Tag: robots
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Robots Will Replace Fast-Food Workers
from money.cnn.com: As protesters across the country call for the fast-food chains to raise their wages, a number of companies have begun experimenting with new technology that could significantly reduce the number of restaurant workers in the years to come. Restaurant industry backers warn that a sharp rise in wages would be counterproductive, increasing the…
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Cellular Nanomotors May Make ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Possible
Tiny Rocket Robots Could Combat Cancer Cell By Cell* from sciencerecorder.com: Robots are all around us—that’s a fact of everyday life that we’ve been taking for granted for the last few decades. Now get ready for the day when robots will be within us, too. Researchers at Penn State University demonstrated the first-ever insertion of…
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Video: Robotic Limb Helps Amputee Feel Objects Again
from ap.org: Italian researchers have created a prosthetic limb that allowed an amputee to feel for the first time since a firework accident injured him ten years ago.
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Google Buys DARPA-funded Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics
from truthstreammedia.com: Google has announced that it has purchased Boston Dynamics, the engineering firm which has produced all those creepy dystopian future robots for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), such as the Big Dog (a dog robot that can throw cinder blocks with an arm coming out of its head), Cheetah (the world’s…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode154 – Portland Defeats Fluoride, London Murder, Robot Surgery
Portland Voters Reject Water Fluoridation // British Soldier Literally Butchered On London Street // Jury Deliberations To Begin In First Case of 26 Malpractice Suits Involving Robot Surgery
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iRobot Military Bots Patrol 2014 World Cup Brazil
FIFA may be implementing goal-sensing technology in international soccer games, but the World Cup is getting even more high-tech with military robot security.
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Stanford creates biological transistors, the final step towards computers inside living cells
from extremetech.com: Bioengineers at Stanford University have created the first biological transistor made from genetic materials: DNA and RNA. Dubbed the “transcriptor,” this biological transistor is the final component required to build biological computers that operate inside living cells. We are now tantalizingly close to biological computers that can detect changes in a cell’s environment,…
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Robobees
“We aim to push advances in miniature robotics and the design of compact high-energy power sources”
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Skilled Work – Without The Workers
Sophisticated robotics replace human workers in manufacturing and distribution around the world from nytimes.com: At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old way. At a sister factory in the Dutch countryside, 128 robot arms do the…
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#DataDump: Cops, Robots, Minerals and More
Uncle Sam Wants You! to Combat Online Piracy* DefCon: 20 Years of Hackers, Hijinks and Snooping Feds* How Anonymous Picks Targets, Launches Attacks, and Takes Powerful Organizations Down* Military Judge Orders Obama Admin to Turn over Proof that WikiLeaks Documents Damaged National Security* ‘Big Brother’? No, It’s Parents: Software Helps Parents Monitor Their Children Online*…
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#BingeAndPurge: Kashi, Monster, Windsor Hum and more
All Hail the Robotic Farmers of the Future // Kashi promises (some) ‘natural’ products will be GMO-free // Human genes engineered into experimental GMO rice being grown in Kansas // In downtown Portland, mayoral candidates are in for Voodoo’s doughnut eating contest Friday // USDA Knew of Monsanto GM alfalfa contamination in 2005
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Sign Of The Times: From Robby to Roxxxy the Robot
A sign of the times, robotics turns its focus to conquering sexual satisfaction. Geez! Robby the Robot was American culture’s concept of a robot in the fifties and sixties. A MSNBC Future of Tech article by John Roach reports on co- authors recently published paper in journal Futures, who firmly believe Robo-Sex will be the…
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#DataDump: Satellites, CISPA, Space Boat and more
‘Internet doomsday’ July 9, claims FBI* Satellite export controls loom over national security, economy* Military Clashes with U.S. Spies over Outsourcing of Satellite Surveillance* Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor in Control System Code* Judges Drive Truck Through Loophole in Supreme Court GPS Ruling* High Court rules iiNet not responsible for its customers’ illegal downloads* Czechs…
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#DataDump: #Discovery, Debacle, #David8 and more
Space Shuttle #Discovery Wows DC in 45min Flyover* Video: Space shuttle Discovery arrives in Washington* Video: Smithsonian Welcomes Discovery to Collection* Video Playlist: Space Shuttle Discovery* US military intelligence critic to lead spy agency* Contradicting Fed. Judge, FCC Clears Google in WiFi Sniffing Debacle* FCC’s Ruling on Google’s WiFi Snooping Sets Horrible Precedent* Video: New…
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#DataDump: Electronic Curtains, Conflict Minerals and more
NSA Chief Denies, Denies, Denies Wired’s Domestic Spying Story: ‘NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)’ // U.S. dangles secret data for Russia missile shield approval // Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page //