I ended up testing five Figma replacements—Lunacy, Excalidraw, Plasmic, Inkscape, and Penpot over the course of three weeks. Each tool was tested through real-world design work, including wireframes, ...

Abstract: This article introduces a multifunctional electric vehicle charger (EVC) equipped with innovative control methodologies. In the proposed configuration, the grid-side converter (GSC) is ...

Abstract: Ground point cloud extraction is crucial for route planning of autonomous vehicles in unstructured environments. However, mainstream point cloud extraction methods are susceptible to ...

Data centers and utilities can meet rising energy demand by building facilities near energy sources such as microgrids. It’s also more cost-effective to deploy microgrids using a multi-year approach ...

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...

A data center in the Pacific Northwest is going to come online years earlier than expected due to siting a 62-MWh battery energy storage system on its campus, which will allow the data center to avoid ...

Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the grid or save it. The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, true enough, while a gas ...

Data center developer QTS builds a new facility in Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Power demand from data centers threatens to scuttle utility decarbonization ...

Nvidia makes the chips that support artificial intelligence, making it something of a picks-and-shovels play on AI. AI needs to "live" somewhere, which favors real estate investment trusts. AI needs ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...