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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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For more than three decades, the university has hosted the world's largest assistive technology conference. So, what does the future have in store for AT? Wired Magazine refers to this layered reality as the "Mirrorworld." CSUN, it should be noted, is no newcomer to the field. The Future of Assistive Technology. Kevin Kelly of.

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This Autonomous Robot Might Soon Make Food Deliveries in Airports

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Today Ottobot is being piloted not only by restaurants but also grocery stores, postal services, and airports. A store or restaurant employee loads the ordered items into Ottobot. He attends conferences frequently and participates in online events. Ottonomy, which has raised more than US $4.5

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

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But my interest was really piqued a few months later when I attended a fascinating talk on Yugoslavian computing given by Vlado Vince at the HOPE hacker conference. As a retrocomputing nerd, when I saw early last year that the Galaksija was being reissued as a complete kit through Crowd Supply , I placed an order on general principles.

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SwRI to showcase Ranger precision localization technology for automated driving; non-GPS system with 2cm precision

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will showcase its award-winning Ranger precision localization solution at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016 conference and trade show in New Orleans 2-5 May. Once a map is built, localization is performed by matching a live image frame to an image frame stored in the map. based on image matches.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Drivers will need to select the "stealth" mode to rely exclusively on electricity stored in the battery. The Roadster runs exclusively on power stored in its battery: it does not have an onboard generator to extend its range. The stealth mode is a holdover from the origins of the vehicles propulsion system.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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More Malls shed stores Vacancy rates accelerate as retailers confront spending slump. More Hired by Uncle Sam After serving his country, Jon Leitzinger was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration. More Miami on the cheap House prices in Miami soared, then crashed. Now buyers, like the Lamuses, are venturing back. More Credit card relief?

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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Visually, it’s an astounding aircraft, like something from a 1930s pulp sci-fi magazine. The journey that made Leng’s dream a reality kicked into high gear in 2014 when a chance meeting with investor Sebastian Thrun at an aviation conference led to Google cofounder Larry Page investing in Leng’s project.

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