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Video Friday: Robot Training

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.

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NYU Researchers Paving New Path for Robotics

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New York University’s. Tandon School of Engineering is on the eve of launching a new robotics initiative that promises to take a unique approach to both research and teaching as engineering and academic disciplines, and build upon decades of robotics at the school. Thus, NYU is one of the best candidates.

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Stretch 3 Brings Us Closer to Realistic Home Robots

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You’re not likely to see a humanoid in a home anytime soon, because they’d be actually dangerous, and even a quadruped is likely to be more trouble than it’s worth in a home environment. NYU students have been taking Stretch into tens of homes around New York,” says Edsinger. It’ll fit in the back of a car, too.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Previous Prius conversion kits have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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told the New York Society of Security Analysts that Xerox was determined to develop “the architecture of information” to solve the problems that had been created by the “knowledge explosion.” The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people. In late 1969, C.

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VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range based on EPA cycle; next-gen connectivity and HMI

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Building on its unveiling at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the Volkswagen BUDD-e electric vehicle concept is making its US auto show debut at the New York International Auto Show. A car for the Internet of Things. Don’t forget anything.

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