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Daft Punk outside comfort zone
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, left, and Thomas Bangalter are the music group Daft Punk.
Note From Kim: Going Back to the Land -- and Posting About It
It fascinates me to no end as I watch the newest generation of digital native super-hipsters embracing what many are calling today's "new industrial revolution" -- an age filled with futuristic innovations like 3-D printers and assembly line-working robots -- with such a fast-spreading borderline obsession for low technology.
Visteon Working On Teaching Cars New HABITs: Video
Jeff Glucker found his love for cars as a child when he felt tremendous sadness after watching Ferris Bueller's pal Cameron destroy a 1961 Ferrari... More Despite Will Smith's aversion to technology in iRobot , there's really nothing to worry about the current and near-future crop of artificial intelligence products coming our way.
The following was sent by the Ridgewood Public Schools. The RHS Robotics Team competed in the annual Botball Competition on May 11 at Rahway High School.
WTF Did I Just Watch?: Strangling A Robotic Dinosaur To See If People Empathize With Robot Pain
This is the video shown to participants in a study conducted by the University of Duisburg-Essen to determine if humans feel empathy towards tortured robots .
The digital deluge: Tribeca 2013
On the rise at New York's downtown film festival this year: post-Hurricane Sandy transmedia, robot documentarists, Vine, lolcats, Facebook-chat reconstructions, a crowd-boggled Paul Verhoeven, cross-format histories from the archive, a smearily digitised Charles Lane rediscoverya and three 35mm celluloid blasts from the past.
Thicken your skin: Be prepared to defend your program
As mentioned in a previous article, e-Learning is not a trend in education, it is the inevitable evolution of education.
Arduino YAon and Robot Kit announced
The Arduino Robot Kit is joined by the Arduino YAon, the group's answer to the flexibility of the Raspberry Pi for electronics enthusiasts.
Why we need to stop military killer robots now
Artificial intelligence expert Mark Bishop says a ban on weapons that can deploy and destroy without human intervention is vital What is the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots? It is a confederation of non-governmental organisations and pressure groups lobbying for a ban on producing and deploying fully autonomous weapon systems - where the ability of ... (more)
Ant Study Could Help Future Robot Teams Work Underground
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.
Peres: Robotics the solution to Israel's security needs
President Shimon Peres came away from a visit to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems's headquarters on Monday convinced that the only way Israel can meet its current and future security challenges is with the use of robotics and nanotechnology.
Reviews of new pop music releases
The mysterious Frenchmen of Daft Punk - Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo - are never seen without their trusty robot helmets.
Robots learn to take a proper handoff by following digitized human examples
A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh in a project partially funded by the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Institute of ... (more)
Immigration reform may spur software robotics
The Senate immigration bill's H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian firms.
ICYMI Podcasts: Real Chrome apps, a history of IoT and Google I/O 2013
In case you missed the GigaOm weekly podcasts, here's a second chance. Two of our shows had special guests to explain new technologies and our wrap-up show is fully dedicated to understanding all of the news out of Google I/O. Another week full of tech news means another week of GigaOM podcasts filled with analysis and commentary.
New St. Croix River Bridge a learning opportunity for students
Seventh-graders at St. Croix Catholic School in Stillwater listen to MnDOT's Jon Chiglo talk about building the new St.
Arduino Robot launches at Maker Faire, we go hands-on
There's a new kid on the Arduino block, and it's called the Arduino Robot. Launched yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area, it's the company's first product that extends beyond single microcontroller boards.
Disruptions: Disruptions: Robots as Home Health Care Aides for the Elderly
In the opening scene of the movie " Robot & Frank ," which takes place in the near future, Frank, an elderly man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going to a medical center for Alzheimer's treatment when the son interrupts him.
Hong Kong robot reveals mysterious yellow orbs at ancient Mexican temple
Local dentist who supplied tools for space missions uses his expertise to help shed light on one of Mexico's most enduring mysteries More than 30 researchers are involved in the excavation at the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan, 40 kilometres northeast of Mexico City.
Gliding robot mimics flying fish
IT MIMICS the leaping glides of flying fish and needs no external power. The Jump Glider could be the first in a new generation of robots, harnessing aerodynamic lift to travel further than it would if it simply hopped, and without using additional energy.