Nissan electric cars, Russian supercomputer, college smoking ban and more

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 4:45pm (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 1:38pm)

Nissan donates two all-electric LEAFs to Ohio State's College of Engineering 

Nissan News, Oct. 2, 2015

Nissan has donated two LEAF electric cars to The Ohio State University for use by students in its Center for Aviation Studies. These all-electric vehicles will be available for transportation from the main campus to the university's airport…

 

Russia creates a supercomputer to operate drones and robots 

Sputnik News, Oct. 6, 2015

Russia has created a mobile supercomputer with silicone cooling to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and terrestrial robots, a spokesman of the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) said Tuesday…
 

Ohio Third Frontier Fund supports statewide technology development 

WOUB, Oct. 5, 2015

David Goodman, the director of the Ohio Development Service Agency under Governor John Kasich, acts as chair of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, which is internationally recognized as successfully changing the trajectory of Ohio’s economy. Recently, he talked with WOUB’s Tom Hodson about the Fund and how it supports innovation and entrepreneurship in this region...

 

Public colleges that allow tobacco use on campus to be pressured by Ohio Board of Regents 

Cleveland, Oct. 2, 2015

Board members, who passed a resolution in 2012 asking boards of trustees to approve a tobacco-free policy, said it is time to call out those schools that still allow students, faculty and staff to smoke outside…

 

3M sells off library systems division to Bibliotheca

Library Journal, Oct. 6, 2015

Bibliotheca is excited to announce that their shareholders, One Equity Partners (OEP), today completed the purchase of 3M Library Systems North American business, and entered into agreements to purchase the assets of 3M’s remaining global Library Systems business…