Michael Liedtke

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GM's Futuristic Corvette Opens Like a Fighter Jet
August 19, 2025
Rocket engine in transit.
X-Bow Systems, U.S. Army Announce $13.9 Million Joint Investment for Next-Generation Rocket Motor
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Vehicles drive along Mitchaw Road past Pacesetter Park Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Sylvania Township, Ohio.
States Rethink a Long-Held Practice of Setting Speed Limits Based On How Fast Drivers Travel
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This photo provided by United States Space Force the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force's dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 7, 2025.
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Using the OLED structure in this schematic, researchers were able to delay the degradation in brightness of an OLED with the TADF emitter 4CzIPN by eight to sixteen times. First, the hole blocking layer was sandwiched between layers of Liq with thicknesses of 3 nm on the emitter side and 2 nm on the electron transport side. This newly developed modification enhanced the lifetime by eight times (red line). The lifetime was further increased by a factor of sixteen overall (green line) by also doping the emitter and host layer with an electron transport material and doping the electron transport layer with Liq, two enhancements previously reported in the literature for other OLEDs. The devices were operated at a constant current with an initial brightness of 1,000 cd/m2, and the lifetime plots in this figure were smoothed for clarity. These improvements bring highly efficient and low-cost displays and lighting with TADF materials one step closer to reality.
Product Development
Tiny Tweak Becomes OLED Breakthrough
Georgia Tech researchers built the 'Rescue Robot' to determine whether or not building occupants would trust a robot designed to help them evacuate a high-rise in case of fire or other emergency.
Product Development
Rescue Robot Studies Human-Robot Trust
A Malaysian policeman walks by a fleet of national cars on display at the Proton Centre of Excellence Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Malaysian national car company Proton says it has begun shipping left-hand drive sedans to Chile as it seeks to tap new markets and revitalize exports.
Product Development
The Proton, Malaysia's National Car, Seeks to Revive Exports
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In this undated handout photo provided by Zoox, Zoox robotaxis are assembled at a 220,000-square-foot factory located in Hayward, California. ()
Operations
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Jony Ive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Product Development
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Software
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The Google logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, on June 15, 2023.
Software
As Google Is Branded a Monopolist, AI May Bring Quick Change to Internet Search
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Software
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Marc Whitten, Microsoft Corp.'s chief production officer of interactive entertainment, is pictured May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.
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Product Development
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Software
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OpenAI Sam Altman, right, discusses the need for more chips designed for artificial intelligence with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, during a conference in San Jose, Calif.
Artificial Intelligence
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An exterior view of Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters, May 9, 2012, in Santa Clara, Calif.
Operations
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The Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed in a showroom on the Apple campus after it's unveiling on June 5, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif.
Product Development
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