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29Dec/092

Robots in 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!

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27Sep/090

REAL mind reading machines and their techniques

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?

Tagged as: brain, brain scanning, fMRI, free will, mind, mind reading, research, robot, robots, science, self aware Continue reading

12Sep/090

Robot/human integration is now on sale

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.

Tagged as: argus, bionic, exoskeleton, eyes, hands, hybrid, i-limb, lee majors, legs, power knee, science, upgrade Continue reading

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