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Killing machine: one of America’s unmanned Reaper hunter-killer aircraft Photo: PHILIP COBURN The development of mechanical soldiers and remote-controlled tanks and planes is changing war for ever – but the moral consequences have often been overlooked. Telegraph | Jun 15, 2009 By Noel Sharkey It’s ...

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45 days ago by pjwalker911

Concept art shows a human resistance fighter facing off against a Hydrobot from the movie “Terminator Salvation.” Warner Bros. The United States military sees robots as tireless warriors capable of striking fear into enemies, and is not shy about finding inspiration from “Terminator.” Fox News | May ...

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48 days ago by pjwalker911

Lethal military robots are currently deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ground-based robots like QinetiQ’s MAARS robot (shown here), are armed with weapons to shoot insurgents, appendages to disarm bombs, and surveillance equipment to search buildings. A Georgia Tech computer science profes ...

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97 days ago by pjwalker911

Honda brain activity measuring device controlling ASIMO robot by human thought alone. (Photo: Business Wire) Honda, ATR and Shimadzu Jointly Develop Brain-Machine Interface Technology Enabling Control of a Robot by Human Thought Alone Business Wire | Mar 30, 2009 TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Honda Research ...

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100 days ago by pjwalker911

Sleepwalking into a brave new world where robots decide who, where and when to kill McClatchy Newspapers | Mar 25, 2009 By Robert S. Boyd WASHINGTON — The unmanned bombers that frequently cause unintended civilian casualties in Pakistan are a step toward an even more lethal generation of robotic hun ...

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103 days ago by pjwalker911

Flying robots to spy on Taliban bombmakers A new army of robots will be introduced that could save the lives of many British soldiers, defence chiefs have said. Telegraph | Mar 23, 2009 By Thomas Harding With the bomb threat in Afghanistan increasing accounting for two-thirds of casualties the Minis ...

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104 days ago by pjwalker911

BRAIN POWER: By about 2020 a $1,000 computer will at least match the processing power of the human brain. By 2029 the software for intelligence will have largely been mastered. © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/ ANDREY VOLODIN The accelerating pace of technological progress means that our intelligent creations will ...

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110 days ago by pjwalker911

This research is part of the ‘SHOAL’ project, which involves six partners from four European countries and has been backed by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme Theme 3-ICT. The Engineer Online | Mar 17, 2009 Researchers at Essex University have been awarded a share of a £2.5m grant to ...

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110 days ago by pjwalker911

nyunews.com | Mar 3, 2009 by Max Behrman Forget R2-D2 and C-3PO — NYU researchers have developed an entirely different and exciting kind of robot. After years of research, a team of chemists from NYU and China’s Nanjing University has created a two-armed nanorobot with the ability to alter and excha ...

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111 days ago by pjwalker911

Cybernetic human HRP-4C. Photo: AFP / Yoshikazu Tsuno Japanese researchers have invented a catwalk model robot that will soon strut her stuff at Tokyo fashion shows. Telegraph | Mar 16, 2009 The female humanoid with slightly oversized eyes, a tiny nose and shoulder-length hair boasts 42 motion motor ...

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