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Stanford Researchers Teach This Robot the Unwritten Rules of Walking

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Stanford Researchers Teach This Robot the Unwritten Rules of Walking Companies like Tesla and Google are spending fortunes developing robotic cars that can understand and navigate the convoluted set of rules and social norms that govern our roads. Now, a team of Stanford researchers is designing a robot to tackle an even trickier set of conventions: Life as a pedestrian.

Stanford Researchers Teach This Robot the Unwritten Rules of Walking

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Stanford Researchers Teach This Robot the Unwritten Rules of Walking

newspeak: Word of the day for June 8, 2016

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Word of the day is newspeak : A mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to deceive the listener. George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in London on this day in 1949.

newspeak: Word of the day for June 8, 2016

newspeak , n : A mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to deceive the listener. George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in London on this day in 1949.

Picture of the day for June 8, 2016

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Las Lajas Sanctuary is a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The place has been a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754. The first shrine was built by 1750 and was replaced by a bigger one in 1802, including a bridge over the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present temple, in Gothic Revival style, was built between 1916 and 1949..

Picture of the day for June 8, 2016

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Picture of the day on June 8, 2016: Las Lajas Sanctuary is a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The place has been a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754. The first shrine was built by 1750 and was replaced by a bigger one in 1802, including a bridge over the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present temple, in Gothic Revival style, was built between 1916 and 1949.

Man Tries People Who Sued Him For Patent Infringement, They Don't Exist

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Man Tries People Who Sued Him For Patent Infringement, They Don't Exist

Man Tries People Who Sued Him For Patent Infringement, They Don't Exist

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Man Tries People Who Sued Him For Patent Infringement, They Don't Exist When Austin Meyer was sued for patent infringement regarding an app he developed, he decided to go visit the company that filed the claim. They don't exist, and neither do a bunch of other Texas patent law litigators. June 7, 2016 at 03:45PM

Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage

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Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage A recall effort against a California judge was announced on Monday in a sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited public outrage after the defendant was sentenced to a mere six months in jail and his father complained that his son’s life had been ruined for “20 minutes of action” fueled by alcohol and promiscuity.

Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage

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Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage

Article of the day for June 8, 2016

The Article of the day for June 8, 2016 is Paul McCartney . Paul McCartney (b. 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and composer. Along with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he was a member of the Beatles, a 1960s rock band that became the top-selling band of all time, and one of the most critically acclaimed. His Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists, more than any other copyrighted song in history. After the band's break-up, he pursued a solo career and formed Wings with Denny Laine and Linda McCartney, his first wife. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist) and a 21-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written or co-written 32 number one Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has released an extensive catalogue of songs as a solo artist and has composed classical an

Article of the day for June 8, 2016

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Article of the day is Paul McCartney. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Facebook's Formula For Becoming The Athens Of AI

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Facebook's Formula For Becoming The Athens Of AI Facebook is betting that openness will put it ahead of Google and Microsoft in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

Facebook's Formula For Becoming The Athens Of AI

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Facebook's Formula For Becoming The Athens Of AI

How Do You Get Rid Of A Dam? You Blow It Up!

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How Do You Get Rid Of A Dam? You Blow It Up! According to the YouTube description and Google translate, this is from the construction of the port in Risavika, Norway. In any case, look at that explosion!

How Do You Get Rid Of A Dam? You Blow It Up!

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How Do You Get Rid Of A Dam? You Blow It Up!