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Tesla Model X pays the price after protecting owner from Hurricane Ida’s flash floods

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Facing a flash flood is a terrifying experience that any decent person would not wish upon their worst enemy. Being caught in a flash flood is incredibly scary, but if a 2016 Model X owner’s recent experience is any indication, it would appear that encountering floods in a Tesla is slightly less terrifying. .

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The students have fared well, placing third in the hardware competition in 2016 and 2018, winning the 2017 student paper competition, and garnering third place in the 2019 open hardware contest. Bonanza Producciones How can students channel their talents and personal interests into satisfying and impactful careers?

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The 11 Commandments of Hugging Robots

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Unfortunately, physical contact with humans is something that robots find especially difficult and occasionally dangerous, so that we cannot (yet) safely use them as a proxy for nuanced physical contact with another person. When HuggieBot detects a user in its personal space, it opens its arms and invites the user in for a hug.

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Rental Review: The 2023 Chevrolet Malibu, Last Domestic Midsize Standing

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In its current guise since 2016, the ninth-gen Chevrolet Malibu is no spring chicken; the rumor is an all-new model will arrive in 2025. After personal experience with many GM vehicles of sturdy and strong AC characteristics over the years, the Malibu isn’t one of them. And that sums up most of the Malibu’s personality.

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Q&A: Ghost Robotics CEO on Armed Robots for the U.S. Military

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One of the exhibitors was Ghost Robotics —we've previously covered their nimble and dynamic quadrupedal robots, which originated at the University of Pennsylvania with Minitaur in 2016. Last week, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference took place in Washington, D.C.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. vehicles per 100 persons in 2018. vehicles per 100 persons. Between 2008 and 2017, total VMT increased 5% in California, but declined in Pennsylvania (-6%) and New York (-8%). from 2016 to 2017. compared to 2016. percent and 0.1 million tons of waste, up 7.4%

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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes

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” – Carlos Ghosn “We will not stop until every car on the road is electric” – Elon Musk “As of 2016, the number of American car companies that haven’t gone bankrupt is a grand total of two. .” Daniel Krichert “The time is right for electric cars – in fact, the time is critical.”