Terminator Scenario

[littleman]

Here's a Ted talk about those quadricopter bots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY

I'd really like to see some testing on those suits of armor.

[grnidone]

Oh lord...NOW they RUN...

http://techland.time.com/2012/03/05/darpa-backed-cheetah-is-the-worlds-fastest-running-robot/

And apparently other things as well.  This guy thinks Robots will be so advanced the people will marry them by 2050

Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner!

A leading expert in artificial intelligence, David Levy argues that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship and human desire. He shows how automata have evolved and how human interactions with technology have changed over the years. Levy explores many aspects of human relationships—the reasons we fall in love, why we form emotional attachments to animals and virtual pets, and why these same attachments could extend to love for robots. Levy also examines how society's ideas about what constitutes normal sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual technology becomes increasingly sophisticated.

Shocking, eye-opening, provocative, and utterly convincing, Love and Sex with Robots is compelling reading for anyone with an open mind.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061359807

_{I gotta stop looking at this robot crap.  I'm getting freaked out.}

[dogboy]

> normal sex have changed—and will continue to change—as sexual technology becomes increasingly sophisticated.

...sheep will sleep better knowing this.

[dogboy]

notable 4X4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7QrR4Ur8&feature=player_embedded

[Woz]

Speaking of Quadricoptors - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html

[littleman]

That's sort of...creepy.

On a more practical note:
Eric Schmidt: Google Self-Driving Cars Should Become The Predominant Mode Of Transport In Our Lifetime
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/12/eric-schmidt-google-self-driving-cars-should-become-the-predominant-mode-of-transport-in-our-lifetime/

[dogboy]

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[grnidone]

>Google Self-Driving Cars Should Become The Predominant Mode Of Transport In Our Lifetime

My guess is that they are interested in this technology so they don't have to pay someone to drive through all the little towns to get the street view for their maps.  Think how much they could save!

[grnidone]

Levitating car: 

Anyone know if htis is for real?

http://www.flixxy.com/volkswagen-levitating-car.htm

[Chunkford]

It would never happen as long as oil companies are pulling oil out of the ground. Nice concept tho, but it would mean having to rebuild roads to accommodate it. A cost the Governments around the world wouldn't want to do.

[littleman]

>Anyone know if htis is for real?

That's a pretty good viral video, but its just cgi.

[4Eyes]

but its just cgi

I don't care - I'll still buy one - then all I have to do is move somewhere I can drive a cgi car.

If I remember correctly, it just needs me to take some kind of blue pill, yeah?

[littleman]

Or, you could take the red pill and fly around without a car.

[Chunkford]

Just seen a video of 3D printing speeded up and I instantly thought off Skynet using molten metal instead of plastic to create exoskeletons to control and rule the world with!

Eeek!!