Word of Mouth 05.26.2012

Source: New Hampshire Public Radio | NHPR

In those gin-soaked days of yesteryear, a beautiful woman on the arm was an executive’s secret weapon for landing the deal. A young knock-out by your side signaled power, style, and proof that you had it a ...
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Synchronizing Humanoid Robot Swarms

Source: Science Fiction in the News

() [R]oboticists have been searching for a better form of synchronisation that is more robust to the various trials and tribulations that befall robotic dancers. Today, Patrick Bechon and Jean-Jacques Slotine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
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Japanese investors face land, infra hurdles in India

Source: Rediff

Shaikh Zoaib Saleem in New Delhi Image: Japan's bullet train, or the shinkansen, speeds past Mount Fuji. Photographs: J R Tokai/Reuters Complex riders to land acquisition and lack of adequate physical infrastru ...
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First humanoid robot that works side by side with people

Source: Science Daily

ScienceDaily (May 22, 2012) The first robots reached the world of industry over 60 years ago. Since then, for security reasons, they have performed their work isolated in cages, and that prevented collaboration between workers ...
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Robo-Esoterics

Source: New Hampshire Public Radio | NHPR

Among this summer’s anticipated films is Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s prequel to his groundbreaking sci-fi flick, Alien. The plot centers on a crew of inter-galactic explorers – among the cast of characters is a humanoid robot, or android, who sounds de ...
Full article at: New Hampshire Public Radio | NHPR  More like this  5 days ago, 10:52am CDT