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Video Friday: Robots as Musical Instruments

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Quanser ] Global robot scientist Dennis Hong explores a future where humanoids, built to mirror human intellectual and locomotive capabilities, take on repetitive, scaled, and even dangerous tasks.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups. Daimler AG will make investments in the high nine figures (euro) in the new model series by the time of the market launch.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. TomTom invented the new category of the PND (personal navigation device) as something being connected.

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Australia Reels From Split Weather System, Suffers Effect Of “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”

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Some parts of South Australia saw night temperatures above 41 ºC (106 ºF) before sunrise, an event that “ appears to be without known precedent ”, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). In South Australia, Adelaide suffered five consecutive days with temperatures above 40 ºC, peaking at 45.7 ºF) on 28 January.

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Intel's Open Source Strategy

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So, New Zealand to India to Europe to America back to New Zealand. But on a personal coding level, the low marginal cost of spinning up another virtual server, does that remove the incentives for efficiency? Can I move my workloads around across the globe? Because it’s like, why do I have to be efficient?

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