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Were all doomed: DARPA develops cheap robot hand that can use tools
2013-04-02 16:12:10| Extremetech
Modern-day robotics has already advanced to the point where we can create robot limbs sophisticated enough to be attached to machines and perform tasks efficiently enough to outpace humans in certain areas. A significant problem with these limbs, though, is that they're just too expensive, and not precise enough to outpace humans across the board. However, DARPA has developed a cheap robotic hand that can almost match human performance in dexterous activities, like changing a tire.
Phoenix is doomed to be a target for doomsayers
2013-03-24 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, wrote the latest screed about why Phoenix is doomed, this time in an op-ed article in Grist, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. The best-known previous blast was Andrew Ross 2011 book Bird on Fire: Lessons from the Worlds Least Sustainable City. As a lifelong resident of Phoenix, author of the book Phoenix in Perspective, and a frequent commentator on our desert city, I have had the...
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Chris Peck: Marriage doomed at takeoff
2013-02-04 00:10:33| Airlines - Topix.net
The old country song reminds us that in life and business, sometimes we're the windshield, and sometimes the bug.
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Chris Peck: Marriage doomed at takeoff
2013-02-03 08:30:40| Air Courier - Topix.net
The old country song reminds us that in life and business, sometimes we're the windshield, and sometimes the bug.
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