For God, For Country and for the Furtherance of Robotic World Domination, via the Yale Grab Lab. As we used to say in the marching band, “Guinness: It’s what’s for breakfast”
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Robot Plant Somehow Lives In Uncanny Valley
Submitted by Anthony on September 1, 2010 - 3:48am.
Robot plants are not new to BotJunkie, but creepy ones are. Not that this robot plant is intended to be creepy, but like everything in the Uncanny Valley, it just sort of ends up that way. Or maybe it’s just me.
Robots Will Take Your Job (If They Haven’t Already)
Submitted by Anthony on August 19, 2010 - 3:28am.
A robot stole my job back in 2008, and things are just getting worse, according to this infographic from Focus magazine. It’s a long graphic, so check out the full thing after the break.
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JOURNAL: When Drones Prank
Submitted by Anthony on August 13, 2010 - 12:15pm.Here's a good example of how to communicate a new idea in a horizontal fashion. The below is part of a viral video marketing campaign by a company called Parrot. They make a augmented reality drone that you can navigate with your iPhone (visual display + controls). Very snazzy. Here are the videos:
Eric Schmidt: Every 2 Days We Create As Much Information As We Did Up To 2003
Submitted by Anthony on August 5, 2010 - 6:07am.Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003, according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt — about five exabytes of data.
He cautioned that just because companies like his can do all sorts of things with this information, the more pressing question now is if they should. Schmidt noted that while technology is neutral, he doesn’t believe people are ready for what’s coming.
Teaser Trailer for a 3D Physics Engine? Yes and It’s Amazing (video)
Submitted by Anthony on July 22, 2010 - 12:26pm.
Google Buys Metaweb, the One Company That Could Revolutionize Google Search
Submitted by Anthony on July 19, 2010 - 5:03am.Google has acquired Metaweb, which maintains a database (“Freebase”) of 12 million “entities” (persons, places, or things), and all the different ways they relate and you might refer to them.
An invisible computer mouse
Submitted by Anthony on July 14, 2010 - 7:22am.
(MIT Media Lab)
MIT Media Lab researchers have developed Mouseless, an invisible computer mouse that costs about $20 to build.
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