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Hands Off

Your autonomous car questions answered

Bend’s Mel Siegel knows more about self-driving cars than perhaps anyone else in town. He’s a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburghโ€”and an authority on the subject. In honor of the transportation issue, Mel answered some questions about the future of ground transportation. Source Weekly: How long will it take until […]

Posted inOutside

Rock Party

Climbers hit the wall for Bend competition

Joey Jannsen creates problems for other people. Specifically, the more than 100 sport climbers descending on the Bend Rock Gym this week to compete in the Bend Boulder Bash. Jannsen’s job? Set vertical obstacle course “routes” for those making their way up the bouldering wall. He’s the head “setter,” which puts him in charge of […]

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