| No I haven't had my nervous breakdown yet and I'm not wearing the tin-foil hat but I could see your concern over that title. But hey, this kind of stuff is closer than you think with every new generation of military drone or robot. Haven't we learned anything from I, Robot and the Terminator movies ?All kidding aside, this article makes some good points. Money makes the world go around and black market weapons are more in demand than ever on this unstable planet. I don't think it will be that long before the more primitive drones or even new designs cobbled together from captured wreckage
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| A chair that does the walking for you
(Credit: Walking-Chair)Who says creativity is dead? Sanity, maybe, but not creativity. Just hours after learning of a concept that lets you use your laptop while walking, we came across another invention that does it one better: a chair that does the walking for you.
The ingeniously named "Walking-Chair" is the brainchild of a couple of mad-scientist designers in Austria, for what purpose we have no idea. The eight-legged beast is made of steel tubes, plastic, and an "electronic heart," according to Gizmowatch.
The price might be a bit on the high
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| An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots and vice versa is being composed in South Korea.The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released by the end of 2007.Futurists and sci fi writer with the total number of five people put together a team of experts will develop these standards. "The government plans to set ethical guidelines concerning the roles and functions of robots as robots are expected to develop strong intelligence in the near future," the ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said.
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| In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup.Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling.Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden.Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread
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| If you are a Star Wars fan, then you will definitely like this trash bin looking just like R2-D2 droid. It is produced in Japan. The trash bin has built in light and sound effects.Pushing the lower lever, a lid opens for the trash. R2-D2 trash bin costs around 149$ and is in limited production.
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| Ann Smith is a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design in Illustration. She has done numerous illustrations for magazines but her main profile is creating funny robots made of broken electronics and machines which are sold in stores and galleries throughout the United States. These animal-like robots can be viewed here.
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| Those colors and shapes are stunning! I'm absolutly in love with picture, she's got the talant!!! Oh, yes it was a pleasure to discover her today. Get more Moira Hahn
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