D. student Roxana Leontie developed a program that would allow the robot to carry items without stable centers of gravity say, bottles of water or half-filled bags of pet kibble.
Security standards adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, already call for passengers to be able to carry those items.
By urging airlines to limit carry-on items to one per passenger, and by actually enforcing carry-on size and weight restrictions.
It is a vast improvement on today's method, whereby carry-on items are occasionally swabbed and screened for traces of explosives.
Its stores range from 10, 000- to 17, 000-square-feet, and carry about 1500 items, a tiny fraction of what most supermarkets and discounters offer.
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Its Boeing jets arriving this year will have extra-wide bins to accommodate more carry-on items, and it is retrofitting some older aircraft with larger bins.
For people who are able to get on a flight, they will not be allowed to take on any carry-on items, and that includes purses, laptops and cell phones.
Machinery also exists that can detect suspect items in carry-on luggage, thereby avoiding all-too-fallible human judgment.
Walkers risk making potentially fatal navigational errors because items they carry can stop compasses from working, a mountaineering group warns.
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On one hand, they carry high-priced items that they want to protect.
Some items, like perishable goods or "hot" cyclical fashion items, carry the additional risk of becoming stale or obsolete before they can be sold.
Students are being encouraged to carry "only those items necessary for your school or work" and will have to show an identification card to enter campus facilities.
Students are being encouraged to carry "only those items necessary for your school or work" and will have to show an ID card to enter campus facilities.
The TSA blog highlights a wide variety of prohibited items discovered in carry-on bags.
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Measures will include increased pat-downs and gate screening, as well as having to stow carry-ons and personal items, including pillows.
McDonald's distribution pipe thus needs to carry one-fifth of the items Ameriserve does.
Stores today carry a small selection of food items and plenty of coffee-free beverages, making them more friendly to children and snack-seekers.
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Fendi's iPad case is gorgeous, but it turned out to be heavy and too big to slip into another bag easily yet too small to carry wallets, keys and other items.
The store's "ethos, " she said, is to carry a mix of high-end specialty items along with affordable products like Schaefer beer and, yes, Snickers.
They will fetch and carry parts, hold things, pick up tools, sort items, clean up and make themselves useful in myriad other ways.
"The investigation does show police officers with some items, " Riley said, but some of the officers took essential items such as food and clothing, which they needed to carry out their jobs.
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This powerful device conceals its rugged nature in a slim and attractive design, and, at only .4 inches thick at its thinnest point, users can enjoy its lightweight feel and easily carry it in a pocket or bag among keys, change and other items with reduced susceptibility to marks or scratches.
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The Amazon offers don't carry minimum point requirements, but consumers can't use their rewards for certain items, such as Kindle downloads.
However, they can learn big lessons from these mistakes that can carry into adulthood like lessons about spending versus saving, shopping wisely, negotiating for items and other useful financial skills that can serve them for the rest of their lives.
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