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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Digital camera shipments to U.S. up 22 percent

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    A model holds up Canon's new digital SLR camera 40D during an unveiling in Tokyo August 20, 2007. Shipments of digital cameras to the United States in the third quarter rose 22 percent, driven by demand from consumers replacing older models at discounted prices, according to industry data. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shipments of digital cameras to the United States in the third quarter rose 22 percent, driven by demand from consumers replacing older models at discounted prices, according to industry data.

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    Research firm IDC, in its quarterly report, said camera makers shipped 8.4 million units, fueled by customers desire for fashionable models with new features such as image stabilization.

    Japan's Canon Inc (7751.T) remained the top selling brand, with a 23 percent market share. Next was Sony Inc (6758.T) at 18 percent, while Eastman Kodak (EK.N) had a 15 percent share, IDC said.

    South Korea's Samsung (005930.KS) saw its U.S. market share halved to about 4 percent, IDC said.

    IDC analyst Chris Chute said he expects Kodak to have a strong fourth quarter, benefiting from promotional deals during the holiday shopping season.

    Digital camera shipments so far this year have been stronger than expected, reversing a trend of declining growth seen over the past four years.

    In many cases cameras, which come in multiple colors, have become a kind of fashion item, much like tiny mobile phones or Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPod digital music player.

    (Reporting by Franklin Paul, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)
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