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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

Green Car Congress

Four scenarios from the Forum for the Future toolkit “Megacities on the move” Click to enlarge. Ferrovial and MIT. As a member of the Initiative, Ferrovial will also support two named fellows at MIT, the Ferrovial-MIT Energy Fellows.

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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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Spotlight on Innovations Learn about the latest energy-sector advancements that are poised to impact our future. Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value).