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Monkeys learn to control robotic arms today, will take over world tomorrow

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2008-05-28 17:01:06 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...arms to reach for food and can even detect how big or sticky or soft a morsel is and adjust the feelers accordingly Besides leading to robotic monkey soldiers, the team from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University hope that the research will bring us closer to fully-functioning machine prosthetics for those who are...
 
Tags: robotic, monkeys, arms, robotic monkey soldiers, monkeys enjoy, limbs, robotic limbs, brain-machine interface technology, machine prosthetics
 
 
 
 
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Roller arms face massager

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2008-03-21 13:51:36 by lydia in Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women
...arms, with a roller on the end of each arm. You move the rollers over your cheeks and chin to relax your tense facial muscles. The model pictured above seems to be using this and the other version made by the same company, which is used for the ridge of the nose and scalp Seems rather primitive compared to the electronic device marketed by...
 
Tags: roller arms, roller, arms, tense facial muscles, facial muscles, company, japanese company akaishi, beauty enhancement, beauty
 
 
 
 
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Video: Robot Arms Fold Tiny Origami Bird

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2008-06-18 04:16:44 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
 
...arms design for keyhole surgery, folding an origami bird. This seemingly frivolous use for the kit is to demonstrate the ease and accuracy of operation. Great, but it's just a paper crane, right? Yes, but wait until the end of the clip to see just how tiny is the model Robots? Origami cranes? Somebody please tell us that Edward James Olmos...
 
Tags: origami bird, robotic arms dvice, arobotic arms design, vinci surgical system, edward james olmos, keyhole surgery, tiny, seemingly frivolous, pink tentacle
 
 
 
 
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OLPC coming to America, misses Intels loving arms

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2008-01-13 22:01:08 by Peter Ha in CrunchGear
...arms if the two parties can settle some differences It was very unfortunate what happened with Intel and I hope theres a way of rebuilding it in the future because theres no interest in OLPC pushing Intel out. It just is not in our interest. Our goal is to get this to as many children as possible, said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC,...
 
Tags: olpc, america, youth, intel, americas youth based, laptop, laptop project, low cost laptops, child project extends
 
 
 
 
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LEGO Arms Dealer Sells Everything from AK47 to Uzi [KAPOW]

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2008-03-10 09:35:11 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...Arms can help you build your private army with everything you need, from the superadvanced Colonial Marines' Xeno Pulse Rifles to NATO's G36 Assault Rifles to vintage German Rocket Propeller Grenade launchers, PPK pistols with Brausch silencers and Magnum revolvers. If your private army is a bunch of LEGO minifigs, that is. We talked with the...
 
Tags: lego, military minifigs, minifigs, lego trains, lego minifigs, lego fan, hardcore lego fans, lego train club, lego sites
 
 
 
 
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Sony Rolly Soon Rolling Out in Black Shell, Colored Arms [Rolly]

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2008-03-31 03:33:22 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...arms". Maybe they're "wings"? Whichever: the little rolling, MP3-playing guy will be out in black from April 19th in Japan for around $400, while a colored arm set will cost around $15. Presumably Rolly will be rolling up on US shores sometimes soon after. [ AV Watch
 
Tags: black, black body version, rolly, black cradle, arm set, arms, silver replacement, april 19th, sony
 
 
 
 
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Analyst: Spam is a real life arms race

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2008-03-31 21:47:32 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...arms race , and in a sense hes right: every time the spam fighters make an advance, the spammers make an advancement beyond that Likely this war of attrition will never end, but thankfully modern spam filters kill most of what comes in. Many people think that spam kills some parts of the Internet, but if those people had adequate filters,...
 
Tags: spam, spam kills, spam fighters, arms race, spammers, mark sunner, internet, people, chief analyst
 
 
 
 
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Monkeys Learn to Control Robotic Arms With Their Brains

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2008-05-29 01:33:43 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...arms were restrained and they were implanted with the brain probe. From there, they learned to control the robotic arm with their brains The results were quite staggering with one monkey grabbing and eating food with a 61% success rate after just two days and a second monkey hitting the 78% mark after 13 days; next stop, monkey-robot world...
 
Tags: robot, monkey-robot world domination, control, robotic arm, monkey, video, monkeys, prosthetic device, total paralysis
 
 
 
 
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Surgeon folds origami crane smaller than a penny with robotic arms

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2008-06-13 13:44:57 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...arms. What's more, at the end of the video it's revealed that the crane is no bigger than a penny. Now that's precision folding! Next time I go under the knife , I'm handing my surgeon a piece of origami paper. If he can't make it happen, I'm flying to Japan and looking for the doctor from the video to treat me Click Continue to see the video...
 
Tags: crane, surgeon, classic origami crane, robotic arms, japanese surgeon, davinci surgical system, video, robot pincers, click continue