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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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    Sprint unveils dual-mode modem for WiMax

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    Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:42am EST

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp announced plans on Wednesday for the first device that would work on both the high-speed WiMax network Clearwire Corp is building and on Sprint's existing mobile network.

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    Sprint, a 51 percent owner of Clearwire, said it would sell the dual-mode modem starting December 21 for $149.99 after a $50 rebate for customers who sign a two-year contract. It is selling Sprint-brand services using Clearwire's WiMax network.

    But since the WiMax service has operated only in Baltimore so far, Sprint WiMax customers would have needed a separate device to travel outside the city and use Sprint's own network, which is based on EV-DO technology.

    Clearwire is expected to expand the network around the country and expects to launch the service in Portland, Oregan in early January.

    (Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Andre Grenon)
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