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Video Friday: Robots for Humanity

Cars That Think

And of course, you can read more about this project in this month’s issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. ANYbotics ] Happy haunting from Boston Dynamics! Boston Dynamics ] I’m guessing this is some sort of testing setup, but it’s low-key terrifying. Hello Robot ] At KIMLAB, we have a unique way of carving Halloween pumpkins!

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Robots and the Humans Who Make Them

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum editors are putting together an issue of the magazine, a story on the website, or an episode of a podcast, we try to facilitate dialogue about technologies, their development, and their implications for society and the planet.

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DOE announces Apps for Vehicles Challenge Winners

Green Car Congress

Green Button Gamer , based in Boston, Massachusetts, won the Safety Innovation award and Augusta, Georgia-based Fuel Economy Coach received the Fuel Efficiency Innovation award. DOE awarded New York City-based Dash the Judges’ Prize and MyCarma , headquartered in Troy, Michigan, the Popular Choice prize.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value). Register » ) Current Issue The 10 Emerging Technologies of 2009 Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that could change the way we live.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

No party for Citis owners: You and me FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- When gas was topping $4 a gallon last summer, the urgency to find alternative sources of energy to power cars and trucks became clear to most Americans. More Will the Motor City shakeup work?

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BREAKING NEWS: US Science Report Proves All Out Effort To Fight Climate Change Needed Right Now Or Everyone Is Screwed. Get It?

Creative Greenius

Don’t look for this story on the cover of Time magazine. Global Warming Study Released – Boston Globe website. Is that plain enough? Happy to help. I know because I’m a subscriber. Climate Report Details Energy, Agriculture Harm – Reuters India. The Economic Impact of Climate Change – NY Times.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

Cars That Think

12, 1989, PC Magazine contains six articles on graphical user interfaces for personal computers and workstations. Boston, 1988), contains a detailed drawing of a ball mouse. The September 1989 IEEE Computer contains an article, “The Xerox ‘Star’: A Retrospective,” by Jeff Johnson et al., covering development of the Star. Smith et al.,

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