Wednesday, September 14, 2011

"Self-Aware" Robots

Hod Lipson and his learning, self-replicating robots here.

Biomimicry in Robotic Foot Design

Robert Full speaks about nature influencing the construction of robotic feet here. Contains a pretty great Escher reference, a crab with improved legs, and gecko-hair dry adhesive bandages.

Robot Arms

Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, speaks about his newly invented robotic arms on the Colbert Report here.

Personal Robots

Cynthia Breazeal talks about the rise of personal robots here.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

¡Bienvenidos!

Dear massive audience this blog will undoubtedly attract,

Every single one of you is the coolest person I know. Thanks so much for coming. Tell your friends.

Sincerely,

David "Writes-This-Blog" Moore

P.S. I will now read Wikipedia articles and then watch Kurzweil's "The Transcendent Man." I'll let you know how it goes. Spoiler alert: at first glance, he seems crazy.
P.P.P.S. Multiple Singularities
P.P.P.P.S. How do you comfortably tell someone that PS is not followed by PSS or PSPS?
P.P.P.P.P.S. "The" Singularity
P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Note to self: find and subsequently read "Out of Our Minds."