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Robots, Ninjas, Ladies, Dogs and GIANT Robots [Toys]

17 May

Kotaku

Toy company threeA recently launched an online catalogue. Not the commercial kind, just a literal catalogue of all the amazing figures they've come up with over the years.More »

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Printing out robots with your MakerBot

15 May

Boing Boing

Annelise sez, "This is an episode of MakerBot TV which is all about making DIY Robots with MakerBots!"
The MakerBot design team is building a Robot Petting Zoo to bring to this year's Maker Faire. In this video you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how they conceptualized, designed and created these amazing DIY robots!
MakerBot TV S02E11 - MakerBot A Robot! (Thanks, Annelise!)

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Canon shifts to robots for camera production

15 May

Boing Boing

Reuters: Man tries out a Canon EOS-1D X at a Tokyo showroom.
Camera maker Canon is evolving toward "fully automating" production, to reduce costs. Japan, where the Canon plants in question are located, is a leading nation in robotics development.
"The move toward machine-only production will likely be completed in the next few years, perhaps as soon as 2015," according to a company official quoted in the AP.
But do not fear being made obsolete, earthlings.
"Human beings are needed to come up with innovations on how to use robots," another Canon spokesperson told AP. "Going to a no-man operation at that level is still the world of science fiction."
Read the full article.
(via @tokyoreporter)

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Robots With Red Ink

14 May

The Daily Dish - By Andrew Sullivan

Dana Goldstein considers the future of robo-grading, which could use online encyclopedias to help fact-check essays:
An experimental program called the Stanford Named Entity Recognizer can pick out proper nouns like "Chaucer" and "Albert Einstein" with 82 percent precision. Another program, called ReVerb, can recognize about one-third of the "facts" writers present on such topics, such as the century in which Chaucer lived (the 14^th) and Einstein’s most famous scientific contribution (the Theory of Relativity). Since computers can already recognize phrases that hint at an argument—such as "caused by" and "led to"—it isn’t inconceivable that in coming years, a program will be able to search Web sources on a certain topic, and then use its findings to assess the plausibility of a writer’s assertions.
Kevin Drum bets that a computer will be as good as a human at scoring student essays by 2022.

Read more over at www.theatlantic.com
Helium Robots release their single 'Silver'

14 May

Altsounds

Helium Robots' last two singles 'Bring Drinking' and 'Lacrimosa' - were remixed by the likes of Blamma! Blamma! and Tuff City Kids. Remixes of 'Silver' will be hitting your headphones soon from the likes of Picture House and Youpidou but until then sit back and enjoy Helium Robots latest offering.

LISTEN // Helium Robots - 'Silver'

http://soundcloud.com/purplepr/helium-robots-silver

'Silver' brings Helium Robots to a new level with twangy guitars accompanied by space age samples and punchy synthesizers. The band is slowly revealing their eclectic sound with each new track ready to unleash the full album in the coming month.

Helium Robots were formed by Ewan in 2007, Lydia has joined the band to create a new dynamic. Their music is filled with solid instrumentals, provided by Ewan, then delicately layered on top are Lydias stunning vocals creating a truly unique sound that brings a new level to electronic music.

'Silver' is out now and the debut album Voltopia is out June 11th (available on iTunes from 28th May) through This Is Music.

Read more over at hangout.altsounds.com
Expo 2012 opens with more robots than ever

13 May

New Zealand Herald - Technology

Expo 2012 has opened in South Korea's coastal city of Yeosu for a three-month run.Organisers say the fair, which kicked off Saturday, has the largest number of robots in the history of expos. Attractions include a robot fish that...

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Expo opens in South Korea with robots, ocean theme

12 May

Boston.com -World news

Expo 2012 has opened in South Korea's coastal city of Yeosu for a three-month run.

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Expo opens in South Korea with robots, ocean theme

12 May

The Seattle Times - Nation & World

Expo 2012 has opened in South Korea's coastal city of Yeosu for a three-month run.

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Expo opens in South Korea with robots, ocean theme

12 May

AP Top Science News

YEOSU, South Korea (AP) -- Expo 2012 has opened in South Korea's coastal city of Yeosu for a three-month run....

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How To Fight Robots

12 May

The Daily Dish - By Andrew Sullivan

A Terminator survival guide:
Recent Dish on other fears over smart machines here.

Read more over at www.theatlantic.com