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December 07, 2014

Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate
Paris (AFP) Dec 06, 2014
There was the psychotic HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey". The humanoids which attacked their flesh-and-blood masters in "I, Robot". And, of course, "The Terminator", where a robot is sent into the past to kill a woman whose son will end the tyranny of the machines in the future. Never far from the surface, a dark, dystopian view of artificial intelligence (AI) has returned to the headlines, thanks to British physicist Stephen Hawking. "The primitive forms of artificial intel ... read more

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Hawking warns AI 'could spell end of human race' British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that development of artificial intelligence could mean the end of humanity. ... more		Finland Parliament Approves Nuclear Power Plant Construction With Russia Finland's parliament on Friday approved with a majority of votes the construction of the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant with Russia's participation. The measure makes Finland the first countr ... more		Comet probe in race against time to crown stellar feat Europe's deep-space robot lab Philae worked against the clock Friday, attempting to drill into a comet 510 million kilometres (320 million miles) from Earth to crown a historic exploration before its battery runs out. ... more
				Mini Rovers Hold Big Promise for Community College Students Four miniature rovers will go head-to-head this week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as community college students across the state - and one from Hawaii - get a first-h ... more		Carnegie Mellon Unveils Lunar Rover "Andy" Carnegie Mellon University has unveiled Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature swings and high radiation encountered while exploring the moon's p ... more

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Astrobiology Acupuncture: Collecting Data from Non-Planar Surfaces A team of researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program has turned to acupuncture in order to study samples from rough and uneven surfaces, such as rocks and meteorites. Using the t ... more		An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots On 24 October 2014, Sweden called off the hunt for a submarine after a week-long underwater search in the Stockholm archipelago. Triggered by a reported sighting of a Russian submarine, the alleged ... more		Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer UAV swarm algorithm boosts spectrum resilience in contested airspace Spatiotemporal resilience model targets IoT unmanned fleets		Within Rover's Reach at Mars Target Area 'Alexander Hills' This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a swath of bedrock called "Alexander Hills," which the rover approached for close-up inspection of selected targets. ... more
				An alternative to 'Turing Test' A Georgia Tech professor is offering an alternative to the celebrated "Turing Test" to determine whether a machine or computer program exhibits human-level intelligence. The Turing Test - orig ... more		Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ic ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak? The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola - a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light. ... more		Schker-blop! The sound of a comet touchdown No trumpet sounded to mark the historic event - instead, it was a hollow, springy plop which heralded last week's landing by the comet probe Philae. ... more		Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer UAV swarm algorithm boosts spectrum resilience in contested airspace Spatiotemporal resilience model targets IoT unmanned fleets		Comet probe 'sniffed' organic molecules: early data Mankind's first-ever probe of a comet found traces of organic molecules and a surface much harder than imagined, scientists said Tuesday of initial sample data from robot lab Philae. ... more
Elon Musk thinks robots could turn on us in the next five years One couldn't be blamed for thinking Elon Musk knows something important that the public doesn't, since he's been sounding the alarm on dangerous robots recently, and now he's presented a timeline. ... more		Several Drives Push Opportunity Over 41-Kilometer Mark Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals about a mile (1.4 kilometers) to the south. The rover has b ... more		DARPA-Funded Inflatable Robotics Helps Spark Idea for Silver Screen Star The giant, balloon-like inflatable robot named Baymax in Disney's Big Hero 6 has its roots in real-world research conducted by iRobot Corporation, Carnegie Mellon University and Otherlab under DARPA ... more		Triumphant comet probe sends last-gasp data from 'alien world' Robot probe Philae uploaded a slew of last-minute data to Earth Friday from a comet in deep space, before going to sleep at the end of its historic mission, ground controllers said. ... more

	Comet probe sends back drill experiment data in final hours Europe's science probe Philae sent home a treasure trove of data from a comet heading towards the Sun before falling silent as its power ran out, mission control said Saturday. ... more		European probe lands on comet, fails to anchor Europe made history Wednesday by placing the first-ever lander on a comet - but the robot failed to anchor itself properly, raising concerns at ground control. The fridge-sized lab dubbed Phi ... more

Molecular catalyst switches between hydrogen and oxygen production

Project Pele microreactor reaches key milestone with first TRISO fuel delivery

Heat limits on communication in computers

Comet lander 'working well', but may be on slope		Google takes over NASA airport in Silicon Valley		Moving cameras talk to each other to identify, track pedestrians		Mars Orbiter MAVEN Demonstrates Relay Prowess		Robotic underwater gliders observe melting Antarctic ice sheets
Robotic Ocean Gliders Aid Study of Melting Polar Ice		ATLAS walking robot does karate		Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown		Microbot muscles: Chains of particles assemble and flex		Penguin-bot is a happy feat for science

Amazon debuts Siri-style virtual assistant in speaker

This robot makes you feel like a 'ghost' is in the room

'Smart' living gets real as connectivity rates rise

NASA Installs Giant Composite Material Research Robot

NASA Team Advances Next-Generation 3D-Imaging Lidar

To Agilkia... and beyond: Comet landing site is named

'Nanomotor lithography' answers call for affordable, simpler device manufacturing

Hybrid fluid transmission enables light and swift robotic arms

Projecting a robot's intentions

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Watches Comet Fly Near

Google teams with Oxford to teach machines to think

US military's robot space plane lands back on Earth

New TALON tactical robot makes debut

Japan toymaker unveils tiny talking, singing humanoid

An android opera: Japan's Shibuya plots new era of robot music

Mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality

NASA's New Winds Mission Installed, Gathers First Data

UA Planetary Scientists, Japanese to Trade Hard-Rock Stories

Alexander Gerst set for spacewalk

Wiseman and Gerst Complete First Spacewalk of Expedition 41

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