Tag Archive | "gadgets"
Is Apple Developing a Solar iPhone?
Image by Shapeshift Well, according to the site MacRumors, Apple have apparently filed a patent application to investigate the use of solar cells in their mobile devices, including the iphone and portable computers.
Continue reading...Military Creates Cyborg Insect Spies
Thursday, March 6, 2008
In the movies, cyborgs are almost always evil. After creating insect spies, scientists plan to invent the “fanborg”: half human, half robot, all nerd. Image by Bruno Girin Generally they use their superior robot strength and intelligence to destroy us puny weaklings until a plucky flesh-and-blood human comes along [...]
Continue reading...Ten Years Until Autonomous Robot Soldiers and Terrorist Robobombs
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Deadly robots hold a special place in the heart of pop culture consumers. A Special Weapons Observation Remote Direct-Action System (SWORDS) robot. Even in some of their earliest appearances in the pulp novels of the 20th century, robots were often treated as evil killing machines. Decades of research into [...]
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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