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Boston Dynamics’ Founder on the Future of Robotics

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When Marc Raibert founded Boston Dynamics in 1992, he wasn’t even sure it was going to be a robotics company—he thought it might become a modeling and simulation company instead. Now, of course, Boston Dynamics is the authority in legged robots, with its Atlas biped and Spot quadruped. He now leads the Boston Dynamics AI Institute.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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Reviver Auto is making the so-called Rplates, and they aren’t cheap—the plates are listed at US $700, plus an $8 a month subscription fee. [ Boston says he’s thought of that—any message will have to be approved by the DMV before it is added to the library, and only messages from that library may go to the plate.

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The Coming Construction Boom

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Cities including Boston and New York are already spending substantial sums on projects to hold back the sea, which has begun encroaching in subways and road tunnels over the last 10 years. But that is just a small precursor of what will come. Combine all these factors and a dazzling possibility emerges.

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Spirit Airlines Is on Shaky Footing After Judge Blocks JetBlue Deal

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A federal judge in Boston blocked the proposed merger on Tuesday , concurring with the Justice Department that the deal would hurt consumers by reducing their choices and raising fares. She said Spirit’s cheap flights and influence on other airlines’ prices gave Americans “an equal opportunity to travel.”

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Electric cars will remain ‘too pricey’ over next decade

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Electric cars are unlikely to become cheap enough to lead to widespread uptake over the coming decade, a new study concludes. Tags: Electric cars Hybrid cars batteries Boston Consulting Group cost hybrids. Although prices are expected to [.].

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! Surprised Tesla went full Boston Dynamics mode with classical control/planning when it’s been around for a while…. The challenge for Tesla isn’t really so much the mere fact that Boston Dynamics robots are ahead (or that Agility Robotics is also doing similar work).

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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Experience in the aluminum industry shows that it is actually fairly cheap to make the electrolysis device, Allanore said. C, and resulted in a patent, a Nature paper, and a spinoff company, Boston Electrometallurgical Corp. One of those efforts, in collaboration with Donald R. Sadoway, John F. BEMC), in Woburn, Mass.

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