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The Plow Horse's Last Laugh |
by William Ryberg, Des Moines Register
AMES, Ia. — Feb. 17, 2004 — No steering wheel. No driver's seat. No problem.
A futuristic tractor developed by Deere & Co. uses computers and signals from satellites to drive programmed routes without a human driver aboard.
"This is our vision and our glimpse into the future," said Merv Kizlyk, manager of advanced tractor engineering at Deere's research-and-development center in Waterloo....
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