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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

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Boston Dynamics ] DeKonBot 2: for when you want things really, really, really, slowly clean. TAMU ] Fourteen years ago, a team of engineering experts and Virginia Tech students competed in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge and propelled Torc to success. Robot choreography by Boston Dynamics and Monica Thomas. CMU RI ].

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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

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Boston Dynamics ] DeKonBot 2: for when you want things really, really, really, slowly clean. TAMU ] Fourteen years ago, a team of engineering experts and Virginia Tech students competed in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge and propelled Torc to success. Robot choreography by Boston Dynamics and Monica Thomas. CMU RI ].

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ADB draft report says 3B Asians could become affluent by 2050; significant challenges

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It is in Asia’s best interest to encourage and invest in innovation and clean technology to maintain its impressive growth momentum, the draft report says. Asia accounted for about 20% of the world’s energy consumption in 2000, 27% in 2007, and is expected to rise above 40% by 2050. Energy consumption.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.” The elder Kim had helped build the company’s first spinning factory, and his engineering savvy and consequent renown impressed his son. “He Chang Hae-Ja. Kyungbang , Korea’s iconic manufacturer of yarns and fabrics.