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Worlds fastest robot arm has a 50ms reaction time
2014-05-13 21:41:43| Extremetech
Researchers at the EPFL in Switzerland have built one of the fastest robots on the planet. According to a press release, the multi-axis arm can catch all manner of crazy shaped objects in less than five hundredths of a second. That sounds pretty impressive, even looks impressive, but what else can it do?
US Navy develops worlds worst e-reader
2014-05-13 01:00:00| Naval Technology
It is an unspoken rule of military procurement that any IT or communications technology will invariably be years behind what is commercially available or technically hobbled to ensure security. One case in point is the uncomfortably backronymed NeRD,
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Worlds first climate change refugee has appeal rejected
2014-05-12 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Ioane Teitiota, from the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati, had hoped to become the worlds first climate change refugee. His low-lying homeland is likely to be engulfed by waves by the end of this century and to become uninhabitable long before then. But the Court of Appeal in New Zealand, where Mr Teitioa, 37, has been living since 2007, took an old-fashioned view of what constitutes a refugee. In a ruling yesterday, it called his case fundamentally misconceived, and an attempt to...
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Air Quality Deteriorating In Many Of The World's Cities
2014-05-12 08:39:03| pollutiononline News Articles
Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet WHO guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems
Worlds Urban Air Quality Going From Bad to Worse
2014-05-12 08:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Air quality in cities worldwide fails to meet World Health Organization guidelines for safe levels, putting millions at greater risk of respiratory disease, lung cancer and other serious, long-term health problems, the health agency said, releasing new data this week. About half the residents of reporting cities are exposed to air pollution at least 2.5 times higher than World Health Organization Air Quality Guideline levels. Only one in every eight people living in reporting cities breathes...
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