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The X Button Eclectic Sheep
Anime News Network
Instead, the focus is on a Prinny penguin possessing others in order to find the truth behind an assassination attempt. Then again, I imagine that some ...

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Library Journal

Steampunk: 20 Core Titles
Library Journal
SF This canonical steampunk work is currently out of print, but Angry Robot Books is reprinting it and Jeter's earlier steampunk Morlock Night in late 2010. ...

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Winter is taking shape at Cathedral Home
Laramine Boomerang
They started work on Thursday, chiseling giant blocks of snow into the beginnings of a shark, robot, snail, penguin, birthday cake and even a giant basket ...


The Bookseller

Penguin picks up five at PPC awards
The Bookseller
... for The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman (Penguin). The PPC Award for a children's book was won by Reetu Kabra for Dot Robot by Jason Bradbury (Puffin). ...


Preview calendar: Special events, theme parks and comedy for March 4-10
North County Times
Discovery Science Center ---- "Robots & Us," an interactive exhibit explaining and demonstrating robot technology, is open; "Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home ...

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Nuts and bolts of teaching
Computing
"The one I saw was like a blue penguin... they look like giant vacuum cleaners." The BBC recorded a robot in action. Unless they upgrade them a bit, ...


MLive.com

A Town Called Panic
VUE Weekly
... to the middle of the earth and the Antarctic, they'll get catapulted by a giant penguin robot, and eventually have a party to commemorate it all. ...
A Town Called WonderfulSee Magazine

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A Town Called Panic
Weekly Alibi
... crush on a piano teacher, a journey to the center of the Earth, a family of thieving mermen and a giant robot penguin filled with mad scientists. ...

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The 10 best… music memoirs
The Guardian
(Penguin, 1995) You can't help but sympathise. Marianne Faithfull has spent a lifetime living down some prurient guff about a Mars bar and, as a long-term ...


Why be a doc when you can write for kids?
Arizona Daily Star
Photo courtesy of Penguin Young Readers Group. Jon Scieszka wanted to be a doctor, but he didn't like sick people. He did like kids with a sense of humor, ...


Seattle Post Intelligencer

Woods Hole robot lost at sea
Cape Cod Times
But when it returned to the almost two-mile deep area the following day, contact between the robot and the surface vessel abruptly ceased. ...
Pioneering Mass.-made robot lost at seaBoston Globe
Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at SeaPhysOrg.com
Historic deep-sea robot is lost off ChileUPI.com
PhysicsToday.org (blog) -The Associated Press
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Robots to help repair aging water pipes
msnbc.com
Robots are great for going where humans can't, and the cramped confines of municipal water pipes are the perfect example. ...

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Robot made by Clinton firm in Oscar film
Knoxville News Sentinel
The robots, used in security and military applications, are featured in the Oscar-winning film “The Hurt Locker.” Please wait while the video player loads. ...

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University of Central Florida

Action-Packed 'NCAA of Smarts' to Feature Robots, Student Engineers
University of Central Florida
Robots and their high-school student engineers will face off Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13, at the UCF Arena in a high-spirited, action-packed ...

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Keeping It Safe: Pilz Automation Safety L.P. Keeps an Eye on Robots in the ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The center of attention, ABB robots "Eco" and "Boost" showed off the components of Ford's new engine technology. EcoBoost can deliver up to 20 percent ...

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Singularity Hub (blog)

Recycling robot sorts six types of plastic using laser photonics
Plastics Today
By PlasticsToday Staff A recycling robot that uses sensors to detect five different wavelengths of laser beam light reflected from plastic materials, ...
Recycling Robot Tackles Plastic Problem in Japan with LasersSingularity Hub (blog)
Robot With Laser Vision Sorts Plastics, Boosts RecyclingTreehugger

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Montgomery County Courier

Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online
Montgomery County Courier
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts — A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile. ...

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Daily Mail

Kojiro would so destroy Asimo with robot jujitsu
CNET
Modeled after human muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments, the system is incredibly flexible for a robot, and its 60 degrees of motion bests the ...
New housework robot in JapanPeople's Daily Online
Robot kojiro: Could this be the mechanised servant who will serve you ...Daily Mail
Japan Makes More Human RobotEscapist Magazine
UberGizmo (blog)
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'The Things' are on a roll in Anoka
Minneapolis Star Tribune
After winning the state tournament, “The Things” and their robot, Bessie, have raised nearly $10000 for a trip to Istanbul to compete in an international ...

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Robots running wild
phillyBurbs.com
"It was good teamwork being able to get it fixed in time and ready for the second round," said junior Nicholas Acosta, the driver of the robot as they ...
NASA launches high school robot competitionWTOP
Carroll students use the building blocks of education in NASA programFort Worth Star Telegram
44 schools put robots to the test in regional competitionRocNow
Standard Speaker -Wilkes Barre Times-Leader -NBC Washington
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McGraw-Hill Education Announces ALEKS 360, Combining Powerful Artificial ...
PR Newswire (press release)
To address these concerns, McGraw-Hill Education has introduced ALEKS 360, a total mathematics solution that combines a powerful artificial intelligence and ...

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TRACLabs Benefits from Expert Advisors in Moving Artificial Intelligence Forward
PR Web (press release)
Houston, TX (PRWEB) March 9, 2010 -- Houston firm TRACLabs, an industry leader in the fields of robotics, automation and artificial intelligence, ...


The Dominion Post (blog)

Chell and GlaDOS Face Off Again in Portal 2
Softpedia
GlaDOS itself, the charming evil Artificial Intelligence of the first game, seems not to have been destroyed by the player, as initially thought, ...
The facts so far on Portal 2The Dominion Post (blog)

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Apple iPad, artificial intelligence, and why it's time to kill big IT deals
Silicon.com
However, the technology dominating the list of last month's most popular stories was artificial intelligence, with three articles on the subject making our ...

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Autodesk Unveils 2011 Versions of Its Digital Entertainment Creation Software
MarketWatch (press release)
Autodesk Kynapse middleware is a world leading, production-proven artificial intelligence solution that has been used in over 100 games. ...

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Wired News

Artificial Intelligence Brings Musicians Back From the Dead, Allowing All ...
Popular Science
Advances in artificial intelligence are resurrecting musical legends of the past, tapping into old recordings to establish a musician's style and ...
Virtual Musicians, Real Performances: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing ...Wired News

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The Game Developers Conference 2010 Opens Its Doors to the World's Largest ...
PR Newswire (press release)
These include dedicated summits on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Independent Games, Social & Online Games, iPhone Games, Game Localization, ...

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The Illusion Game - Kickstarter Project
Gamasutra (blog)
Their angle is a fantasy MMO with incredibly advanced and experimental artificial intelligence. But AI in an online multi-player game? ...


Adele Howe and LeRoy Poff Named 2010 Professor Laureates by Colorado State ...
Colorado State University News (press release)
Howe is a professor in the computer science department and a researcher in artificial intelligence. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Artificial ...


'Cinema' concert stirring tribute
NewsOK.com
Sawyer's remarkable ability to pace a song was also evident in his gorgeous rendition of "For Always” from "AI” The program's non-Williams excerpts reached ...

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ASCO GU: Robotic Surgery Changes Some Prostate CA Treatment
MedPage Today
Explain to interested patients that this study suggests that robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer ...

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Weatherly hosts state robotics competition
Standard Speaker
Ryan Armstrong, left, and Kevin Stottler from Harley High School in Rochester, NY, make some last-minute adjustments to their robot. There's more than one ...
Teams advance in FIRST robotic competitionThe Union Leader
First Robotics Competition Underway In Traverse CityConnectMidMichigan.com
High school robotics competitions plannedUPI.com
RocNow -Burlington Union -IT News Online
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Gap Inc. Direct Goes Live with Kiva's Order Fulfillment System
MarketWatch (press release)
Kiva's innovative approach to order fulfillment uses hundreds of mobile robotic drive units that bring inventory directly to workers, so they have easy and ...

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MiamiHerald.com

NASA space shuttle gearing up for big phase out
NetworkWorld.com
Other parts such as a radiator, airlock and European robotic arm for the Russian Multi-purpose Laboratory Module also expected top be on this flight, ...
Astronaut tells Augusta Prep students about trip aboard shuttleAugusta Chronicle
Obama pledges $1.9 billion to Florida's space industryBizjournals.com
President To Defend NASA AimWall Street Journal
Houston Chronicle -Softpedia -Herald Sun
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IndustryWeek

Clean Room: Clean Robot
IndustryWeek
Cleanroom robotic solutions will play a key part in this growth. What do you need to know about cleanroom robots and equipment to service this market? ...


US Army Debuting Trip-Wire Mitigation Device at Ground Robotic Capabilities ...
Earthtimes (press release)
Themed “Dual Role of Robotics Technologies – Public and Private Sector,” the GRCCE is bringing together warfighters, first responders, and government and ...

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Early complication rates in a single-surgeon series of 2500 robotic-assisted ...
UroToday
Perioperative complications following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) have been previously reported in recent series. ...


A&M-Commerce acquires supercomputer
The East Texan
Texas A&M University-Commerce recently acquired a new supercomputer thanks to a partnership with L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Group in Greenville. ...


Maximum PC

Gateway Gaming Supercomputer
Maximum PC
There are two things we think of when we hear the word “supercomputer.” The first is the failed 1970s NBC show Supercomputer (now available on DVD from ...


Scale Computing lands $9M from Silicon Valley venture firm
Indianapolis Business Journal
The supercomputer-basis of their systems' architecture doesn't have a single brain or controller, but instead all the nodes contain the same data. ...

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Houston Chronicle

IBM supercomputer to benefit Rice, Medical Center
Houston Chronicle
IBM has given Rice one of its first supercomputers with the company's new POWER7 microprocessors, a $7.6 million award, on the condition that Rice open up ...
IBM Donates Supercomputer to Rice University for Biomedical Research ...MarketWatch (press release)
Rice, IBM ink biomedical research dealHouston Business Journal

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CNET

ARSC Included in $45M DoD Award for New Supercomputers
HPCwire
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 3 -- The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has acquired new supercomputing resources ...
Cray, Microsoft team up on cloud data centersCNET
Microsoft Teams Up With Cray On Cloud Data CentreITProPortal
Roundup: Novell, Cray, Microsoft, Force10Data Center Knowledge

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Microsoft Ties Supercomputing Into Cloud Data Centers
InformationWeek (blog)
Microsoft's increasingly aggressive stance in the cloud-computing infrastructure business now includes a joint effort with supercomputer heavyweight Cray ...
Cray's Custom Engineering Group to Work With Microsoft Research on Cloud ComputingCNNMoney.com (press release)
Cray sheds pricey tag to keep up with HP, IBM, DellLivemint
Cray to super engineer Microsoft cloudsRegister
TechFlash (blog)
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IBM Gives Rice and Texas Medical 'Blue BioU' Supercomputer
Bio-IT World
March 5, 2010 | IBM has given Rice University one of its first POWER7 supercomputers on the condition that Rice open up access to the computer to all the ...
IBM Donates Supercomputer to Rice University for Collaborative Research with ...GenomeWeb Daily News
The Week in ReviewHPCwire

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Rice University Receives IBM POWER7-based Supercomputer
GenomeWeb Daily News (blog)
Rice University and IBM have announced the roll out of "BlueBioU," an 18.8 teraflop supercomputer based on IBM's new energy-efficient ...
IBM Awards Rice University Supercomputer for Biomedical ResearchDOTmed.com (press release)
Rice Receives Supercomputer Donation from IBM It will be primarily used for ...Softpedia

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How to pimp your supercomputer
Register
By Team Register • Get more from this author Just two years old, the HPC Advisory Council is already making big waves in the high-end computing community, ...


Russia invests in supercomputers
Inquirer
IT SEEMS THAT Russia's political strong man Vladimir Putin has had enough of the rest of the world looking good on the supercomputer ...
Putin allocates $37 million to build supercomputers in RussiaRIA Novosti

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