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Engineers get their robots ready before the match begins at the RoboCup2008 in the Suzhou International Exhibition Center in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, July 16, 2008. Some 300 teams of scientists from 30 nations will compete in the five-day event, the soccer world cup for robots, also known as the world's most renowned intelligent robotics competition.

Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy's "Flower Rock 2.0" are displayed at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo June 19, 2008. The product, which changes its LED colours and dances to music and surrounding sounds, will go on sale in Japan late October for 5,800 yen ($53)...

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This picture released by Swiss car maker Rinspeed February 14, 2008 shows people aboard Rinspeed's new model, the sQuba, the world's first real submersible car that will be presented at the 2008 Geneva car show in March. The zero-emission electric sports car, with power supplied by rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries, can perform a submerged stabile flight at a depth of 10 meters.