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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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Warren quietly revolutionized power transmission by installing an electric clock in the L Street generating station of Boston’s Edison Electric Illuminating Co. His initial designs, as described in a series of patents , were for a pendulum clock with a permanent magnet as its bob (that’s the weight at the bottom of the pendulum).

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Video Friday: Dronut

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. GITAI ] Here's an interesting design for a manipulator that can do in-hand manipulation with a minimum of fuss, from the Yale Grablab. ugo ] Robot, make me a sandwich.

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