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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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Take, for example, this case described by a Marine who served in Iraq: My team once had a robot that was obnoxious. From this perspective, what makes robot funerals unnerving is the idea of an emotional slippery slope. Congress was projected to provide the DOD with US $9.6

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. 12:47 PM joe said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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