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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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Unlike Sox, our robot dogs are real and for sale! Team NimbRo from University of Bonn, Germany came in first with 22 points, Team HERoEHS from Korea came in second with 5.5 Central to McDermott’s work, is the idea that absurdity and play can be useful ways to reframe our relationships to technology and productivity.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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The idea that they were getting some kind of vision, it was kind of electrifying—for the patients and the doctors.”. Within weeks, most of its physical assets—including manufacturing equipment, scientific instruments, laptops, and shelving—went up for sale at auction. —Jeroen Perk. These people were completely in the dark,” he says.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace. dollar—and hence to the U.S. Netflix is AWS’s largest customer.

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

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When the final funding opportunity announcement is released following this public comment period, DOE will accept applications from industry, national laboratories, and university-led teams to address these challenges and enable technologies that drive innovation in vehicle design. Advanced Climate Control Auxiliary Load Reduction.

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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

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And innovative ideas need supporters that promote them. —Luca de Meo, Audi Board Member for Sales and Marketing. The concept of a privately financed mission to the moon is fascinating. We want to send a signal with our involvement with the Part‑Time Scientists and also motivate other partners to contribute their know‑how.

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Stowing is a “Beautiful Problem” that Amazon is Solving with Robots

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But when we did this task ourselves, when we observed experts doing it, this is where the idea of motion primitives kind of emerged, which made the problem a little more achievable. My team sponsors research at MIT and at the University of Washington. And the team at University of Washington is actually looking at picking.