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Freddy the Robot Was the Fall Guy for British AI

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Their fight escalated quickly, became public with a televised debate on the BBC, and concluded with the demise of an entire research field in Britain. The year before, he had written Machine Intelligence and Related Topics : An Information Scientists Weekend Book (Gordon and Breach). When funds are limited, though, choices are made.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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A few years ago, Martin Ford published a book called Architects of Intelligence , in which he interviewed 23 of the most experienced AI and robotics researchers in the world. There is increasing evidence, however, that this primary engine of progress is beginning to sputter out. Evan Ackerman. There's no looking back now.".

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Q&A With Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor

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The surge of interest in retrocomputing has led to folks once again swapping tips on how to write polished games using the 6502 assembly code, with new titles being released for the Atari , BBC Micro , and other machines. The Institute : What drew you into engineering? He was the system engineer, and I was the semiconductor engineer.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

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I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. Steel prices have gone north in two years, am sure that the market value of the asset will be much more than the book value. The company opened bookings in March and they believe that they will be able to deliver all of March booking in the next two months.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

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Baird’s starting point was an idea for an “electric telescope,” patented in 1885 by German engineer Paul Nipkow. In 1929, the BBC decided to give Baird’s system a try, performing some experimental broadcasts outside of normal hours. But eventually the BBC switched to the all-electronic system developed by Marconi-EMI.

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Tragedy Spurred the First Effective Land-Mine Detector

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By now, youd think a simple and safe way of locating and removing the devices wouldve been engineered. The Engineer Behind the Portable Mine Detector Before inventing his mine detector, Kosacki worked as an engineer and had developed tools to detect explosives for the Polish Armed Forces. But thats not the case.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. April 12, 2009 2:08 pm Link Obama’s “Social Democratic&# dream will be further unveiled after the failure of GM and Chrysler is certain and on the books. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5.