Aug
18
2008
0

Rise of the rat-brained robots

AFTER buttoning up a lab coat, snapping on surgical gloves and spraying them with alcohol, I am deemed sanitary enough to view a robot’s control system up close. Without such precautions, any fungal spores on my skin could infect it. “We’ve had that happen. They just stop working and die off,” says Mark Hammond, the system’s creator.

http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926696.100-rise-of-the-ratbrained-robots.html?feedId=online-news_rss20

Written by Blayne in: Neurotronics |
Aug
17
2008
0

Brain will be battlefield of future, warns US intelligence report

The human brain could become a battlefield in future wars, a new report predicts, including ‘pharmacological land mines’ and drones directed by mind control

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/13/military.neuroscience

Written by Blayne in: Brain |

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