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Navigating the Legality of Autonomous Vehicles

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:17:33 -0800
Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here Autonomous Cars Through the Ages Mapping the Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars Five Reasons The Robo-Car Haters Are Wrong I wasn’t long in the backseat of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius, cruising smoothly down California Highway 85, before a sober, gray-flannel question pierced my [...]
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Tech Talk: An evolution of power and capability

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:03:47 -0800
Fifteen years ago this month, I launched my own business, providing information technology services to small and mid-size businesses throughout the region. Over these past 15 years, I've seen a lot of changes in how technology is used in the business...
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Roboticist sees improvisation through machine's eyes

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:00 -0800
Pittsburgh (CNN) -- The comedian, a small robot named Data, takes the stage. Rising from a crouch, as if psyching himself up for his audience, he waves. "It's an honor to be here," he says in a voice that makes him sound like a geeky adolescent boy with a helium-sucking addiction.
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WASA to consider robot inspectors

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:33:43 -0800
A proposal to use robots for video inspections of Peachtree City’s sewer collection pipes will be considered Monday night by the city’s Water and Sewer Authority. The benefit is that the robots will allow for the entire sewer system to be inspected over a 15-month period, officials have said. Currently, WASA employs a contractor for video sewer inspections of a much smaller scale. The authority ...
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Robots bring beer but Rosie still takes cake

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:12:16 -0800
The idea of sending Ron the Robot out to do the lawns while you pour yourself a beer may seem a little far-fetched, but robots are slowly making their way into our homes.
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The dangers of Googling

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:43:22 -0800
Mary Shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein; or, the modern Prometheus’, as an allegory about technology and its ability to damage human society. She wrote in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, which caused the immiseration of large sections of the population of Britain.
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Can A Robot Improvise Comedy?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:20 -0800
The comedian, a small robot named Data, takes the stage.
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Gaming for learning

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:37:15 -0800
Can video games be used as learning tools? A teacher in Vietnam did just that, asking students to evaluate the game afterwards. What was the storyline? Who were the characters? What were their traits?
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Plan Your Free Education At Lifehacker U

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:41:49 -0800
It’s Australia Day and you may well be doing interesting things with BBQs, beer and bacon. You might also be cursing the weather. Regardless, time off gives you time to reflect on what you don’t know. Why not improve your life with a free online course? We’ve rounded up some of the best current options from around the globe. Welcome to Lifehacker U. Picture by Nina Matthews
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Selling the ‘Supply-Side’ Myth

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:03:07 -0800
Exclusive: Any rational assessment of America’s economic troubles would identify Ronald Reagan’s reckless “supply-side” economics as a chief culprit, but that hasn’t stopped Republican presidential hopefuls, led by Newt Gingrich, from selling this discredited theory to a gullible GOP base, reports Robert Parry.
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