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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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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. To get some advice about how to run the company and possibly win some money, he entered the bionic hand into the Cozad New Venture Challenge at the University of Illinois.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. Then different companies could develop their own models based on certified training sets. “If

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Continental extends term of Nikolai Setzer as CEO, appoints new board member for automotive group sector – ET Auto

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He will guide the company toward a successful future,” Supervisory Board chairman Prof. In 2009, he took over various responsibilities in the former powertrain business, before spending three years in charge of the tire business in Ecuador and a further three years managing the tire business in Shanghai from 2012.

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