Robot overlords
The Humble User Interface Comes of Age
John Underkoffler points to the future of UI »
Posthumous apology to Alan Turing
The British Government today issued an apology to Alan Turing Click here for UK Gov statement BBC coverage here »
Lest we forget.
photo credit: la picarita Michael Jackson is gone and I’m not sad. I guess that makes me as much of a freak as he was, given the massive media explosion of coverage on a wretch of a man whose megalomania apparently knew no bounds. I will try my best in the coming days and weeks... »
Remote Thought Control, Humanity Evolving In An Electronic Dish, Babies Being Born Without Brains, and other stories from the cutting edge…………
The Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) is a European Union sponsored initiative aimed at financing research relevant to improving the future of humanity. Prior to submitting a proposal to FP7 a researcher is required to read several guides contained within an information package. Browsing through the guides I happened upon the programme’s ethical standpoint... »
Robot wars commence
I have been experimenting with a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit for the last few weeks, and recommend the Mindstorms suite to anyone who desires hands-on experience in the basics of robotics. The popularity of Mindstorms is such that there are four other kits available, in addition to the NXT. As of yet, I am... »
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