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Boston Dynamics Takes Alpha Dog Military Robot Out For Its First Walk

Written by: Peter Murray 17 hours ago

DAPRA released a video of the LS3 Alpha Dog as it conquers a woody hillside. More intensive testing is to begin this summer.

First there were porters, then beasts of burden, then mechanized vehicles. And now we’re back to beasts of burden – [...]

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Computer Algorithm Used To Make Movie For Sundance Film Festival

Written by: Peter Murray 6 days ago

The Pandora of movies. Films by Eve Sussman and Rufus Corporation are clips pieced together by a computer algorithm.

Indie movie makers can be a strange bunch, pushing the envelope of their craft and often losing us along the [...]

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A Look At BMW’s Semi-Autonomous Driving Car

Written by: Peter Murray 8 days ago

The upright, folded hands is a sign of confidence. So is driving a BMW. With ConnectedDrive Connect, BMW owners can do both!

While robotic cars have a ways to go yet before rolling (themselves) out onto showroom floors, BMW is incorporating driver [...]

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Sebastian Thrun Aims to Revolutionize University Education With Udacity

Written by: Peter Murray 13 days ago

Will online education bring about the end of 'class as usual?'

This past August fellow Singularity Hub writer Aaron Saenz wrote about Udacity, the online university created by Stanford artificial intelligence [...]

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iRobot CEO Discusses Their New Robot AVA

Written by: Peter Murray 15 days ago

iRobot CEO, Colin Angle, with AVA.

We found this video from CNNMoney, about AVA, iRobot’s latest personal assistance robot. We’ve covered AVA before, how it’s basically [...]

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Rollin’ Justin Robot Gets Agile, Learns How To Throw A Ball (video)

Written by: Peter Murray 16 days ago

The gangly Agile Justin, ready to toss a ball to its robotic twin Rollin' Justin.

Where was Agile Justin last year when we needed him to throw out the first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies [...]

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Call of Duty Video Game Reaches $1 Billion In Sales In 16 days, Faster Than Cameron’s Avatar

Written by: David Hill 22 days ago

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the eighth installment of the popular first-person shooter game.

Modern Warfare 3 (MW3), the eighth in the Call of Duty series, made an astonishing $400 million in sales in [...]

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Senstore Wants To Make A Tricorder That Monitors The Entire Body

Written by: Peter Murray 29 days ago

Senstore's founders Antony Evans and Rachel Kalmar are creating a crowd-sourced tricorder in which developers create hardware.

What a great place that Singularity University is. Smart, motivated people coming together to make the world a better place [...]

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Is 2012 The Year That Robot Applications Take Root?

Written by: Frank Tobe 37 days ago

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In July of 2008, the app store concept was launched by Apple and it has dramatically changed the mobile industry. [...]

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Want Some Time on Research Telescopes? New Social Network Will Put Them In Your Hands

Written by: Aaron Saenz 39 days ago

GLORIA feature

The social network is soon to be filled with stars…not celebrities, but actual celestial bodies. The GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent [...]