Deaf IBM researcher scoffs at not talking on the phone - CNET


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Deaf IBM researcher scoffs at not talking on the phone
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You developed a device called the Artificial Passenger. Could you explain what it was? Kanevsky: The Artificial Passenger is a technology designed to prevent drivers from falling asleep. In order to do this it talks to a driver, or it interrupts the ...
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Ukraine Unveils New Airport in Donetsk - MarketWatch (press release)

Ukraine Unveils New Airport in Donetsk
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The renewed airport boasts a seven-storey terminal capable of servicing up to 3100 passengers per hour (previously - 700), reads the statement by Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry. Donetsk airport recently introduced an artificial runway suitable for ...

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TSA unveils new scanner at Helena airport - Helena Independent Record

TSA unveils new scanner at Helena airport
Helena Independent Record
The scanners have been installed since April 15 helping to enhance security for passengers traveling out of Helena. Note to passengers flying out of Helena Regional Airport: Please remove all objects from your pockets, metal or otherwise, ...

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Panda problems - Washington Post (blog)


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Panda problems
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Monday was DC panda Mei Xiang's eighth annual artificial insemination. So thank heavens they're cute. Perhaps that is their most adaptive feature. Like lawn grass and bulldogs, unlike passenger pigeons and vast swaths of rainforest, ...
The Needle: Panda-ring Edition Washington City Paper (blog)

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Panda insemination and 6 other events: Should you really be tweeting that? - Washington Post

Panda insemination and 6 other events: Should you really be tweeting that?
Washington Post
The tweets about panda artificial insemination (used for many pandas, including Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, shown here in 1974) were informative, but all of the talk of frozen sperm icked some users out. Sample tweet: “Sperm frozen in 2005 from Tian ...

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Nevada issues license for driverless car - USA TODAY


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Nevada issues license for driverless car
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State regulations, however, require a person behind the wheel and one in the passenger's seat during tests. The system permits a human driver to take control by stepping on the brake or turning the wheel. Google has a test fleet of at least eight ...
Nevada Gives All Clear to Google Self-Driving Cars Christian Broadcasting Network
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Google's driverless cars now allowed in Nevada, other states may go down same road NewsNet5.com
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Syd Airport 'can handle' extra passengers - Trading Room


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Syd Airport 'can handle' extra passengers
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By Jordan Chong SYDNEY, May 17 AAP - Sydney Airport has ample capacity to cope with any rise in passenger numbers and there is no need for a second airport, its shareholders have been told. Chief executive Kerrie Mather told Thursday's annual general ...
Sydney airport chief blames inefficiency on regulation Sydney Morning Herald

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