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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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The research relied on publicly available data sourced from OpenStreetMap , the Wikipedia of maps, and satellite-derived data. Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. The Ability Hand is available in the United States for patients age 13 or older. Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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There have been a bunch of high-profile examples of robot misuse recently (that we’re not going to link to), and the companies building the robots being misused have taken it personally—as they should, because those misused robots are very easy to identify. One area of particular concern is weaponization.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Customs authorities in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and Peru are participating, along with customs brokers Ransa and Güler & Dinamik. The TradeLens APIs are open and available for developer access and feedback from participants in the platform.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Still, its first-person 3D visuals were ahead of the curve, predating more famous hits like Atari’s Battlezone. “I It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru. Quality photogrammetry data isn’t available for every inch of the ground. It looked spectacular, even at that early stage.

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