Short Takes – 1-17-24

MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World. CleanTechnica.com article. Interesting ‘open source’ development effort. Pull quote: “DMI is already anticipating that its contribution to the MIT project will help push fuel cell motorcycles out of the prototype phase and onto the assembly line. “This will be the first time the fuel cell module is integrated into a motorcycle, and the project will provide a real-world testing ground for the DM15 fuel cell module, enabling DMI to gather valuable data and feedback to improve the module’s performance and durability,” they  note.”

Managing emerging technology at the Energy Department. TheHill.com article. Pull quote: ““The intent of this office is really to bring all that together in a coherent picture, to work across the programs, to work across the labs, to make sure that we’re all on the same page and also that our resources are being leveraged for the good of the nation.””

Virginia warns of potential measles exposure at DC airports. TheHill.com article. These are congressional airports, but probably not many members those days, staff is another issue. Pull quote: “The department issued a warning to travelers who were near the international arrivals area of the main terminal at Dulles airport between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and to those in Terminal A of the Ronald Reagan airport between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., on the respective days.”