Google exec: With robots in our brains, we'll be godlike
• CNETFuturist and Google exec Ray Kurzweil thinks that once we have robotic implants, we'll be funnier, sexier and more loving. Because that's what artificial intelligence can do for you.
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Robots and Artificial Intelligence
"Designless" brain-like chips created through artificial evolution
• http://www.gizmag.com, Dario BorghinoScientists at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have devised a new type of electronic chip that takes after the human brain.
Tactics to Take Out a Killer Robot and Survive: "Burn, Fry, Jam, Tangle or Run It Over"
• http://www.shtfplan.comUnfortunately, there really may be a time coming when you must face a killer robot, deployed by law enforcement or the military, that may try to take you out, or haul your butt in to the authorities. Just in case your life is on the line...
Russia Shows Off Robotic Cockroach
• http://www.popsci.comThe secret roach's name was Death's Head, aka Blaberus Cranifer, and it came from Russia on a mission. It is a small, mechanical beast, styled after the death's head cockroach.
US Army Wants Robot Medics To Carry Wounded Soldiers Out Of Battle
• popsci.comUnmanned and unafraid
Tiny Motorized Robots Can Clean Carbon Dioxide Out Of Seawater
• popsci.comLove that flat water
Marines Are Testing A Robot Dog For War
• popsci.comCry 01101000 01100001 01110110 01101111 01100011 00001010 and let loose the robodogs of war
Keloid by Big Lazy Robot - Keloid is not about robots, it is about men
• Big Lazy RobotIn a not too distant future, societies of all countries come to rely on an intricate network of artificial intelligence devices designed to bring efficacy to man's life.
Facebook's New Personal Assistant, M, Is a Mix Of Man And Machine
• popsci.comThe AI that can help you buy things
No sex please, we're robots!...
• dailymail.co.uk, By Michael FitzpatrickThe creators of Pepper the 'emotional robot' have forbidden users from 'having sex' with it, creating 'sexy apps' for it or reprogramming it to stalk people.
Human-Like
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dave GershgornFacebook is using our data to build the 'world's best' Artificial Intelligence lab
If Men Were Angels, We Wouldn't Need the Blockchain
• fee.orgDoes Human Freedom Depend on Replacing Humans in Governance?
Volvo's robots will quietly pick up and empty your garbage bin
• gizmag.comVolvo has announced a collaboration with companies and universities in Sweden and the US on ROAR (Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling).
Cerberus Turns Military Dogs Into Cyborgs
• http://www.popsci.comNamed for the mythical guardian of the underworld, the Cerberus camera system from Visual Engineering puts a second head on a military or police dog.
Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car
• TheGuardianThe meeting in California, which is developing regulations for driverless vehicles, suggest the technology giant is close to unveiling an autonomous automobile
Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Computer Chess Beyond Brute Force
• PopsciChess is often seen as the ultimate mental challenge: 32 pieces on an 8-by-8 board, and nearly limitless possible moves. There are chess engines that calculate millions of moves per second, but the traditional approach is to "brute force" the mat
DARPA Wants A Robotic Space Port
• PopsciIt'll be either a dull repair shop or one step toward conquering geosynchronous orbit
I Went to a Robot Cage Fight and Learned How to Be Human
• http://www.wired.com, AUTHOR: MATT SIMONLITTLE HANNAH RUCKER'S robot is in for a beatdown. The girl's 60-pound wheeled blue rectangle, named Blue, is locked in a 1,600-square-foot polycarbonate box with a four-wheeled platform called UnMakerBot that spins a steel tube at unfathomable s
Uber Powerful: The Car Service's Brazen Plan To Become A Robotic Superpower
• PopsciShould we be excited or afraid?
DARPA Taps Into the Brain To Give Patients Robo-Touch and Better Memory
• PopsciBy hard-wiring into the brains of people with traumatic injuries, scientists have been able to restore the feeling of touch and to improve memories, according to researchers at DARPA.
DARPA Taps Into the Brain To Give Patients Robo-Touch and Better Memory
• PopsciBy hard-wiring into the brains of people with traumatic injuries, scientists have been able to restore the feeling of touch and to improve memories, according to researchers at DARPA.
DARPA demonstrates robotic landing gear for helicopters
• gizmag.comHelicopters are versatile machines capable of all manner of maneuvers in the air, but when it comes to takeoffs and landings they are very fussy creatures, preferring flat, level pads, which are scarce in combat and rescue missions.
Thespian robot doesn't let stiff acting stop it from applying for Screen Actors Guild card
• dailymail.co.ukThe robot, named IRB 2400, has appeared on America's Got Talent Its 'cousin' was Robert Downey Jr's assistant in the Iron Man movies
Should Elderly Drivers Be The Early Adopters Of Autonomous Cars?
• PopSciLet the robots do the driving
Hey Boss, The Robots Are Coming For Your Job Too
• http://www.thedailysheeple.comWhen most people think of automation, they tend to imagine low wage menial jobs being taken over by machines and computers. That may have been true in the past, but nowadays the robots are also gunning for your boss's job
Aquatic robot seeks and destroys reef-killing starfish
• gizmag.comOn Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Crown-of-thorns starfish is the scourge of the deep as it eats and destroys large swathes of coral and threatens the overall health of the reef.
Check Out the Adorable BB-8 Toy Robot in Action
• http://www.wired.com, WIRED STAFFYOU'VE ALREADY WATCHED the unboxing. You've already learned the story behind it.
Artificially Intelligent Robot Tells Creator It Will Keep Humans "In a People Zoo"
• True ActivistAndroid Dick is a robot created in the likeness of the science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick. Android Dick is an attempt to create thinking and reasoning artificial intelligence that has human traits like compassion and creativity. The first version
These robots come to the rescue after a disaster
• http://www.ted.com, Robin MurphyWhen disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it's a robot.
The microbot designed to push all your buttons
• gizmag.comThe mechanical button or switch is that most simple of user interfaces.
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