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Bionic & Biological: The Ferocious Conundrum of Being 50/50 (FOUR-YEAR FAR FAR FLASHBACKY)

Mar 192016

There are million different angles to discuss here, but by far the most interesting idea is a gradual, mutual, acquisitional merger – the pending-yet-not-far-off arrival of homeostasis between biological and mechanical life.

March 19, 2016 Posted by anthrobotic at 6:21 PM Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Camera Tech: Tokyo Monorail iPhone 4K (VIDEO)

Nov 262015

Camera nerds too young to remember shooting 320 x 240 video on an LG EnV in 2007 might not be impressed by the iPhone’s 4K video capabilities. Whatever – get off my lawn, you goddamn kids.

November 26, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic at 3:12 PM Apple, DigitalHub.JP, Future Already Very Pending, iPhone 6, Multimedia, Photography Tech, Smartphone, Technology, Technology & Entertainment, Technology & Work

TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: Robotic Arm Connected Directly to Skeleton (VIDEO)

Nov 202015

What we have here is the first myoelectrically controlled robotic prosthetic attached directly to human bone. Holy shit.

November 20, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic at 9:37 PM Bionic, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Prosthetics, Robot, Technology, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots

The Dyson 360 Eye: Herald of Robot Co-Assimilation (GALLERY)

Nov 022015

Though machines of exceedingly basic utility, they are nonetheless the unassuming vanguard of human/robot social relationships.

November 2, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic at 4:05 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Japan「日本」, Multimedia, NBI, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Labor, Technology & Work

Machine Morality: a Survey of Thought and a Hint of Harbinger [FLASHBACKERY]

Feb 092015

Talking about machine morality is basically picking apart whether or not we’ll someday have to be nice to self-aware machines or demand that they be nice to us. Impossible? No, stupid. Guaranteed? No, stupid. Good idea to be prepared just in case? Damn right.

February 9, 2015 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:16 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Robot, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Singularity, Super Computer, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology Law

REMINDER: More than 1/50 American Soldiers in Afghanistan is Robotic, with Helicopters! [FLASHBACKERY]

Dec 172014

In addition to raining down death (or photography) from above, WarBots will now be dropping cargo as well. With this newly deployed robot helicopter.

December 17, 2014 Posted by anthrobotic at 12:39 PM AI, Air Force, Artificial Intelligence, Drone, Future Already Very Pending, Military Robotics, Robot, Technology, Telepresence, WarBots

All I Want for Valentine’s Day is a Robot Lover with an Aggregate Mindfile of the Best Parts of all my Ex-Girlfriends. Just Like Last Year.

Feb 142014

All I Want for Valentine’s Day is a Robot Lover with an Aggregate Mindfile of the Best Parts of all my Ex-Girlfriends. Just Like Last Year.

February 14, 2014 Posted by anthrobotic at 10:39 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Brain, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Multimedia, NBI, Prosthetics, Robot, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Politics, Technology Law

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iREX 2015 International Robot Exhibition (GALLERY)

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What we have here is the first myoelectrically controlled robotic prosthetic attached directly to human bone. Holy shit.