By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A Word Of Mouth first: an interview with a robot. Not your typical movie star robot with an all-knowing brain or one that talks in squalks. Bina 48 isn’t made of gleaming metal, and has no body. Just a neck and head that looks uncannily human; with […]
LifeNaut Notes: Here’s a really cool article from Smart Machines that includes a brief video of a medical robot undergoing trail tests. Some pretty cool stuff to think that a robot could be automated to operate on the human body. Source: “Robots performing surgery with full autonomy” Robotic arms have been used in medical procedures […]
LifeNaut Notes: A bionic device by definition is the mix of biology and electronics. The Rex Exoskeleton attached to the both to help paraplegics move about in a normal manner. It would seem in this example that the human element is teaching the mechanical element, but who’s to say it’s not the other way around? […]
LifeNaut Notes: One of the questions people think about when contemplating human avatars in the future is power. If there is a substitute to the human body, presumably robotic in some fashion, it will need a source of power. Here’s a great article from Science Daily about a new technology that uses a series of […]
Source: “Making Friends With A Robot Named Bina48” on the New York Times Published: July 4th, 2010 by Amy Harmon The reporter Amy Harmon talking to Bina48. Bristol, VT. — Ten minutes into my interview with the robot known as Bina48, I longed to shut her down. She was evasive, for one thing. When I […]
Source: “The Avatar Revolution: Here Come The New Humans” When it was unveiled in June 2000, the first draft of the human genome marked a new stage in our understanding of who we are. Ten years later and our view of human identity may be changing again. Thanks to the plethora of personal information about […]
Lifenaut Notes: Human integration into the brain of a computer has, and continues to be a hotbed for innovation. This is a great example of how current technologies can be programmed to integrate information into the world around us. Imagine picking up a book at the bookstore and seeing reviews from five of your closest […]
