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Snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim isn’t worried about the robots taking over

Chloe Kim thinks fears of robots taking over the world are overblown. The 18-year-old snowboarder, who won a gold medal in the snowboarding halfpipe at Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, was one of the games’ most recognizable athletes and has since been propelled into superstardom. She won three ESPYs last week, most notably one for the best female athlete. And she was Microsoft’s special guest Wednesday in Seattle at the Imagine Cup world finals, the company’s annual student tech and innovation competition. She appeared with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on stage, and she says she predicted the ultimate win by Canadian team… Read More

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Seattle makes history with first Special Olympics robotics championship

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is busy on your average weekend, but this past Saturday it was bursting. Between the life-sized bug exhibit and the dome of the Boeing IMAX theater, a unique competition was taking place. Students paced between swarms of supporters and the edges of four square arenas that were taped onto the carpet. They tuned out the sounds of the crowd to focus on the plastic-on-plastic crash of their robots — battling sumo-style to push competitors out of the ring. This was the scene at the first ever Unified Robotics Championship. The contest had all the trappings of a high… Read More

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