Time Traveling Robots in Space #72 - High Fives and Robo Hugs

On Time Traveling Robots in Space #72, We discuss why no one came to a certain party, what kind of help for the holidays a robot provided and a new form of propulsion.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Professor Hawking tries to prove time travel by sending out invitations for a party four years ago

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/10488058/Professor-Hawking-tries-to-prove-time-travel-by-sending-out-invitations-for-party-four-years-ago.html

*  A rabbi and a robot walk into a Hanukkah party…
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57614291-1/a-rabbi-and-a-robot-walk-into-a-hanukkah-party../

* Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture touts its new rocket engine

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-space-venture-touts-its-new-rocket-2D11687371

* Our Audible.com pick; The Expedition: Expedition, Book 1 by Loren Robinson
http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Expedition-Audiobook/B002V5CSRK/ref=a_search_c4_2_5_srImg?qid=1386894121&sr=2-5

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human episode "Blood Brothers"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H7U0DJ4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00H7U0DJ4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Space 1999 episode “Black Sun”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DYPZ9A4?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00DYPZ9A4&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Largest ever photo of the night sky

http://petapixel.com/2011/05/04/amateur-photographer-shoots-largest-ever-photo-of-the-night-sky/

http://skysurvey.org/blog/2011/2/17/for-all-the-nights-stars

http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html

* And the question of the week...

If you had a robot sidekick, what would its name be? and what would it do?

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Time Traveling Robots in Space #71 - Reeves Is A Creeper

On Time Traveling Robots in Space #71, We discuss what Star Trek, Doctor Who and Superman all got wrong.  Lethal autonomous weapons systems and what we should do about them.  What India has to prove.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.

* Seven of the silliest time-travel concepts ever

http://www.livescience.com/40727-time-travel-concepts-in-science-fiction.html

*  Will the U.N. Ban “Killer Robots”?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/11/20/will_the_u_n_ban_killer_robots.html

* Poor countries want space programs more than the rich ones

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/poor-countries-want-space-programs-more-than-rich-ones-do/

* Our Audible.com pick; An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - written and narrated by Chris Hadfield
http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/An-Astronauts-Guide-to-Life-on-Earth-Audiobook/B00G9QR048/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1384999351&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F56XZ24?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00F56XZ24&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

58 Sci-fi Short Films

http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1qu1vi/best_scifi_short_films/

Abe

http://vimeo.com/64114843

* And the question of the week...

If every country had autonomous killer robots now, who would use them first?

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