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• in Business
  Security Robots Company Receives $2M in Funding From Peter Thiel
  RoboteX, the private security robots company, is backed by Peter Thiel, the PayPal founder, with $2 million of a desired 5 million round of funding.
  by gizmoratinews / on Mar 26, 2013
• in Family
  Romo's Potential for Autism
  Romotive has developed an interactive robot, Romo, from a smartphone, that gets me excited about potential for autism therapy.
  by scothoser / on Feb 22, 2013
• in Entertainment
  KidVid: Scholastic Releases My First Collection – Volume 4
  Fill the screen—and your child’s imagination—with robots, toys, and a curious garden.
  by missbobetier / on Oct 9, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “robots”

 

• Russia Is Developing Killer Robots

  
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  They look like this, of courseNothing like a good callback joke. Why, a good callback joke is better than booze!Seriously, though, Russias doing killer robots. Although the ones theyre demonstrating look totally joystick controlled, like drones, to me.Video after the jump of robots from 2009 (thanks earthmanny!) ...
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• Bits Blog: Tumblr Founder Says Site to Stay ‘Independent’ Effort

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 159
  A day after Yahoo’s board approved a deal to acquire Tumblr, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief, and David Karp, Tumblr’s founder, reassured users that Tumblr would operate as it did before. See the rest here: Bits Blog: Tumblr Founder Says Site to Stay ‘Independent’ Effort
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• M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found

  
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  “The Machine Age,” an essay written for The New York Times by Norbert Wiener, a visionary mathematician, languished for six decades in the M.I.T. archives, and now excerpts are being published.        
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• Therapeutic robots.

  
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  Coming soon , to help you with your last few steps toward the grave.
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• Brazil 2014 Fifa World Cup to be Protected by US Robots and Israeli Drones

  
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  Brazil is gearing up to host “one of the most protected sporting events in history” which will be fortified with sophisticated US robots and Israeli drones along with German-made tanks. Brazil has ordered 30 PackBot 510 robots which are used in the US military as part of the latest security measures for the Fifa ...
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• How to make a less creepy robot? Simple, just add data

  
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  Disney’s research arm has solved a problem that you probably didn’t even know robots have — their inability to accept objects from people in a natural way. The Disney Research team, working with funding from the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) at Carnegie Mellon and the ...
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• New Arduino Robot Kit Unveiled To Help You Learn As You Go (video)

  
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  A new Arduino Robot Kit has been unveiled by Arduino this week in the form of the Arduino Robot Kit, which has been designed to help you learn programming robots as you go. The new Arduino Robot Kit was unveiled at the Maker Faire, and is a self-contained platform allowing you to build interactive machines [...]
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• Gundam: Clothes Hanger Edition

  
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  Gundam fans, here’s a collectible you won’t want to miss. It’s a clothes hanger that conceals a model of a Gundam. Our pal Francesco, over at Hobby Media (IT) spotted this bit of epicness over at last week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show  (JP). Bandai is selling this along with a limited-edition STRICT-G ...
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• WTF Did I Just Watch?: Strangling A Robotic Dinosaur To See If People Empathize With Robot Pain

  
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  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 . Basically its some guy hanging and beating a Pleo robotic dinosaur for a minute straight. The test is obviously flawed because I hate robots with all my ...
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• The Boy Who Goes to School by Robot

  
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  Think of Lydon Baty as the modern version of the bubble boy. Although his body is usually safely at home, to guard against germs his bodies can’t handle, his mind isn’t trapped there. It travels around by robot. Not literally. We’re not there yet. But Lydon has a robot surrogate who goes to school for ...
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• Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care for the Aging

  
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  The post Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care for the Aging appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Under the Shadow of the Drone

  
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  Under the Shadow of the Drone by James Bridle, Brighton seafront. Photo by Roberta Mataityte I closed my report of the exhibition The Air Itself is One Vast Library on the promise that id come back to my last visit to Brighton with a few words about the crime scene-style outline of a drone that James Bridle ...
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• Can Robots Care for Humans?

  
  Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us — Authority: 123
  A look at new work that is being done by workers at the Carnegie Mellon Universityin hopes of helping older people to live at home longer and better, with the help of robots. The bot currently in development, but not in production, is designed to help clean up and bring objects. It wont replace humans, but it could ...
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• Arduino Robot launches at Maker Faire, we go hands-on (video)

  
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  Theres a new kid on the Arduino block, and its called the Arduino Robot. Launched yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area, its the companys first product that extends beyond single microcontroller boards. The Roomba -like design, which we first saw in November 2011, is the result of a collaboration with Complubot. It ...
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• How soon will humans be able to upload their brains to computers?

  
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  In Upload, a new techno-thriller, a young computer scientist with a sketchy past and distrust of society decides to take the ultimate leap forward by scanning his brain and uploading his memories, personality and consciousness into a simulated world of his own making.     Raymond wants to live forever, controlling ...
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• Karl Dittmann | Forex strategies, forex indicators, forex robots, forex tips

  
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  Karl Dittmann | Forex strategies, forex indicators, forex robots, forex tips Ultimate BUY SELL Secret - Trading Software FX and Stocks A Brand New idea - Fantastic Forex Software that can predict the price of any currency with never before seen accuracy! With this recently discovered ...
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• “Pacific Rim” Trailer: When Giant Robots x Giant Monsters Battle To the Death, Pt IV

  
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  The new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim , which might be the summer blockbuster we’re looking forward to most at LIAS. We have big hopes for the Spanish filmmaker’s latest, and each trailer seems to get better and better (check out the previously posted first trailer , CES extended trailer and ...
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• DealBook: JPMorgan Vote Tests Stockholders’ Power

  
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  If shareholders separate the jobs of chairman and chief executive — positions that Jamie Dimon has held since 2008 — it would signal a shift in the balance of power in corporate America. Visit link: DealBook: JPMorgan Vote Tests Stockholders’ Power
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• The Growing Military Use Of Robots

  
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  Militaries Growing Use Of Ground Robots Raises Ethics Concerns -- Stars and Stripes f North Koreas dictator Kim Jong Un ever orders troops into the demilitarized zone, an army of South Korean robots could be waiting. A Samsung subsidiary plans to deploy sentry robots to the tense South Korean border. The machines ...
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• Insert Coin: Linkbot modular robotic platform lets you quickly build a bot, skills

  
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  In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If youd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Everybody loves robots, but the initial ardor for building one can quickly be snuffed out by the complex ...
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