Meekly disguised as Rapyuta or the RoboEarth Cloud Engine, Skynet has arrived:
http://www.roboearth.org
I think the thing that really sets me off about this robotic cheetah
is not that it could outrun me; but, it's the fact that it seems to be
running backward with NO HEAD!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPanW0QWhAfeature=player_embedded
The Rise of the Drones
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.html
An upcoming Nova program featuring, among other amazing things, Argus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4BQ1XzwDg
More from Boston Dynamics:
http://www.fastcompany.com/3005313/evolved-brains-robots-creep-closer-animal-learning
Big Dog actually does better on the ice than I.
Here's where it gets scary:
They’ve 3-D printed an advanced quadruped robot called Aracna, to
further examine evolved gaits. The next
Hi,
On 22-1-2013 16:57, Terry Blanton wrote:
Who could have predicted it would be Kurzweil and Google:
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510121/ray-kurzweil-plans-to-create-a-mind-at-google-and-have-it-serve-you/
?
Ok, I'm now just playing Hal's advocate: and who is going to give it a
-Original Message-
From: Rob Dingemans
Terry Blanton wrote:
Who could have predicted it would be Kurzweil and Google:
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510121/ray-kurzweil-plans-to-create-a-m
ind-at-google-and-have-it-serve-you/
Ok, I'm now just playing Hal's advocate: and who is
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
And why stop at one?
There should be tons of thetans Cruising around. ;-)
Hi,
On 24-1-2013 0:56, Terry Blanton wrote:
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
And why stop at one?
There should be tons of thetans Cruising around. ;-)
And there are otherwise plenty of birds with Grease on their wings ;-)
Kind regards,
Rob
Who could have predicted it would be Kurzweil and Google:
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510121/ray-kurzweil-plans-to-create-a-mind-at-google-and-have-it-serve-you/
?
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
But
then it occurs to you that he looks very much like a little kid pretending
to have all of those emotions, which is impressive in its own way.
And, if you go to the TED site mentioned in the video caption, you
will
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728992.100-freaky-feeling-why-androids-make-us-uneasy.html
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
It was an intriguing read for MacDorman, who was building
hyperrealistic androidsat the time. It warned that when artificial
beings have a close human likeness, people will be repulsed. He and
his colleagues worked up a
If the stumbling bovine android (ice cream sandwich) did not make you
flinch, this certainly will:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knRyDcnUc4Ufeature=youtu.be
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
LS3 makes me feel creepier as it advances. Falls down and
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
If the stumbling bovine android (ice cream sandwich) did not make you
flinch, this certainly will:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knRyDcnUc4Ufeature=youtu.be
That is very interesting. Quite a wide range of emotions.
This one looks like a big flying bug and it takes two humans to control it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=yRvsm1W-5Ck
That thing reminds me of a crab that can fly. It is impressive that it seems
to be so stable.
Dave
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From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 11:02 am
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Skynet Advances
This one looks like
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 2:10 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote:
That thing reminds me of a crab that can fly. It is impressive that it
seems to be so stable.
It is actually a chimera with two different products and controls combined.
At 01:34 PM 12/22/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Harry Veeder mailto:hveeder...@gmail.comhveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
If it responded to input from a leash it would not have to be so
navigational smart.
I think the point is: you can tell it to go from point A to point B
in a battlefield, and it
At 03:45 PM 12/22/2012, Harry Veeder wrote:
yeah your right, a leash works on beings with feelings...this thing
doesn't feel.
It could easily be made to feel a leash. But you also want autonomy.
I.e., the leader, even if using a leash, which would be connected to
a sensor that detect the
At 04:25 PM 12/22/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Imagine having a cold fusion powered version of one of these things
coming after you in the woods. Inexorably. What a nightmare! Worse
than a real dog.
Well, not yet. Whack that rotating thing on its face with a big
stick. But, yes, eventually this
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote:
At 03:45 PM 12/22/2012, Harry Veeder wrote:
yeah your right, a leash works on beings with feelings...this thing
doesn't feel.
It could easily be made to feel a leash. But you also want autonomy. I.e.,
the
LS3 makes me feel creepier as it advances. Falls down and recovers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=hNUeSUXOc-w
And if that didn't peg your creep-o-meter:
http://www.geekologie.com/2012/12/nope-robot-with-human-skeleton-and-muscl.php
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
LS3 makes me feel creepier as it advances. Falls down and recovers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=hNUeSUXOc-w
If it responded to input from a leash it would not have to be so
navigational smart.
Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
If it responded to input from a leash it would not have to be so
navigational smart.
I think the point is: you can tell it to go from point A to point B in a
battlefield, and it goes by itself. Leading it on a leash would defeat the
purpose.
It is
What's up with all those shipping containers with windows at the end?
Is that where they keep all the old iRobots?
On 12/22/12 9:40 AM, Terry Blanton wrote:
LS3 makes me feel creepier as it advances. Falls down and recovers:
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
If it responded to input from a leash it would not have to be so
navigational smart.
I think the point is: you can tell it to go from point A to point B in a
battlefield,
Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the point is: you can tell it to go from point A to point B in a
battlefield, and it goes by itself. Leading it on a leash would defeat
the
purpose.
Maybe that is the long term goal, but in this video they have the
robot following
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the point is: you can tell it to go from point A to point B in a
battlefield, and it goes by itself. Leading it on a leash would defeat
the
purpose.
Maybe that
early Big Dog quadruped robot testing ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXI4WWhPn-Ufeature=endscreen
harry
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
early Big Dog quadruped robot testing ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXI4WWhPn-Ufeature=endscreen
Same company, Massive Dynamic, er, rather Boston Dynamics. (Not run
by Nina Sharp.)
http://www.bostondynamics.com/
Imagine having a cold fusion powered version of one of these things coming
after you in the woods. Inexorably. What a nightmare! Worse than a real dog.
- Jed
The battery that powers the terminators last decades and it is quite small.
2012/12/22 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com
Imagine having a cold fusion powered version of one of these things coming
after you in the woods. Inexorably. What a nightmare! Worse than a real dog.
- Jed
--
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote:
The battery that powers the terminators last decades and it is quite small.
Yes. Well, it is fictional, too. But that is the potential of cold fusion.
This robot sounds like it is powered with gasoline ICEs. Range must be
limited.
A real horse is
Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Amundsen
to reach the south pole. He was an excellent explorer, and very methodical.
He got there and back on schedule without undo risk. But the public never
felt good about him because his plan involved shooting dogs along the way,
and feeding them
Vorl Bek vorl@antichef.com wrote:
A blot on his memory to have cold-bloodedly killed harmless animals
in pursuit of a mere attempt to reach the south pole, animals which
were not only harmless but loyal and helpful to him and his crew.
Truly disgraceful.
That is what newspaper readers
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
LS3 makes me feel creepier as it advances. Falls down and recovers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=hNUeSUXOc-w
It reminded me of a disoriented wildebeest with loud servos attached to it.
In five
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-auto-drone-20120126,0,740306.story
New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who's accountable?
The Navy is testing an autonomous plane that will land on an aircraft
carrier. The prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the
skies without direct human
Even worse, Terry - imagine when someone is arguably accountable (in the
military sense) ... such as in the widespread practice of putting a PFC in
places where he/she should never have been assigned without intense
supervision. Does the name Bradley Manning come to mind in this context?
(BTW this
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
Instead, the
designated scapegoat will mostly likely be a console jockey on the control
deck of a billion dollar vessel, staffed mostly by high-school dropouts -
with joy-stick in hand.
Yeah, but this is even mo-better.
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Skynet Advances - Autonomous Drone
From: hohlr...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
Instead, the
designated scapegoat will mostly likely be a console jockey on the control
deck of a billion dollar
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