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An Inconvenient Truth About AI

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In 2002, iRobot , a company that I cofounded, introduced the first mass-market autonomous home-cleaning robot, the Roomba, at a price that severely constricted how much AI we could endow it with. The limited AI wasn't a problem, though. Our worst failure scenarios had the Roomba missing a patch of floor and failing to pick up a dustball.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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OPEC next gathers December 4 in Vienna, just over a year since Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi announced at the previous OPEC winter meeting the Saudi decision to let the oil market determine oil prices rather than to continue Saudi Arabia's role of guarantor of $100+/bbl oil. Market” forces include many components. percentage points.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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How did the high fuel prices impact customer behavior in 2008? A $1 change in gas prices can lead to a 4-6% shift in take rates (i.e. Alexander Edwards, President, Automotive Strategic Vision believes the exodus from full size SUVs was caused by economic caution as much as higher gas prices. The cells make up the remainder.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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And yet who better to design the next great leap in technology than men remade by technology themselves? 60,000 amputations were performed) inaugurated the modern prosthetics era in the United States, thanks to federal funding and a wave of design patents filed by entrepreneurial prosthetists. As Verne understood, the U.S.

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Department of Defense releases new operational energy strategy; more fight, less fuel

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) has released a new operational energy strategy designed to transform the way it consumes energy in military operations, and said this strategy is consistent with efforts to adapt the forces to emerging threats. billion, a 255% increase over 1997 prices. higher food prices; and. In current.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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But for the most part, the price is right: China’s DJI Mavic 3 , used by both Russia and Ukraine for surveillance and for delivering bombs, goes for around $2,000. You can get 55,000 of them for the price of a single F-35. It gives a lot of bang for the buck, as utterly new weapons often do. Reaper, which it broadly resembles.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power. Just as wireless service providers offer smartphones at discounted prices, Project Better Place will offer discounted electric vehicles with usage pricing plans. Smart meters and substations will be integral. 12:47 PM joe said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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