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2 hrs ago | Voice of America

Demand Grows for Global Ban on 'Killer Robots'

It may sound like something from a sci-fi movie - but campaigners say the threat is real and the robots already exist.

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3 hrs ago | Mashable

Listen to Daft Punk's New Album in 8-bit

If you haven't stopped listening to Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories since its release, consider switching it up a bit.

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5 hrs ago | TMCnet

Will Your Call Center Training Include Robots?

We've all experienced it you've just arrived home and the last landline phone in your house is ringing.

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9 hrs ago | CBC News

3D printers give rise to 'desktop manufacturing'

Digital technologies such as 3D modeling software and 3D printers have grown cheap and accessible enough for ordinary people to make prototypes of objects that could, until recently, only be made by people who owned factories.

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Thu May 23, 2013

KurzweilAI.net

Will robots social network when they eclipse man's intelligence?

In his book The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology , futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that computers will be as smart as humans by 2029, and that by 2045, "computers will be billions of times more powerful than unaided human intelligence," Kurzweil wrote in an email to LiveScience .

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Mashable

This Telepresence Robot Is Powered By a Smartphone

What if you could have your smartphone greet customers while they're shopping in your store or have a tablet work as a babysitter? That's the idea behind R.bots Synergy SWAN, a telepresence robot with that works with any Android or iOS device.

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Fast Company

Our Robot Overlords Will Teach Us To Be More Productive, Better Collaborators

Win or lose, every business war story results in useful lessons learned. Entrepreneurs share practical takeaways from their own journeys to success.

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World News Report

Connecticut Yankee Council says Scouts should accept gays

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Coolest Gadgets

Window Washing Robot

How does washing windows sound to you? It is not the most interesting task to indulge in for sure, but when some chore has got to be done, someone has got to do the dirty job.

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The Financial Mirror

Mazor Robotics' American Depository Rece ...

Mazor Robotics Ltd. , a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, announced today that it will commence trading of its American Depositary Shares represented by American Depositary Receipts through The Bank of New York Mellon , on or about Tuesday May 28, 2013.

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Gizmag

Acrobatic XRL robot takes cliffs and valleys in its stride

Most land-dwelling animals with skeletons have the ability to jump. It is of particular importance to survival, as running primarily consists of a long series of jumps.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Kinston Free Press

Teaching East Kinston youth robotics

A Kinston couple began a robotics class in March at Holloway Center, serving nearly 20 children as young as 8-years-old. As Kinston Robotics is in the beginning stage, there is only a pair of robots to work with.

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Denver Westword

The eight hottest robots in pop culture

Robots are everywhere. From helping us find cat videos on the Internet to assembling other robots , they've become almost as ubiquitous in real life as they have been in pop culture for years.

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Data Center Knowledge

The Robot-Driven Data Center of Tomorrow

Tape libraries, like this one at Google, provide an early example of the use of robotics to manage data centers.

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ReporterHerald.com

Deep-space pizza parties? NASA mulls 3-D printers for food

NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to figure out how to feed them over the course of a years-long mission.

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WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Robot exoskeleton suits to make us superhuman

If you've been dreaming of strapping on your own "Iron Man" armor, you might have to wait a while longer.

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Slashdot

Will Robots Take Over the Data Center?

What might a robot-controlled 'lights-out' data center look like? The racks will be taller, as robotics systems can reach higher to manage servers.

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Live Science

How Evolution May Help Build Better Robots

In the real world, animals have evolved the ability to get from point A to B by galloping, crawling and jumping.

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RedOrbit

Fire Ants Help Researchers Work Towards Better...

While ants can spoil a picnic, and fire ants are despised for their painful bites, the tiny creatures are masters at tunneling, and this expertise could be put to good use.

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Manufacturing.net

Manufacturing Gangnam Style

Rethink Robotics, the firm that designed and manufactured Baxter the famous industrial robot, has met its match.

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