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Archive for December, 2008

Microsoft Scrambling To Thaw Zune Freeze — Microsoft Zune — InformationWeek

by Gary on Dec.31, 2008, under Robot Attacks

Apparently all 30GB Zune MP3 players locked up at the same exact time. This reeks of a synchronized robot attack.

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FORA.tv – Tan Le: Mind Control

by Gary on Dec.26, 2008, under Artificial Intelligence

Tan Le is co-founder of a company that is developing a direct brain interface they're calling a Mind Control Device. Basically a way to directly interface the brain to a computer… Both consciously, and the more-scary subconsciously. We can only hope this technology stays on our side…

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Slashdot – Software-Generated Paper Accepted At IEEE Conference

by Gary on Dec.24, 2008, under Artificial Intelligence

A research paper written by a robot has been accepted at one of the most prestigious computer security conferences. In fact, the robot under an assumed name of "Herbert Schlangemann" has even been selected as session chair. Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.

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Open Sesame – The Daily WTF

by Gary on Dec.16, 2008, under Robots

Let this be a lesson to us all. Creative use of technology may be the only way we can survive…

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SmartHand: Thought Controlled Prosthesis That Patients Feel – Medgadget – www.medgadget.com

by Gary on Dec.16, 2008, under Artificial Intelligence

Yet another "thought-controlled" robotic arm… Let's hope that this technology never falls into the wrong hands.

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Good Gear Guide – - News – Japanese billboards are watching back

by Gary on Dec.16, 2008, under Artificial Intelligence

You just never know when they're watching… Be safe, fellow humans.

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by Gary on Dec.15, 2008, under Robots

Thankfully there's at least one sane company left in the world.

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Man lives with female robot – The Sun -News

by Gary on Dec.10, 2008, under Robots

A Japanese inventory named Le Trung has created a real-life "Fem-bot" robotic girlfriend. Perhaps his girlfriend could be our first double-agent?

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Computerworld – Mind-controlled robotic limbs become the ants-pants

by Gary on Dec.10, 2008, under Artificial Intelligence

UTS researchers are working on making prosthetic limbs to be controlled by human though. That's all well and good until they started talking about Artificial Intelligence. Man, talk about a bait-and-switch.

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The hovering Multiple Kill Vehicle is simply a waking nightmare – Engadget

by Gary on Dec.09, 2008, under Robots

From the article: "Are you ready for a vision of your inevitable end at the hands of a hovering murderbot? Feast your eyes, then, on this video of the Missile Defense Agency's MKV-L — or as we like to call it, the Multiple Kill Vehicle."

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