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GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005

GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005 Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies. Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis. Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines

GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005

Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies.

Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis.

Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

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MEET<br />

THE REAL<br />

JARVIS<br />

FROM<br />

IRON MAN<br />

Autonomous, a company<br />

based in the United<br />

States will be offering<br />

us, mere mortals, the<br />

opportunity to purchase<br />

Maya, a Personal Robot<br />

for US$1499 come the<br />

middle of 2016. Maya’s<br />

Kickstarter program<br />

had 274 backers pledge<br />

$161,537.00 to get the<br />

project off the ground and<br />

it seems the first of 300<br />

of these Robotic Personal<br />

assistants will be born very<br />

soon.<br />

Some cynics have ridiculed<br />

the concept, and sure,<br />

the design may look like<br />

the unplanned progeny<br />

of a Tennis racquet, iPad<br />

and Robo Vac after a<br />

swinger’s party. But the<br />

problems that was solved<br />

and the engineering<br />

effort that has gone into<br />

the making of Maya is<br />

simply breathtaking!! The<br />

Photo by: Cloud Front<br />

20<br />

JULY 2016<br />

Future Cities & Robotics

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