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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Underride car crashes are among the most deadly accidents in Turkey, according to a report by the country's. zmit, Turkey, is set to study medicine this semester at. He hopes to talk with Turkey's science minister and the TOGG [Turkish Automobile Joint Venture Group], a new company formed by the government.

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

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Now spend 10 minutes watching a telepresence robot assemble a turkey sandwich. DJI ] Researchers at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms have made significant progress toward creating robots that could build nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to larger robots. [

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Quadrupeds Are Learning to Dribble, Catch, and Balance

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But seriously, there are lots of important robotics problems that can be solved in fun and interesting ways; don’t let anyone tell you different, especially not the current United States ambassador to Turkey. Margolis, and Pulkit Agrawal from MIT, will be presented at ICRA 2023 in London.

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. —Sergey Paltsev, an author of the study and a principal research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. Cyprus offshore hydrocarbon exploration blocks.

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