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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Cars That Think

The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji , a sprawling U.S. Take, for example, this case described by a Marine who served in Iraq: My team once had a robot that was obnoxious. So of course then we had to call EOD [personnel] out and waste their time and ours all because of this stupid little robot.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. 12:47 PM joe said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. E.ON’s Mr. Ewert says one winning technology could be biogas, which can be fermented from farm and domestic waste or even sewage, and then be piped through existing gas networks. Alternative is no longer an alternative. — Bada Bing 9.

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