Boston Dynamics captured imaginations with a video last month showing its robots dance to a 1962 Motown hit. But the company’s founder says a year and a half of sophisticated programming, simulation and choreography powered the project.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Inaugural Updates: Biden, Harris pay respects to vets at Arlington
In his first remarks as president, Joe Biden said Wednesday that his swearing-in marks a day of “history and hope.”
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Donald Trump grants clemency to 143 people in late-night pardon blast
President Donald Trump pardoned former adviser Steve Bannon and a raft of well-connected celebrities, politicians and nonviolent drug offenders, but he did not preemptively pardon himself or his family members.
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Explainer: Election claims, and why it’s clear Biden won
As Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in Wednesday as the nation’s 46th president, Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters still believe Biden was not legitimately elected after Trump continues to argue the election was stolen
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A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
Mutations to the virus that causes COVID-19 are rapidly popping up and health officials say the pandemic could get worse unless people do more to curb cases
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Proud Boys, other fringe groups find refuge — and money — on Christian fundraising website
GiveSendGo.com pages raised more than $247,000 for people who claimed expenses related to the Jan. 6 rally in D.C. and other “Stop the Steal” events.
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What Biden can and can’t get from an evenly divided Senate
So what does a 50-50 Senate get President-elect Joe Biden
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Police arrest man who says he hid 3 months at Chicago airport due to virus
A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months
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Why ‘free speech’ needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trump tweets
Freedom of speech emerged as a concept after the invention of the printing press, and that’s worth revisiting in the context of social media and Trump’s presidency.
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Mainers reflect on Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
We asked eight Mainers to read parts of Dr. King’s immortal “I Have a Dream” speech, and share their thoughts on how his words resonate with them today.