Andy Baron

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
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ISS Will Test Growing Artificial Livers in Space
August 22, 2025
A module on the International Space Station.
Medical Devices Not Afraid to Shoot for the Stars
August 21, 2025
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Harvard Team's Wearable Robot Helps Stroke, ALS Patients Use Their Arms
August 21, 2025
On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church is moved for relocation at a speed of half a kilometer per hour, in Kiruna, Sweden, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2025.
This Church Is Being Moved Before a Mine Swallows the Entire Town
August 21, 2025
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, the Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event in San Francisco. California regulators have taken an important step to clear the road for everyday people to get self-driving cars. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, published proposed rules that would govern the technology within California, where manufacturers have been testing hundreds of prototypes on roads and highways.
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New Rules Mean Self-Driving Cars Will Be Here Soon
In this Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, photo, a man looks at the interior of a fully-loaded F-450 Super Duty Limited, the biggest version of the Ford F-Series, on display at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. America's favorite luxury vehicle is a pickup truck. Buyers are increasingly outfitting their pickups with all the comforts of luxury cars, from heated and cooled seats to backup cameras to panoramic glass roofs.
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A close-up of a sample solar photovoltaic cell being tested in the NanoEnergy Lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The lab is developing new materials that could replace silicon, potentially lowering the cost of making solar cells while improving their efficiency.
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Better Ways to Store Solar Power
The project is focused on discovering new materials for solar cells.
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