http://www.metafilter.com/tags/riseofthemachines Posts tagged with 'riseofthemachines' at MetaFilter. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:52:08 -0800 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:52:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65629/Has%2DSkynet%2Dcome%2Donline <a href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome">RepRap</a> is a self-replicating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_prototyping">rapid prototype machine</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printer">3D printer</a>) using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused_deposition_modelling">fused deposition modelling</a>. You can <a href="http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRapOneDarwin">build one</a>, although I'm not sure why you'd need to.... tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65629 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:52:08 -0800 3dprinter 3Dprinting magic prototype rapid rapidprototyping reprap riseofthemachines dersins http://www.metafilter.com/51550/Robots <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot">Robot</a>Filter: Korea Unveils World's <a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605040016.html">Second Android</a> (<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=gD1tjTsBsJc&search=korean%20android">YouTube</a>), China manufactures <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/05052006/80-132/robot-gets-personal-china.html">personal robot</a>, Japan's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4196052.stm">domestic robot</a>, Why the Japanese want their robots to act <a href="http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5323427">more like humans</a>. Robot runs <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060424/lizardbot_tec.html">over water</a>, <a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9124-robotic-tentacles-get-to-grips-with-tricky-objects.html">robotic <a href="http://www.ece.msstate.edu.nyud.net:8090/~bjones/professional/research/OCTOR/octor.htm">tentacle</a> (<a href="http://www.ces.clemson.edu/~ianw/icra06_vid.mpeg">mpeg</a>), 'baby' robot learns <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9117&feedId=online-news_rss20">like a human</a> (avi <a href="http://www.lira.dist.unige.it/projects/adapt/videos/babybot_grasp_duck.avi">1</a>,<a href="http://www.lira.dist.unige.it/videos/graspingSept04/grasping-ball-sept04.avi">2</a>), Pill-sized <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8081">intenstinal robot</a>, <a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn8957-speedy-robot-legs-it-to-break-record.html">speedy robot</a>, <a href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=567">spider robots</a>. Lego Unveils <a href="http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=17278&countrycode=2057">NXT Robotics Toolset</a>, Lego robot <a href="http://community.middlebury.edu/~tdooley/">plays Super Mario Bros</a>, <a href="http://www.teamhassenplug.org/robots/fullcontact/">Connect Four</a>, <a href="http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html">solves Rubik's Cube</a>. <a href="http://news.com.com/Photos+Building+an+army+of+robots/2300-11394_3-6066984.html?tag=st.txt.caro">Building an army of robots</a>, <a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn8802.html">Big</a> <a href="http://www.bdi.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog">Dog</a>, (<a href="http://www.bdi.com/dist/BigDog_Feb-26-2006.wmv">wmv</a>), <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30306">Robots break Asimov’s first law</a>. [more inside]</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51550 Thu, 11 May 2006 19:06:05 -0800 riseofthemachines robot robots MetaMonkey