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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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    Nintendo says sold over 800,000 Wii in U.S. in Oct

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    Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district in this January 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold 803,210 Wii video game consoles in the United States in October, continuing the console's lead as the country's best-selling video game console, the company said on Thursday, citing figures from market research firm NPD.

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    Nintendo, which competes with Sony Corp (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), sold 491,176 units of its DS handheld gaming device in October.

    Three games made for Nintendo hardware were ranked in the top five best-selling games of October, including the second placed game, "Wii Fit." Other top sellers included "Mario Kart Wii," which came in fourth, and "Wii Play," which placed fifth.

    (Reporting by Jennifer Martinez)
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