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Aug 31 2008

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Former area doctor pioneer in robotically assisted surgery - Muskogee Daily Phoenix

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Former area doctor pioneer in robotically assisted surgery
Muskogee Daily Phoenix, OK -2 hours ago
“I got involved in robotic-assisted surgery because after I trained at the University of Oklahoma, I took a job at Ochsner Medical Center (a not-for-profit)

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Repaired MFR redelivered to KSC, ready for STS-125 - NASASpaceflight.com

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Repaired MFR redelivered to KSC, ready for STS-125
NASASpaceflight.com, UK -2 hours ago
By Chris Bergin, 8/31/2008 10:36:19 PM The Manipulator Foot Restraint (MFR) assembly - that will be attached to the end of Atlantis' robotic arm - has

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IRSC receives national recognition for technology program (TCPalm.com)

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In an age where high-tech sciences are big business, Indian River State College is at the forefront in the educational movement to train a workforce in emergent technologies.

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Robot Uses Master/Slave Remote Control Suit - Gizmodo.com

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Robot Uses Master/Slave Remote Control Suit
Gizmodo.com -6 hours ago
King Kizer, the Maru family robot, has dominated the Robo-One tourney over the past three years, collecting $50000 in prize money. Maru, a factory engineer

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Robots Meet Tactics and Customization. - GamePro.com

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Robots Meet Tactics and Customization.
GamePro.com -7 hours ago
Before I begin my review I want to start by saying that this game has little to offer in the category of single player campaign. I would not purchase this

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Innovation Academy has proven success - Corpus Christi Caller Times

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Innovation Academy has proven success
Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX -1 hour ago
Today, he aspires to be an engineer and leans toward the medical field. "I want to build prosthetic arms and stuff, something to do with robotics," Gabriel

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Philip Sullivan - Online Athens

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Philip Sullivan
Online Athens, GA -1 hour ago
on many exciting projects, which include replacing a labor intensive task of repeatedly lifting 40-pound to 75-pound tanks with a robot and refurbishing

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Love bugs (The Wichita Eagle)

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SOME OF THE MOST CHARMING CHARACTERS IN MOVIES AND BOOKS ARE INSECTS OK,OK, the robots are super-cool, but there is an overlooked star of the movie “WALL-E,” a character who is loyal, brave and charming. It’s the cockroach. WALL-E’s pet roach, his only companion on a wasted Earth, lives in a Twinkie, loves to give tickles, survives innumerable squishings and waits patiently for WALL-E to …

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Anne Mulcahy - Computerworld

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Anne Mulcahy
Computerworld, MA -2 hours ago
We invest in robotics competitions. Focusing on getting the best talent suggests you ought to be inclusive, and that means not just women,

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Medical Tourism Will Help Solve US Healthcare Woes, Futurist Claims - NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)

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Medical Tourism Will Help Solve US Healthcare Woes, Futurist Claims
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -7 hours ago
Also, he said, telemedicine, robotics, and other cyber-based diagnostic and surgical procedures might make medical travel aboard unnecessary in some cases.

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Changes may hurt as much as crisis - Financial News

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Changes may hurt as much as crisis
Financial News, UK -6 hours ago
Advanced automobile plants are now largely composed of collections of robots. For a long time, British train drivers insisted that two people were needed to

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Thought-controlled robots power us up - TechRadar.com

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Thought-controlled robots power us up
TechRadar.com, UK -6 hours ago
The Sarcos exoskeleton is possibly the strongest ever built. A user can lift up to 84Kg with considerable ease. Robotic technology is increasingly relevant

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Innovation Academy has proven success (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

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6th grade students in program scored higher in TAKS

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Matt Winston - Online Athens

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Matt Winston
Online Athens, GA -1 hour ago
Favorite books: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neal Hurston. Favorite pastimes: Racquetball, reading and Wii

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IRSC receives national recognition for technology program - Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)

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IRSC receives national recognition for technology program
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL -2 hours ago
The award was given in recognition of their model for integrating newer technologies, such as robotics and photonics, into their traditional curriculum.

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Former area doctor pioneer in robotically assisted surgery (Muskogee Phoenix)

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Dr. Thomas Payne, formerly of Checotah, has earned a national reputation for his work as a surgeon using the latest technology in gynecology.

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Robot Uses Master/Slave Remote Control Suit [Robots] (Gizmodo)

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newVideoPlayer(”/marufightingbots_giz.flv”, 475, 376,”"); Naoki Maru may live in Hikone, north of Kyoto, down the road from a samurai castle full of katana swords and armor, but for him, the ancient…

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Russell Letson reviews Charles Stross - Locus Online

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Russell Letson reviews Charles Stross
Locus Online, CA -5 hours ago
One of the book's driving issues, slavery, is no joke, and its resolution is tied to the final, most complete account of the making of a concubine robot and

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Faren Miller reviews Ekaterina Sedia - Locus Online

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Faren Miller reviews Ekaterina Sedia
Locus Online, CA -5 hours ago
As her mechanic made her, with a porcelain face and obvious inner workings, Mattie seems less a robot than a reimagined Coppelia in a steampunk world.

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Robots Learn To Follow (SpaceDaily)

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by Staff Writers Davis CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 Whether driving on the highway or walking down the street, we pick up on both deliberate signals and unconscious cues to predict what other people are going to do and act accordingly.

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