Today the collection is largely automated, and pilots can access it from their cockpits via smartphone.

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Called the Museum of Automations, the collection of 40 automated figurines collected between 1890 and 1950 are still in pristine working order and considered by some to be priceless.

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Just over two years ago I started using an automated sales tax service that handles sales tax calculation, collection, and remittance.

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Clearly, eBay has high-functioning systems in place for data collection, real-time analysis, targeted distribution, automated response, etc.

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Google's automated car can only drive by itself by tapping into Google's vast collection of maps and using information pouring in from special sensors to negotiate traffic.

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Silent calls occur when automated calling systems used by call centres for telemarketing, market research and debt collection generate more calls than the available call centre agents can manage.

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In November of 2010, we launched the StatSheet Network, a collection of 345 websites (one for every Division-I NCAA Basketball team) that were fully automated.

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