Curious about Curiosity? GET READY: Links to a free XBox game, mobile apps, NASA TV’s live coverage, and a serving of expository technosnark with a side of cheese!
Aug 042012
Jul 252012
Considerably deeper than Gee Whiz Techno-Fetishism or Alarmist Technological Conservatism, Al-Jazeera correspondants and producers are probably providing the most unbiased and uneditorialized WarBot coverage out there.
July 25, 2012
AI, Boston Dynamics, Cybernetics, DARPA, Drone, Exoskeleton, Future Already Very Pending, Military Robotics, Multimedia, Northrup, Robot, Technology, Technology & Politics, U.S.A., WarBots
Jul 032012
Here in 2012 we still have to physically go to a location to cast a ballot for almost any election. Why is that acceptable? Do we just want the patronizing “I Voted” sticker? COME ON – WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY! (repost)
Jun 292012
Reapers and Predators and the like aren’t robots, they’re super-tech R/C planes with some nice autopilot and guns & missiles, right? Right? Well, since the domestic drone market is heating up now as well, it might be a good idea to figure this out.
Jun 192012
Apocalyptic proclamations usually involve a fanatic and the book of his or her spooky vengeful father figure in the sky, but sometimes they’re delivered by a group of gangly, socially awkward lab coats packing a peer-reviewed scientific journal!
Jun 092012
People loved the Space Shuttle because even though it was just a fancy orbiter in space, and a hitchhiking glider in atmosphere, it looked like a ship. We’ve been at the whole space thing for nearly 60 years, and still we have rockets and capsules, but no spaceships.
May 082012
Kaku vs. Tyson – Who can bring the science? Who can BE the Sagan? And, do we really have to pick a team?