This robot hand makes a mockery of its human opponent in a game of rock, paper, scissors with a 100% win rate – one more step towards the total obsolescence of the human mind: Rather than operate within the parameters of its programming and AI, the robot uses available sensory info and its rapid processing power to […]
Tag Archives: robot
Rock, Paper, Cyborgs
Posted in Technology
Also tagged cyborg, game, human, intelligence, obsolescence, power, processing, processing power, programming, rock paper scissors, speed, youtube
Leave a comment
Tensnake: Holding Back My Love
Music, Love & Robots: could you ask for more? How about some progressive synth & beats, building to a blistering funk guitar crescendo? You got it!
Happy Birthday David
Meet David: the 8th generation android from Weyland Industries that pushes technological, intellectual, physical and emotional barriers in robotics: We’re told one of these units is serving as the butler and maintenance man on Project Prometheus, so I’m sure they’ll be in safe hands…
Posted in Film
Also tagged alien, android, Michael Fassbender, project prometheus, Ridley Scott, robotics, weyland industries
Leave a comment
The Second Uncanny Valley
A few weeks ago I wrote about the new Tintin movie in the context of the Uncanny Valley (read my article here). While searching around for a clear diagram illustrating the principle, I stumbled upon an article called The Second Uncanny Valley on a site called Open the Future, which features a load of really interesting stuff […]
Posted in The Future
Also tagged Academic, climate science, cyborg, emerging tech, ethics, future, geoengineering, open source, posthuman, renewables, social networks, tintin, transhumanism
Leave a comment