Tag: robots
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New Surgical Robot Benefits Patients Through Tiny Incisions
A new surgical robot at University Hospital [in Columbia, Missouri] is benefiting patients in a small – but big way. The dual-console da Vinci surgical robot is used for minimally invasive surgeries such as general surgery, prostate surgery and other surgeries.
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google developing fleet of autonomous vehicles
google cars drive themselves, in traffic from nytimes: Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving. The car is a project…
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childless uk couple build robot child companion
from dvice: Meet Aimec, the creation of Tony and Judie Ellis, a robot building couple from South-East England. Aimec follows them around their 18th century country home, cracking jokes, laughing, and searching online for interesting things to tell its parents, just like a real kid. Aimec is also adept at imitating vintage robot voices, and…
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Defcon 5/20: Dumb F*cks, Spy Planes & Bar Codes
Facebook founder called trusting users ‘dumb fucks’ // Students to be given access to laptop spy photos // Where’s Jimmy? Just Google his bar code
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Defcon 4/29: Global Strike, Space Planes & Electronic Warfare
Missing Soviet nuclear electrocar found on the Moon! // Ex-NSA official pleads not guilty to helping reporter // Chavez accuses US plane of ‘electronic warfare’ // Police seize Gizmodo’s computers in lost iPhone probe // Students struggle to go without media for 24hrs
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air force space plane: military launching robotic space vehicle
from ap: After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway. The ultimate purpose of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle and details about the craft, which has been passed…
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defcon 10/29: smart grid, nsa supercenters & surveillance
obama announces stimulus funding for the ‘smart grid’*obama invests $3.4b in US electricity grid*feds’ smart grid race leaves cybersecurity in the dust*flashback: corbett report: episode103 – the smart grid cometh*cyberattacks: espionage now, sabotage soon*nsa supercenters to store americans’ private data permanently*government to build $1.5b cybersecurity data center*dhs to announce cyber merger*scan of internet uncovers 1000s…
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futurist alvin toffler discusses ‘3rd wave’ post-industrial life
from russia today: Celebrated futurist Alvin Toffler has forecasted “death and bankruptcy” to the existing organizational institutes. Toffler elaborated on this and other predictions on where society is heading to RT. related video: ‘future shock’ 1972 doc narrated by orson wellesfrom youtube: 1972 documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. Narrated by…
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7/30 newspurge: 9/11, biowars, cyber/space, drugwar & econocrash
9/11 updates:families, 1st responders & survivors take nyc to court over petition*nyc can takes nyc to court over petition*video: distinguished canadians calling for a new 9/11 investigation*international calls for a 9/11 investigation*gop disses 9/11 responders*9/11 commission leaders urge more action on security issues*mullen says osama still in pakistan*video: cheney wanted show of force on 9/11…
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‘eatr’ military robot could feed on dead bodies for fuel
from foxnews: It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology — and a 20th-century horror movie. A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies. Robotic Technology…
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4/16 Newspurge
obamessiah & the apostles of war:jesus missing from obama’s georgetown speech -nice pyramid symbolism, though*obamadvisor & cfr vp says 100k+ troops, 10yrs+ needed in afghanistan*obama to release reagan records kept secret by bush*obama half-brother ‘linked to uk sex attack’*gordon brown’s plan for army of teen volunteers*obama taps 5th riaa lawyer to justice dept*the nsc’s invisible…
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taxday 2009 & the great american econocrash
white house locked down after threat from tea bag 2,000 crowd capitol ‘tea party’ to protest taxesfrom oregonian: On a day already loathed by tax haters, 2,000 people crowded the Capitol steps to protest corporate bailouts, higher taxes and the state of government in both Oregon and in the United States. The demonstration in Salem…
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miltech & more: xe, fcs, global tv, battlebots & nasa billions
pirate bay trial ends, verdict due apr17 blackwater’s prince cuts & runsfrom danger room: The rebranding of Blackwater continues. First, the mercenary firm expands beyond its core, guns-for-hire business. Then, the company changes its name – to the inscrutable, barely-pronounceable “Xe.” The latest: Outspoken and controversial firm founder Erik Prince announces he’s stepping down as…