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...earning. The third team member, Peace, added, When youre working out a problem in an engineering book, the conditions are ideal. In this project, the conditions were not perfect, but we still got the job done. The grip enhancing device was one of 11 Johns Hopkins projects completed this year by undergradua...'Cheerleader' brain signal may act as a task master, Science study suggests
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