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Engineer-inventor Douglas Hines adjusts the head of his company’s “True Companion” sex robot, Roxxxy AFP | Jan 9, 2010 By Glenn Chapman LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Billed as a world first, Roxxxy the sex robot made here debut in front of adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The lif ...

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Haaretz | Dec 27, 2009 By Ora Coren Elbit's Viper robot, capable of crawling through tunnels, entering buildings, turning around and broadcasting images. With self-detonating grenades, thinking bullets and robot warriors, humans on the frontline could soon be a thing of the past. When armies clash i ...

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The UK MoD’s ‘Novel Air Concept’ robot stealth jet/copter notion. Credit: Defence Science You have to wonder just what urban areas in “defended air space” the MoD has in mind for its stealthy robot jet/chopper to penetrate. Bids for droid tail-sitter with pop-out chopper Register | Nov 10, 2009 UK t ...

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Researchers use distributed computing and robots to create programmable matter Computerworld | Nov 12, 2009 By Sharon Gaudin Imagine a day when you can make your cell phone smaller to fit more comfortably in your pocket, then make it larger so you can text more easily. Now, imagine that you could ma ...

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100 days ago by pjwalker911

The rich could all be cyborgs in the future. “Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers and ruled will increase until they become almost different species. A revolt of the plebs would become as unthinkable as an organized insurrection of sheep against the practice o ...

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113 days ago by pjwalker911

escapistmagazine.com | Oct 19, 2009 by Tom Goldman iRobot’s flesh-like ChemBot will freak you out… The ChemBot might look like something out of a bad dream, but it’s actually a multimillion dollar military project. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Offi ...

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115 days ago by pjwalker911

ANI | Oct 17, 2009 London, October 17 (ANI): A technology company has developed a new military robot that resembles an oozy blob, which has the ability to squeeze through all manner of cracks and crevices. According to a report in The Sun, the ‘ChemBot’, made by technology company iRobot, can ooze a ...

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116 days ago by pjwalker911

US Dept of Defense – DARPA Program Brings Sci-fi Capability to Warfighters ISRIA | Oct 16, 2009 Moviegoers were captivated as they watched a metallic assassin morph before their eyes in “Terminator 2.” The villain turned to liquid before assuming new forms capable of squeezing through narrow opening ...

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130 days ago by pjwalker911

Scene from the 1927 film Metropolis where a woman is used by a mad scientist to create a robot replica to serve his evil plans. Forbes | Oct 2, 2009 by Courtney Boyd Myers Technology futurists love to talk about the Singularity as the point in time when technology starts to progress so rapidly that ...

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In Surrogates, Bruce Willis plays a cop who loses control of his robotic counterpart. Photo courtesy Disney Wired | Sep 25, 2009 By Hugh Hart HOLLYWOOD — Taken at face value, Bruce Willis’ new sci-fi thriller Surrogates sports a premise every bit as outlandish as the wig he wears during much of the ...

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