He farmed and moved houses with trucks before opening the machine shop that eventually became whirligig central.

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The Olympic torch did not burn properly during the opening ceremony, an ice-making machine broke down as did several buses, and unseasonably mild weather caused events to be postponed.

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"We want to allow humans to be more trusting of robots by opening up a communication channel where the machine can explain to the human why they did what they did, " said Dr Vasconcelos.

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In sync with the show's evocative look back, Martin Puris, the genius "Mad Man" behind the automotive company's tag line "The Ultimate Driving Machine, " introduced the program's opening ad, a superbly crafted vignette, complete with historical footage, that brings to life the story behind the car and how it came to stand for what it does in the minds of consumers.

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