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With the NASA space shuttle Enterprise in the background, Katherine Watson poses for a photo wearing her space shuttle hat before the ceremonial arrival of the NASA space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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People prepare the NASA space shuttle Enterprise to be moved outside prior to the ceremonial arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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People prepare the NASA space shuttle Enterprise to be moved outside prior to the ceremonial arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Yahoo has teamed with Tom Hanks for an animated sci-fi series, part of an industry movement toward more original content online. (Associated Press)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, purports to show smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)

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LED TV and sound system integrated in the furniture are part of a mock-up for Swedish home furniture firm IKEA's venture into home electronics, shown to the press in Stockholm on April 16, 2012. The new furniture range, named UPPLEVA, the Swedish word for experience, integrates a LED TV, a sound system with wireless bass speakers, an internet connection and CD, DVD and Blu-ray players are set to hit the market in June. (AP Photo/Jessica Gow) ** SWEDEN OUT **

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A visitor views a sculpture at the Louvre Museum in Paris with the help of the new audio guide on Thursday. The famed Paris museum is going 3D visual with its electronic guides in a deal with Japan's Nintendo to provide game consoles to help visitors who navigate its labyrinthine halls by the millions each year. (Associated Press)

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Gas prices flying past $4 a gallon have played a big part in a surge in sales of hybrid and electric cars, including the Chevrolet Volt. In March, General Motors Co. set a monthly sales record of 2,289 for the Volt, an electric car with a small backup gas engine. It sold just 7,671 Volts last year. (Associated Press)

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Smoke billows from the purported shelling of Homs, Syria, in an image from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Thursday, April 12, 2012, purports to show a Syrian military armored vehicle in Idlib, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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A scientist in the Human Systems Interface Laboratory high bay at the Navy Research Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) in Washington, D.C. signals to "Octavia" the firefighting robot during a demo on Monday, April 2, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"Octavia," a firefighting robot at the Navy Research Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) in Washington, D.C., puts out a fire during a demonstration. Octavia, an MDS robot (mobile, dexterous, and social), can respond to voice commands as well as signals and then moves autonomously. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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This so-called "print plane" was developed by the Navy Research Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate that they could build a plane in 90 seconds. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Jamie Hope, an engineer with the PTR Group, uses a joystick to manually control the operation of a robotic arm that is digging in the sand in a simulated desert high bay at the Navy Research Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) in Washington, D.C. during media day on Monday, April 2, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"Lucas" is an example of an MDS robot (mobile, dextrous, and social) being built by the Human Systems Interface Laboratory at the Navy Research Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) in Washington, D.C. This robot can actually respond to human inconsistencies, such as determining that the second person on the scene of a fire does not have the up-to-date information on the status of the fire. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)