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Space-bound package deal at the Franklin Institute

I might have to find a babysitter on November 8.
The Franklin Institute’s Bloom Observatory has two more events in store before the end of the year, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13.
Next week’s event, however, might be the better deal of the two nights. According to their press release:
Located on the roof of The Franklin [...]

Go Little Ben! Go! — Local team in DARPA Grand Challenge Finals

The Ben Franklin Racing Team — comprised of engineers and students from Penn, Lehigh and Lockheed Martin — have made it to the finals of the the DARPA Grand Challenge Part 2: The Urban Challenge.

From Technology Review:
At a press conference on Thursday, Tony Tether, the director of DARPA, said that one of the obstacles [...]

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