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South Korean team wins $2M in disaster-response robot test

June 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The robots drove, walked trough rubble, climbed stairs, turned valves and sometimes fell, amid cheers and groans from a crowd of thousands at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. After three years of research, development and an obstacle course of competition, a South Korean team on June 6 won the three-year and […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, CHIMP, Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA, DRC, Germany, Gill Pratt, Hong Kong, National Robotics Engineering Center, Running Man, South Korean, United States, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Pakistani tech wiz utilizes the Internet for the poor

September 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, Umar Saif is working to bring Internet-style networking to millions of Pakistanis who don’t have access to the web. He could shake up the country’s politics in the process. Saif’s efforts recently earned him […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Africa, Arif Alvi, CEO, Carnegie Mellon University, Egypt, Imran Khan, Iraq, LAHORE, Nigeria, Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, SMS, Technology Review, Umar Saif, United States, Vol 30 No 37 | September10 - September 16

In the case of ‘Formosa,’ fact is better than fiction

April 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Formosa Betrayed” begins with a huge flurry of action. The film is set in 1983 at Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, and soldiers surround a trio of running men. Shots go off and one Chinese man falls to the ground. Armed officers pull a second Chinese man, Ming (played by Will Tiao), out of sight. The third man, American FBI agent Jake Kelly (played by James Van Der Beek), ends up in an office with Susan Kane (Wendy Crewson), the American Liaison to Taiwan. Before the soldiers rush in, he must explain his actions to her.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, Andrew Hamlin, Carnegie Mellon University, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, China, Chinese, Formosa Betrayed, Henry Liu, Jake Kelly, Kui-sen Tung, Northwest Asian Weekly, Professor Henry Wen, Seattle, Taiwan, Thailand, Van Der Beek, Vol 29 No 14 | April 3 - April 9

Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions

March 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck …

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, Carnegie Mellon University, Don Esmond, James Sikes, Joan Claybrook, La Mesa, NHTSA, Raj Rajkumar, Runaway Prius, San Diego Superior Court, Todd Neibert, Toyota Motor Sales, Toyota Prius, attention

Microsoft taps Yahoo talent to lead Web business

December 11, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. on Dec. 4 tapped a former Yahoo search executive to lead its online push, adding to the intrigue surrounding a possible search partnership between the two rivals.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, Carnegie Mellon University, China, Fudan University, Google Inc, Hiring Lu, Justice Department, Kevin Johnson, Matt Rosoff, Online Services Group, Project Panama, Qi Lu, San Francisco, Vol 27 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, Yahoo Inc, technology

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