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Chevy Volt to get 230 mpg rating – but may not ship in 2010
The Chevrolet Volt, GM’s electric car, is projected to get an estimated 230 miles per gallon, said GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson. But according to reports, the vehicle may not ship in late 2010 as previously announced. This past Sunday, GM reportedly submitted a regulatory filing with the US Treasury, and while it can’t be taken... »
Robot “attacked” Swedish worker
“I have never heard of a robot who beat a man in this way,” said prosecutor Leif Johansson. “The man was lucky to survive this. He had four broken ribs and was close to dying.” The industrial robot, used for lifting heavy stones, severely injured the man after it grabbed him unexpectedly by the head. The... »
North Pole Ice Growth Twice What Expected
Normally, ice is newly formed after two years, over two meters thick. “Here the ice grew up to four meters,” said a spokesman of Bremerhaven’s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. (Original in German with map) (Google translation to English) »
IBM’s Watson to rival humans in round of Jeopardy!
IBM’s already proven that a computer from its labs can take on the world’s best at chess, but what’ll happen when the boundaries of a square-filled board are removed? »
Is Google Torrent Search the next Pirate Bay?
Forbes points out that it’s a dangerous precedent. Google is actually more efficient at finding working torrents than some of the bigger torrent tracking sites, like Mininova. »
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