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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. —Barrington-Leigh and Millard-Ball.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. and a Ph.D.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Nearly six in 10 people consider themselves “car people,” and 81% feel that the car they drive reflects their personality, a least to some degree. Ipsos suggested that perhaps the reluctance of Americans to embrace this emerging technology has to do with its strong identity as a car-culture. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ±3.5