Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Today the US Postal Service announced drastic service changes in order to preserve the pensions of its overpriced, exploding, workforce. In this world of budget cutting, robots make a lot of sense. The question is not one of capability, but when and how much do we trust our lives in mechanical hands. Last week, the … Read more
Today Occupy Wall Street took over the sidewalks near my “peaceful” office. In observing these derelicts, I am convinced that they, the protestors, are the problem NOT the solution. It is crystal clear to me that mankind would be better served if some humans would abdicate their actions to robots. A French research team at … Read more
The fear of the NBA canceling the 2011-2012 season is very real. If you are tired of overpaid professional athletes wining about another million, it is time for us to “Occupy Sports” by replacing these numbnuts with some bolts. The students at China’s Zhejiang University are not waiting for a strike, to plan to overthrow humans … Read more
Life is a fragile balance between near misses and prevention. In just 1 hour an asteroid will pass 200,000 miles away from our earthly domiciles. Whew, that was a close one… Predicting space collisions is the full time job of NASA and scientists worldwide. Today’s rock, YU55, was detected by the Deep Space Network in … Read more