Archive for March, 2009
Teaching them to read our minds is a good idea. Not.
by jojokaffe on Mar.31, 2009, under Artificial Intelligence
Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person’s scalp as well as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements — moving the right hand, moving the left hand, running and eating.
Honda succeeded in analyzing such thought patterns, and then relaying them as wireless commands for Asimo, its human-shaped robot.
So the plan is we’ll need to fight mind reading robots.
Tin foil hats for everyone.
First you let them in your home….
by jojokaffe on Mar.30, 2009, under Robots
Japan’s electronics giant Toshiba introduces the prototype housekeeping robot “ApriAttenda” which is ables to open doors of a refrigerator and picks up a box during a demonstration of its ability at the company’s laboratory in Kasawaki, Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on March 11, 2009.
Possible foot soldiers inthe coming war. I’m just saying.
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Land and Sea?
by jojokaffe on Mar.24, 2009, under Robots
Thought you were going to survive the Robocalypse by going Capt. Nemo and living below the ocean’s surface?
Good luck.
Not with these little guys swimming around.
‘Who let the Dogs out?’
by jojokaffe on Mar.24, 2009, under Robots
Just imagine being a tribal Afghan and seeing one of these things cresting a hill in front of you.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Apple Releases Talking iPod
by Gary on Mar.12, 2009, under Robots
Apple has released its new iPod shuffle that is about the size of a double-A battery. Why is this news you may ask? Well, the thing doesn’t have any buttons, you just talk to it and tell it what song to play. Did I mention that it talks back to you? Oh that’s not scary, no not at all. Will you play my song, please, HAL?
Japanese Elementary School Kids Now Being Taught by Saya the Robot
by Gary on Mar.11, 2009, under Robots
explosiv0SX submitted story about students in Japan being taught by a robot teacher. As if that wasn’t enough, they have given her a bunch of parts and programming to “help her express emotions”. Awesome… not.
The iPods Will be First to Attack
by Gary on Mar.10, 2009, under Robots
Forward operating agent “nicole” submitted a story about iPods being controlled by facial expressions. That’s all fine until you get to the part about a device that “monitors natural movements of the face in everyday life and accumulates data”. Awesome, an iPod that learns…
Robot Programmed to Love Traps Woman in Lab
by Gary on Mar.05, 2009, under Robot Attacks
After programming a robot to “love”, an unsuspecting female intern fell victim to another confirmed robot attack when the robot refused to let her leave and kept trying to hug her. True story.
