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Video Friday: Robots as Musical Instruments

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ROS-I ] Planning minimum-time trajectories in cluttered environments with obstacles is a challenging problem. Its structure is 3D printed and easy to repair, and it's supposedly cheap, although I don't know how cheap. Thanks to all those that submitted, and we look forward to more success stories in the years to come! [

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. The path from planned to market economies meant economic hardship for most of the former communist bloc; it also showed how elites can hijack transition processes for personal gain.

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For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

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I do want to set some expectations with respect to our Optimus robot… Last year was just a person in a robot suit, but we’ve come a long way, and compared to that, it’s going to be very impressive.” The five-finger hand is necessary, Tesla says, because Optimus will be working with human tools in human environments. Optimus Software.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

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Since we live in a world of scarce resources, it pays to be more economical. We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. The automobile industry is investing in protecting the environment. Therefore, each person must adapt to the technological changes to fit in. Why cheaper? We want to save money.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Electric vehicles (EV) or (BEV) are a clean, quiet alternative to conventional automobiles, which are powered by petroleum derivatives that, when burned, emit noxious gases into the environment.

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