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  Broken Robot Girl: A Glimpse of the Future?

  This image, a collaboration between Tamar Levine and Rob Sheridan, shows a robotic woman with a few wires out of place. It isn't real, but maybe… someday? The piece, which is the first of a planned series of five, is a masterful piece of Photoshop work. And that realism tickles all the parts of ...

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  Self-fueling robot will "eat" plants for power

  Robotics Technology is developing a robot that consumes biomass, such as plant material, and converts it to electricity to power itself. The whimsically-named Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) is intended for jobs where regular, conventional fueling would be impractical, such as ...

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  Future Watch: A.I. comes of age

  After decades of limited application, artificial intelligence is everywhere. And it really works this time.   January 26, 2009 (Computerworld) "Stair, please fetch the stapler from the lab," says the man seated at a conference room table. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot, standing ...

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  Tricorder a Reality? New Microchip to Detect Disease

  The tricorder, that magical box which can diagnose diseases instantly and without invasion, has long been a medical fantasy (especially for men expecting a prostate exam).  It's come one step closer with the invention of a disease detecting microchip which can identify infections in seconds from ...

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  The Rise of the Machines

  There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers—a robot density almost 10 times the world average and nearly twice that of Singapore ...

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