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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Raimondo proposed giving in-state residents two years of free tuition at the state's public colleges. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Rhode Island governor looks to pioneer free tuition for all

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJanuary 22, 2017

An autonomous vehicle is driven by an engineer on a street through an industrial park, in Boston.

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For driverless cars, a moral dilemma: Who lives or dies?

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJanuary 18, 2017

Clay Pell in Providence, R.I. on Wednesday.

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US elector demands briefing on Russia election interference

by Matt OBrien Associated PressDecember 16, 2016

In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, a tree changes color in front of historic buildings on the campus of Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Conn. A plan to speed up Amtrak's high-speed rail corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C., is welcomed by business commuters but finding its strongest opposition in some shoreline towns in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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A fast track to ruin? Amtrak opponents fear high-speed plans

by Susan Haigh Associated Press, and Matt OBrien Associated PressOctober 26, 2016

Research scientist Sung-Jin Park displays a tissue-engineered robot on a piece of glass in a laboratory at Harvard University, in Cambridge. The stingray-shaped robot, capable of paddling in water after exposure to blue light, has a gold skeleton, silicone fins and the heart muscle cells of a rat.

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“Bio-hybrid machines — things with synthetic parts and living materials — they’re going to happen”

by Matt OBrien Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

A tiny “origami robot” floats, at right, toward a “wound” in a stomach model at MIT.

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Having stomach troubles? Try swallowing an MIT origami robot

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJuly 19, 2016

In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Google's self-driving Lexus drives along a street during a demonstration at Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. While the Boston region is a center for robotics and artificial intelligence research, none of the Northeast states allows self-driving cars to be driven or tested on public roads. But Massachusetts officials are looking in 2016 at turning part of the former Devens military base into a self-driving testing ground.

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Driverless cars coming to New England?

by Matt OBrien Associated PressApril 1, 2016