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  Marines to Use Autonomous Vehicles Built by Engineering Students Using TORC Products

  June 21, 2010 — Four unmanned autonomous vehicles -- designed and built by a team of engineering students using the TORC Robotic Building Blocks product line -- are headed to Hawaii to participate in the 2010 Rim of ... > full story
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  Intelligent 3-D Simulation Robots to Compete in the Robocup 2010

  June 18, 2010 — Researchers have developed a multiagent system and motion capture techniques for graphical animation of soccer playing ... > full story
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  New Process Is Promising for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

  June 16, 2010 — A new process for storing and generating hydrogen to run fuel cells in cars has been invented by chemical ... > full story
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  Mysterious Clouds Produced When Aircraft Inadvertently Cause Rain or Snow

  June 14, 2010 — As turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently seed mid-level clouds and cause narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and fall to the ... > full story
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  NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Fires Past Record for Speed Change

  June 10, 2010 — Deep in the heart of the asteroid belt, on its way to the first of the belt's two most massive inhabitants, NASA's ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft has eclipsed the record for velocity change produced ... > full story
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  NASA Helps in Upcoming Asteroid Mission Homecoming

  June 10, 2010 — The space and astronomy worlds have June 13 circled on the calendar. That's when the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) expects the sample return capsule of the agency's technology ... > full story
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  Oil from Gulf Spill Could Have Powered 38,000 Cars (and More) for a Year, Researcher Says

  June 9, 2010 — As of June 9, 2010, if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year, ... > full story
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  Bar-Tailed Godwit Sets Record for Long-Distance Flight

  June 9, 2010 — How is it possible to fly 11,000 kilometers without a single break? The record holder for long distance flight outdoes all human-made aircraft. The bar-tailed godwit has very low energy consumption, ... > full story
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  An Extra Driver Behind the Wheel

  June 3, 2010 — When the steering wheel starts vibrating strongly, your car is too close to the edge of the road. WayPilot, a new Norwegian product, helps to keep it where it should be in the driving ... > full story
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  NASA's Airborne Infrared Observatory Sees 'First Light'

  May 30, 2010 — The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint program by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, achieved a major milestone May 26, with its first in-flight night ... > full story

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