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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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There have been a bunch of high-profile examples of robot misuse recently (that we’re not going to link to), and the companies building the robots being misused have taken it personally—as they should, because those misused robots are very easy to identify. It’s not about military robots per se , and that’s made quite clear in the letter.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Girardi says he hopes that Chile will be an example for the world and that other nations and international agencies will adopt comparable regulation. The right to personal identity. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. The 5 Neurorights.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli.

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

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With modern tech everywhere you look; easy-to-use infotainment systems, heated seats and digital dials, it makes saving the planet a pleasurable experience. Electric vehicles run their impressive futuristic-tech from the humble battery. Futuristic tech doesn’t just come in the shape of fancy cabin gizmos and twinkly LEDs, though.

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GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

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Geely acquiring flying car startup Terrafugia

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The new Terrafugia seven-person Board of Directors will include Nathan Yu Ning, Geely Holding Vice President of International Business and Executive Advisor to the Board will become the Chairman of Terrafugia with three other appointees from the Geely Holding Company. —Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Founder and Chairman Li Shufu.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. Cyclists will complain and moterists will complain.

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