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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif., where 17 teams from around the world competed for US $8 million in prize money.

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New subsea well-capping device to bolster UK emergency underwater oil spill response capability

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The cap works by shutting in and holding pressure on an uncontrolled well and uses a choke and a series of valves which close down and stop the flow of hydrocarbons into the marine environment. The well-capping device was built in order to seal off an uncontrolled subsea well in the event of a major well control incident—i.e.,

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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

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The concept of intermodal routing is enhanced by the DriveNow package available in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and San Francisco. This service is now available in four cities and is proving to be extremely popular, according to the company. —Martin Hauschild, Head of Traffic Technology and Traffic Management at the BMW Group.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. Oxford Robotics Institute, United Kingdom. We are excited to see how the combination of vastly large spaces available in Mega Caverns can be combined with very narrow cross-sections as DARPA promises and vertical structures. Team CERBERUS. Team CERBERUS. Oke Onwuka.

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RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV

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www.youtube.com Sarnoff’s speech was unusual at that time for the United States simply because it was the first time a news event was broadcast live for television. RCA president David Sarnoff’s speech at the 1939 World’s Fair was broadcast live. television market from taking off. It plugged into an existing radio to receive sound.

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Scientists at Climate Talks Call for New Assessment of Nitrogen and Climate

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A side event organized by the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) at the COP-15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will highlight nitrogen’s role in climate change. However, programs are dispersed and fragmented and there is no single place to go for an overview of available information tools and mechanisms.

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