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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

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Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future. Ferrovial and MIT.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Alamy A century and a half after von Kempelen’s charade, Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo debuted El Ajedrecista (The Chessplayer), a true chess-playing automaton. The Spanish engineer was interested in building a machine that “thinks”—or at least makes choices from a relatively complex set of relational possibilities.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Alamy A century and a half after von Kempelen’s charade, Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo debuted El Ajedrecista (The Chessplayer), a true chess-playing automaton. The Spanish engineer was interested in building a machine that “thinks”—or at least makes choices from a relatively complex set of relational possibilities.

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

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Henrik Fisker, a car designer and cofounder of the company, said at the New York Auto Show last week that the car is part of his effort to show that environmentally friendly cars need not be small and underpowered. Thats because the plug-in hybrid design will make the Karma more appealing to consumers who want to travel long distances.