extremely expensive (for the same weight, the product is eight times more expensive than gold bullion). And its international supply chain is complex and vulnerable. One 10- kilogramme carton of product has a retail value of between US$100,000 and $500,000, with a normal shipment pallet having a retail value of between $30 million and $40 million. A truckload could be worth up to $180 million, which makes it an extremely attractive target and losses are occurring with this type of product across the industry. Accordingly, Pinkerton has developed a very strong focus in SCM risk and vulnerability assessments including a very well developed series of risk avoidance, mitigation recovery and insurance programmes.\" Organisations are now facing multiple challenges in addressing risk and are employing the services of these security organisations to undertake SCM risk and vulnerability assessments. Specific elements of supply chain risk assessment are as follows:
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