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Robotics company creates AI that does engineering work by climbing walls

Gecko Robotics, based out of Pittsburgh, said it is using AI to find problems before they happen at nuclear reactors, boilers, pipelines, tanks, and ships. With robots that can climb walls, Gecko Robotics said its mission is to protect some of the world's most important assets. Company founder and CEO Jake Loosararian said this dream started as a student at Grove City College, and now he's beginning to partner power plants that are using the software he is calling Cantilever.

Safeguarding roads or boosting police power?

State Senator Rosemary Brown says that Bill 37 still lets drivers use hands-free features like Bluetooth, but it would allow officers to write a ticket resulting in a $50 fine if they see a driver’s hands holding a cell phone, and not on the wheel. Residents in State College say they have mixed feelings about the bill. "In many ways, it could be right, in many ways, it could be wrong,"

'I can't explain it' | Family of 5 injured after EF-1 tornado tosses them around in home

CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Five people were injured after seeking shelter from an Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF) 1 tornado in a rural part of Culpeper County, Virginia late Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service's (NWS) Sterling, Va. Office. The five were inside a large shed in the Rixeyville area that overturned due to a 95 mph tornado that touched down on the west side of Dunkard Church Road near Eggbornsville Road at 9:27 p.

America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later

VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos' rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA's early astronaut corps. But he wasn't picked for the 1963 class. Dwight, now 90, went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight.

Elk Co. man facing new charges after feds find chats detailing sexual abuse of toddler

Elk Co., PA (WJAC) — Police in Saint Marys say an Elk County man is facing new charges after federal investigators uncovered online chats detailing the sexual abuse of a toddler, according to a criminal complaint. Evan Gabor, 26, was charged in December after an investigation revealed that he was in possession of child pornography and had performed sexual acts with a dog. Now, police say Gabor faces new charges of sexual abuse, indecent exposure and indecent assault following an investigation by an undercover police officer in Wisconsin.