The U.S. is going to seriously cut ground forces (Army & Marines, particularly). The monkey pony show of politics calls it budget cuts and such, but they neglect to point out that grunts are being obviated by bots, man.
Jan 062012
Dec 312011
These two seemingly low-tech pasty white guys in their 40s are the unlikely heroes of contemporary entertainment technology – and the comedy entertainment industry’s version of The Man should be very, very scared.
December 31, 2011
Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Internet, Multimedia, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Labor, Technology Law
Dec 132011
It transforms. It’s real. Just need to get the locomotion squared away. Circled away?
December 13, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, DARPA, Drone, Military Robotics, Multimedia, Robot, Technology, WarBots
Dec 062011
We WANT to see human traits in other entities. Androids aren’t going to reach that point where they’re just human enough to be creepy, yet not quite human enough to accept – they’re going to leap past it.
December 6, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japan「日本」, Multimedia, NBI, Prosthetics, Robot, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Technology, Technology & Work, Telepresence, Transhuman, Transhumanism, We're Already Cyborgs Already
Nov 292011
The excess of profoundly ambitious British transportation projects continues to enhance my annoyance at the flaccid state of American ingenuity in developing and modernizing human travel. This super-tech concept is inspiring.
November 29, 2011
Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Multimedia, Technology, Technology & Travel, Technology & Work, Technology Law
Nov 022011
Most humanoid robots are just a set of legs with big flat feet balancing a dead-center torso doing an awkward slow-mo hula dance. But watch PETMAN. Really watch. It’s like witnessing a birth.
November 2, 2011
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Boston Dynamics, Cybernetics, DARPA, Drone, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Military Robotics, Multimedia, Robot, Technology, WarBots
Oct 142011
Through the Sci-Fi Nomenclature Committee approved processes of a brain interface known as “ECoG,” the science guys have shown that, even after 7 years without any actual movement, the brain is still sending signals for the body to do so. And these signals can move a robot.