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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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21 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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34 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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36 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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37 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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51 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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58 days ago by pjwalker911

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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96 days ago by pjwalker911

Tourism futurologist Ian Yeoman, from New Zealand’s University of Wellington, gave an preview of what the world could be like in 2050, shaped by global warming. Future tourism may include robot sex AAP | Aug 17, 2009 Robot "prostitutes'' would make an appearance / Reuters IT sounds like science fict ...

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96 days ago by pjwalker911

Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other PopSci | Aug 18, 2009 By Stuart Fox With the development of killer drones, it seems like everyone is worrying about killer robots. Now, as if that wasn’t bad enough, we need to start worrying about lying, cheating robots as well. In an experiment run at the ...

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