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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future.

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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. On 9 May 1973, an interested but nonspecialist audience filled the auditorium at the Royal Institution in London to hear the debate.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

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Part of the receiving apparatus, housed at the Science Museum in London, is shown at top.) Early experiments used a dummy because the many incandescent lights needed to provide sufficient illumination made it too hot and bright for a person. But eventually the BBC switched to the all-electronic system developed by Marconi-EMI.

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Video Friday: Good Over All Terrains

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These technologies were developed by the Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory (AVFL) at Texas A&M University and Harmony Aeronautics, an AVFL spin-off company. AVFL ] Yes! More research like this please; legged robots (of all sizes) are TOO STOMPY. [ ETH Zurich ] Robosquirrel ! [ But is AI actually close to reasoning like humans can?