Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #52 - Form Over Musk


Non-time traveling DeLorean taxis. Teaching a robot to lie.  Musk on Mars. Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer talk. And what job would you like to do on the red planet?



* These cabs won't be getting up to 88 mph.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57556896-48/this-delorean-taxi-concept-will-likely-never-hit-88-mph/

* Do we really want to teach robots about deception?
http://news.discovery.com/tech/squirrels-birds-teach-robots-to-deceive-121203.html

* Elon Musk wants to build a Mars colony.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49967348/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UL7xNIbNlks

* This week's Audible.com pick, Transhumanism: Robots, Cyborgs and Artificial Intelligence. 
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_2_10?asin=B002V9XBIQ&qid=1354761447&sr=2-10

* And, our picks; the Star Trek: Into Darkness Japanese International Trailer, the short film Six Minute Jump and the movie Love In Space.

*  Question of the week; If you were among the first people to colonize Mars, what job duty would you want?

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http://ia601505.us.archive.org/10/items/TimeTravelingRobotsInSpace52-FormOverMusk/Episode52-FormOverMusk.mp3

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Time Traveling Robots in Space #47 - What A Bee Brain!


Backwards time travel debunked, bee brains for robots and upcoming sci-fi movies that aren't sequels or remakes.



* What is Looper's potential for real world time travel?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/02/showbiz/movies/looper-time-travel-pierce/index.html

* Scientists want to upload bee brains into robots.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57525206/engineers-hope-to-upload-bees-brains-into-robots/

* Upcoming sci-fi films that aren't remakes or sequels.
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/22850/10-sci-fi-films-to-look-forward-to-in-2013

* This week's Audible.com pick, Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet by Ben Bova

* And, our picks; The Kerbal Space Program game, the Radio Lab interview with astronaut Dave Wolf,
the short film Rocket boy Roger and the astronomy podcast The Jodcast.

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