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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

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ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. ICON, which is best-known for its 3D-printed homes, has been working on Project Olympus for some time. Air Force, which was partly funded by NASA.

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AI in Construction: Future-Proofing the Construction Industry

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The construction industry is no stranger to this trend. The advent of AI in this industry has kickstarted a tech revolution that is all set to completely change how a building is designed, planned, and constructed. Let’s look at how AI’s power is being and can be harnessed in the construction landscape.

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Formula 1’s Fernando Alonso launches first e-bike at Miami Grand Prix

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Kimoa, the sustainable lifestyle brand created by two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso, is launching an electric bike during the Formula One Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2022. The Kimoa E-Bike is made-to-measure for each rider, due to its custom 3D-printed carbon fiber frame, which is built by Arevo, an additive manufacturing company.

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Prefabs sprout: How Modulous helps housing developers build modular homes without factories

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startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 For the construction phase, the kit of parts enables developers to produce large multi-tenant apartment blocks with minimal up-front investment.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

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Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. Cocos is best known for its cross-platform, open source engine for 2D mobile games, but many have argued it has fallen behind in the 3D era.

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Top 10 AI graduate degree programs

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In computer vision, the AI group faculty are developing novel approaches for 2D and 3D scene understanding from still images and video, low-shot learning, and more. The machine listening faculty is working on sound and speech understanding, source separation, and applications in music and computing.

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From Batteries To Building Materials, Green Manufacturing Startups Are Raising Billions 

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Battery recycling is also big, with outsize rounds in recent months for Redwood Materials , the Nevada-based battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel , and Ascend Elements , a Massachusetts manufacturer of sustainable battery materials using elements from discarded lithium-ion batteries. Glass is another focus area.