June 1st, 2010 ::
Robots up to no good on the moon. ::via JAXA::
It’s official – robots will have a base of operations on the moon in which they will have the ability attack all of humankind. Japan is planning on sending a robot to the moon in 2015 to do scientific research and video recording. This seems innocent enough, but if everything goes according to plan that same robot will begin building a base on the moon for other robots by 2020. Giving robots a quiet place to plan their domination of Earth away from the prying eyes of humans is a terrible idea, and here are some reasons why. Some of them don’t even involve robots. Thats how serious this could become.
May 24th, 2010 ::
Coming soon into a body near you.
In a veritable 1-2 punch of freaky new robots, the journal Nature has recently published two new studies detailing how researchers have created nanorobot spiders made of DNA that also walk on DNA. Before I get into how mind boggling terrifying this sounds, read on for some specifics.
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December 29th, 2009 ::
First off, apologies for a very content thin December – thanks to everybody that continued to drop by the site despite the lack of any new and terrifying robot news. January is looking to be content rich, filled with stories about crazy military robots and projects, progress with computer/brain interfaces, all kinds of scary science and more.
To end the year, a few “Best of 2009″ links about robots are below.
Top 50 Robots in 2009 @ Trendhunter
A Review of the Best Robots in 2009 @ Singularity Hub
Nifitiest Robots of 2009 @ Discover
Have a safe New Years and be sure to come back to Robot Armageddon in 2010!
September 27th, 2009 ::
Lately, a large amount of content coming our way all share a related topic: mind reading. There are titles like “Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them” and “Brain scanning may be used in security checks“. The brain scanners that are currently used by scientists are not the kind of mind reading machines we see in science fiction movies, but they are still quite amazing. With all the research and information scientists now have on the human brain, they are able to translate data from brain scans to be able to know exactly what you saw or what you were thinking. In the future, could robots use this research and develop new technology to help them in their destruction of mankind?
“Scientists are one step closer to knowing what you’ve seen by reading your mind”
So how exactly can a scientist read your mind? It’s all done through careful analysis of the brain’s neural activities and patterns. To do this, a functional magnetic resonance imager, or fMRI, is used. So, how does a fMRI work?
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September 12th, 2009 ::
Remember the old TV show The 6 Million Dollar Man with Lee Majors or the more recent Bionic Woman? The premise of these fictional shows was that after some kind of horrible accident, science was able to “rebuild” a human using robotics and cutting edge science & theory. The resulting upgrades gave the person enhanced strength, speed and vision. The only drawback to the whole process was the cost. Luckily there was always some quasi-governmental institution to pay for everything because nothing says “good intentions” like a shadow organization with it’s own agenda.
Well, science has unfortunately advanced so far that the cost for many of the upgrades is now much more affordable. The Institute of Engineering and Technology in London looked into cutting-edge robotics and technology now available to put into a human. These “upgrades” include the eyes, hands, legs and overall strength; all things a hybrid robot can use to conquer humanity.
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