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The Gundersons Get Us Ready for Basil, the Robot of Our Dreamsnew

The Gundersons claim to have possibly solved one of the most challenging problems in robotics, and just a few weeks ago, they published an entire book, Robots, Reasoning and Reification, about it.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  12-22-2008  |  Tech

The Chumby Diaries: A Partial-Attention Love-Hate Storynew

Is the ambient widget device a friend who will share corn-bread recipes and glimpses at its panda cam, or a foe who will steal your passwords?
L.A. Weekly  |  Gendy Alimurung  |  08-11-2008  |  Tech

A Bristol Nonprofit Wants to Replicate Your Brain and Bequeath It to a Robotnew

Some transhumanists are interested in eliminating certain diseases, or in slowing down the aging process. More ambitious ones, such as Bruce Duncan or the folks at the Willington, Connecticut-based World Transhumanist Association, believe that technology could eventually help us outlive death.
Seven Days  |  Mike Ives  |  07-18-2008  |  Tech

Will Robots Take over the World and Eat Our Children?new

Our pitiful carbon bodies are evolving much more slowly than the silicon and steel gizmos we're inventing. And the guys in the lab coats and pocket protectors are starting to worry we've opened Pandora's hard drive.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  05-22-2008  |  Tech

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