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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? It featured a vertical chessboard with pegs for the chess pieces; a mechanical arm moved the pegs. It is still in operation today.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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HAC’s IEEE SIGHT program, which helps connect IEEE members with underserved communities and local organizations for work on sustainable development projects, now has almost 25,000 members. The committee also for the first time awarded funding for projects in Fiji and Spain. COLLABORATIONS The committee participated in several U.N.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Torres Quevedo invented his electromechanical device in 1912 and publicly debuted it at the University of Paris two years later. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? It featured a vertical chessboard with pegs for the chess pieces; a mechanical arm moved the pegs. It is still in operation today.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Hanna

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This personal account, entitled “Real War,” was written by Hanna Porieva , an associate professor of electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Ukraine “ Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ” and IEEE volunteer, who was forced to flee Kyiv with her family. “I My name is Hanna Porieva. 24 February 2022, 5:10 a.m.

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