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Google IO Cloud Robotics With PR2 Robot From Willow Garage
No need to worry about the processing power of your robot, when it can connect to the cloud. (re: Harry Harrison)

Rolling Robot's Helicopter Transformation
It's sort of like Kipling's Marine... (re: Philip K. Dick)

TellApart Ads Follow You On The Web
Can a computer predict that you will be a customer, justifying its pursuit of you across the web? (re: William Gibson)

Pneuborn Infant Robots
Baby bots are cute; but do they grow up fast? (re: Brian Aldiss)

Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. iPad 2 vs. Clarke's Newspad
What a world we live in; science-fictional devices are readily available. (re: Arthur C. Clarke)

'Schizophrenic' Computer Aids Researchers
In which a computer is afflicted, with human brain research the beneficiary. (re: Roger Zelazny)

Kiss Transmission Device Latest In Electro-Communication
Actually, based on the video, I'd have to call it a 'French kissing' device. (re: Frederik Pohl)

PaperPhone Uses Bend Gestures
Fascinating prototype uses a unique gestural interface. (re: William Gibson)

Secret Silent Stealth Helicopter
High tech used in the raid on bin Laden's compound. (re: Isaac Asimov)

Directing Microrobot Swarms
All the robots you can fit on the head of a pin. (re: Stanislaw Lem)

What Retinal Implants May Not Replace
'Such eyes are metal and he is flesh ...such a union must be sinful' according to the Fremen. (re: Frank Herbert)

Autonomous Cars In Nevada?
'A person is not required to actively drive an autonomous vehicle.' (re: Robert Heinlein)

Memory Erasure Thanks To Snails
Is it possible to erase individual memories? This research may give the answer. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Denise, Your Virtual Assistant
Remarkable software gives you access to the virtual person you've been looking For. (re: Robert Heinlein)

SpaceX Dragon To Land On Any Planet
A space craft should be able to 'land on its fins' and take off again, don't you think? (re: Robert Heinlein)

DustBot Video Shows Robotic Future Of Trash
This robot is ready to help clean up the planet, one household's recyclables at a time. (re: Harry Harrison)

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