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Faster, Meaner, Deadlier: The Evolution of BattleBots

Cars That Think

This week, tickets went on sale for audience seating for the next season of Battlebots ; filming will commence in October in Las Vegas. Battlebots premiered on Comedy Central in, I think it was, 2000. What are the biggest changes you've seen technology-wise over 20 years or so? Now we're 22 years later.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

Green Car Congress

Driverless cars are poised to decongest personal car traffic, shrink our eco footprint, free up parking spaces and reduce the frequency of collisions by about 90%. Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

It was back in 2000 when the BMW Group first started to conduct research into its vision of a car that people could drive themselves but didn’t have to. And as part of the CES in 2014, the BMW Group gave a demonstration of highly automated driving at the limits of performance on the Las Vegas Speedway. autonomous—driving.

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Greenius & Obama Celebrate Our First 100 Days!

Creative Greenius

I spent two hours on the phone with Dency while he was stage managing a show in Las Vegas to get the material I need to write Lillian’s 5 minutes of remarks. That’s in the exact opposite of the direction this country has been heading since the year 2000.

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