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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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www.youtube.com The first RoboCup, which I attended as a student, was held in 1997 in a small exhibit room at the International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI) in Nagoya, Japan. The level of competition was, by today’s standards, not very high. The first standard platform for RoboCup was the Aibo , a small robot dog made by Sony.

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European Experts Say Transformation Needed to Meet 2025 World Challenges

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The group presented the finings of its report, The World in 2025 , at a conference in Brussels. Global access to knowledge, though, together with the development of joint global standards and the rapid worldwide diffusion of new technologies will have a great impact on Europe’s future welfare.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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µg/m 3 ), and Estarreja, Portugal (11.8 Because such workers had at least a 50% increased lung cancer risk, our results suggest that the high air concentrations of elemental carbon reported in some urban areas may confer increased risk of lung cancer. µg/m 3 ), the Bronx (6.6 µg/m 3 ), nine urban sites in China (8.3

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. Walkout at UN conference after Iran. This service is provided on Times Newspapers standard Terms and Conditions. Please read our Privacy Policy.To