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What Is Going on at Machu Picchu?

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Peru has been trying to encourage tourists to visit other ancient sites in part to prevent overcrowding, which UNESCO has warned could damage parts of its structure. In late 2022 and early last year, tourism in much of southern Peru, including Machu Picchu, halted for several weeks during political unrest after Ms.

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Hyundai introduces next-gen heavy-duty truck at 2013 Seoul Motor Show; 7% improvement in fuel economy

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Hyundai is set to hold events for the new car in overseas markets including Peru and Russia. The Xcient, which took three years and 200 billion won (~US$180 million) of investment to develop, offers a full lineup including cargo, tractor and dump.

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Tesla taps new glass supplier for Plaid Model S

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AGP is a Peru-based company that specializes in all types of automotive glass, but what they’ve done for Tesla is especially interesting. When he had announced that the event was going to be delayed a week due to “tweaks,” I wondered whether it was software or hardware.

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Video Friday: Modular Polygons

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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. ABB Robotics and Junglekeepers, a nonprofit dedicated to replanting the Amazon rainforest in Peru, have joined forces to work on a special pilot program. Total cost is about $1,300 AUD.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Customs authorities in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and Peru are participating, along with customs brokers Ransa and Güler & Dinamik. This data is growing at a rate of close to one million events per day.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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1989) added random events, including weather. It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0 1984) modeled the entire United States, Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 1988) brought the Gates Learjet 25 and substantially more airports, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0

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