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Nov.06.2012 Election Mashup: Vonnegut, Big Data and Prophecy I believe in peace. I often lack it in my mind and in my life and so I strive for it, cultivate it. Lately, I find that this cultivation has been at a small standstill. I know I wasn't so nice after Hurricane Sandy--was inflamed by people gouging and hoarding gas and was utterly unsurprised by the...	Apr.30.2012 Pushing Pillow Talk To New Heights: Innovative Japanese Robotic Scientist Introduces Vibrating Phone You Can Cuddle Need to buy a present for your mum’s birthday? Worrying about what to get hubby - the man who has everything? Forget the flowers, chocolates, handkerchiefs and socks, those boring old standbys of yesteryear, and worry no more. Treat them to a Hugvie, the ultimate in hi-tech, telephonic cuddly toys...
Jun.01.2011 Robot Librarians - Perhaps Not What You Think Robots hoard the books at mechanized library by Tim Hornyak A robotic crane rests between columns of bins at the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. (Credit: University of Chicago) If books are dying a slow death, libraries are also living on borrowed time. But that didn't stop the...	Oct.06.2010 The Patriarchal Setup The word “patriarchal”conjures up the picture of a white haired, kindly old man with a lined face, a father figure who is wise, spiritual and compassionate, a “venerable old man”. The term patriarchal has two sides. The positive side:” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had someone that could handle...
May.04.2010 Robots Again. The Ce/Fe Factor: Human/Robot Bonding in Isaac Asimov's Robot Trilogy When the robot, Daneel Olivaw has his first real conversation with detective Elijah Baley, he describes the ideal relationship between men and robots in general as a C/Fe culture: ...	Nov.03.2009 The Automated Arab I have nothing against humanoids or humans for that matter, but the world’s first Arabic-speaking interactive robot has no business to be named Ibn Sina, philosopher and scientist. The United Arab Emirates University unveiled this marvel, developed by a team headed by a Greek expat, Nikolaos...
Sep.04.2009 Weird Book Room Some spam is tasty. Possibly because I write on the paranormal, I received an unsolicited morsel this morning from online bookseller AbeBooks alerting me to their new “Weird Book Room.” The message showcased cover thumbnails of ten representative titles. My favorites: “The Big Book of Lesbian...	Mar.11.2009 Robots and the Future Robots and the Future Science and technology is starting to delve into the possibility of creating a humanoid robot that can feel, think and act in the same way as any human. They are experimenting on the human brain, linking robotic hands to our brain synapses, creating full models of humanoid...