Archives for the 'robots' Category

Jules The Freakishly Real Robot

Published on 1 Nov 2008 at 9:53 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under robots.

His disembodied robot head mimics human expressions with freakish realism. It’s science imitating life with … freakish accuracy. Give that robot head a pair of glasses and he’d actually look quite a bit like the younger Jules Crittenden, freakishly robotic real person. His rant definitely sounds a lot like me. The content, not the BBC accent:
“Did you know that researchers [...]

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Monkeys Control Robot Arm With Their Thoughts

Published on 29 May 2008 at 11:41 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under deep thot, monkeys, robots.

It’s an astonishing development. But who among us hasn’t felt like a monkey-thought-controlled robot arm at some point in our working lives? No unkind Scott McClellan jokes, please. But this part is especially chilling: 

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Milbots

Published on 27 Feb 2008 at 10:22 am. 9 Comments.
Filed under military, robots.

Kill people, don’t they? Threat to humanity, says Brit prof.

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