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12/15/2023
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By Belle Carter
Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families
The 2023 “Trouble in Toyland” report, which focuses on safety hazards in traditional children’s toys and is annually produced by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), emphasized warning parents of new threats on smart toys that pose a privacy risk to children and families. According to the 38th yearly report, toys with microphones, cameras […]
09/27/2020
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By Ramon Tomey
Japanese convenience stores using VR-controlled robots to restock shelves
Two Japanese convenience stores have adopted a seven-foot-tall robot to restock store shelves. The robots, controlled remotely using virtual reality (VR), address concerns over social distancing for human employees in the workplace and Japan’s impending critical labor shortage. Japanese robotics company Telexistence is responsible for the robotic stock clerk, dubbed Model-T after Henry Ford’s famous […]
10/08/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Study: Your torso is more intuitive and precise than a joystick for piloting drones
According to a study by researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the human torso can be used to control drones more accurately than joysticks in both real and simulated test runs. Data from the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is now being used to apply the revolutionary body-machine-interface […]
05/20/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Former DARPA exec to head shady Facebook project called “Building 8” centered around augmented reality and brain-scanning technology
As if things weren’t already bad enough for Mark Zuckerberg’s baby, Facebook (the world’s least trusted company at this point), now they are apparently working on a secret project behind the scenes that has nothing to do with social media, and everything to do with scanning people’s brains as part of a sinister artificial intelligence […]
05/01/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Experts warn that sex robots have caused a disturbing shift in our sexuality; now people avoid actual physical relationships because robots are “easier”
As if the human race hasn’t already diminished to the point of near-total soullessness, thanks to the rise of smartphones and social media, new research suggests that things could soon get a whole lot worse with the introduction of “sex robots.” According to one self-professing expert on the subject, the idea of having sex with […]
04/28/2018
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By Edsel Cook
ROBO-WARS: DARPA wants to deploy automated drones as coordinated swarms to “isolate an urban objective”
DARPA is no longer satisfied with merely deploying drones to the battlefield. It wants swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground-borne robots that can work together to isolate an urban objective, according to an article on TechCrunch. The military research agency has announced the second “sprint” of its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. Sprints are periods […]
02/11/2018
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By Rhonda Johansson
Newly created “e-skin” allows you to manipulate virtual objects without seeing or touching them
German and Austrian researchers have developed the smallest form of electronic skin to date. The e-skin device is about three micrometers thick, making it thinner than an average piece of human hair. The technology adds to the ever-growing industry of electronic devices set to merge robotics with humans. This new e-skin device can be placed […]
01/24/2018
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By David Williams
Black Mirror-style digital afterlife could become real much sooner than you expect, experts say
While it may be impossible to create a fully-working and self-aware digital version of yourself with current technology, you are most likely — and unknowingly — creating all of the necessary ingredients for it simply through the use of your various digital devices. Unless you have very little or no access to phones, computers, and […]
02/17/2017
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By News Editors
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg hints at SECRET plans to use artificial intelligence to censor and spy on users
MARK Zuckerberg appears to have accidentally revealed plans to use artificial intelligence to spy on Facebook users’ private messages in a bid to combat “terrorism”. (Article by Jasper Hamill from Thesun.co.uk) The billionaire hinted at this controversial scheme in an early version of a 6,000-word manifesto about Facebook’s future. Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan and their tot […]
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