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Wireless Worries Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research

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The survey, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , looks at the last 75 years of research into RF exposure assessment and dosimetry. Kenneth Foster, University of Pennsylvania In your opinion, is exposure assessment a solved problem? The list goes on.

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The 11 Commandments of Hugging Robots

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Unfortunately, physical contact with humans is something that robots find especially difficult and occasionally dangerous, so that we cannot (yet) safely use them as a proxy for nuanced physical contact with another person. When HuggieBot detects a user in its personal space, it opens its arms and invites the user in for a hug.

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Q&A: Ghost Robotics CEO on Armed Robots for the U.S. Military

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One of the exhibitors was Ghost Robotics —we've previously covered their nimble and dynamic quadrupedal robots, which originated at the University of Pennsylvania with Minitaur in 2016. Last week, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference took place in Washington, D.C. We thought it was a great idea.

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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes

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.” – Elon Musk “Within a decade, the internal combustion engine automobile is likely to look exactly like what it is – a machine that converts gasoline into much more heat than forward motion, a bizarre antiquity.” ” – Ed Begley Jr.

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AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

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Vincent Boulanin , senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in Sweden, warns that major catastrophes can occur “when major powers cut corners in order to win the advantage of getting there first.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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a subsidiary of Commodore International Ltd. The original intent had been a game machine, but at this point the personal-computer market was beginning to look promising. At a meeting of Charpentier, Winterble, and Tramiel, the decision was made to go for a personal computer. It’s a personal challenge.

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