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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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    Sony to sell auto programs to PS3 users via Web

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    Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:27am EST

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it plans to sell auto-related programs such as the BBC's Top Gear series to users of its PlayStation 3 via the Internet, strengthening the game machine's appeal as a gateway to the Web.

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    Sony's game unit will put an online TV channel function in its upcoming racing game "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue", which will go on sale in Japan on December 13, allowing users to download auto documentaries, auto race digests and other programs.

    Sony Computer Entertainment does not give a price range for downloading, saying fees will vary from program to program.

    The PS3 has been lagging behind Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii in sales since their launches a year ago due to scarcity of strong game titles for the Sony machine at the initial stage as well as its high prices.

    (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Malcolm Whittaker)
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