At a tech festival in India, almost 60% of people believed that they were speaking to a human, when in fact they were speaking to Cleverbot.
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Robot Planes Now Have Their Own Airport. The Invasion Begins.
The Welsh government has given robotic planes their own airport, as well as a 500-square mile area of designated airspace.
Read More »Future Wars Will Be Fought with Robot Armies — But We Already Knew That
According to MSNBC, the future of warfare will be "private robot armies" battling for ultimate dominion. Wait, didn't we already know that?
Read More »It’s Happening — 1 Million Human Workers to be Replaced by Robots
Over the next three years, an electronic manufacturing company plans to replace 1 million of its 1.2 million human workers with robots.
Read More »Robot Rock Band Performs Marilyn Manson’s ‘Beautiful People’
No, we don't mean robots as in Daft Punk. EOL ("End of Life") is a band composed entirely of real robots. And they play Manson.
Read More »Woman Raising $15,000 for Prosthetic Eye Camera
Tanya Marie Vlach wants to be a cyborg. No, really. She's trying to raise enough money to fund development of a tiny webcam that could fit inside her prosthetic eye.
Read More »Exterminate! Build Your Own Dalek Army With ‘Official’ Replicas
These Dalek replicas may be lifesize, but they don't want to exterminate you. At least not yet.
Read More »Dentists Can Now “Practice” on an Attractive Japanese Robot
Meet Hanako 2, the latest creepily lifelike robot to become a guinea pig for dental students.
Read More »German Scientists Develop Robot That Can Touch You — Literally
The latest advancement in robotics has come from Germany, where scientists have developed a new robotic model that has 'sensitive skin', allowing it to simulate the sensation of touch.
Read More »Tokyo Researchers Can Take Control of Your Hand
Japan has just discovered how to gain independent control over muscle movement by using hacked hardware. Should we be afraid?
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