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Friday, 19. December 2003

RobertBast, December 19, 2003 at 7:27:00 AM AEDT

Leaps and bounds in Robotics

Sony have made a robot called QRIO, and it can:

Run
Jump
Dance
Keep balance
Protect itself if it falls
Get up again
Fight?
See with stereo vision
Recognise faces and voices.
Converse
Show emotion

I say fight because "If pushed by someone, QRIO will take a step in the direction it was pushed to keep from falling over." We all know that push and shove can lead to an all out brawl.

Prediction: within 10 years people will be mugged by robots.

Source: Sony QRIO site

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Thursday, 18. December 2003

RobertBast, December 18, 2003 at 12:24:00 PM AEDT

Ancient Lion-Person figurine found

33,000 years ago German humans (well, presumably) were carving figurines of horses, birds and half-man, half-lions known as Lowenmensch. Two of these lion-people have been found, which implies there were many.

What does it mean? I have no idea... maybe someone else can work it out for us. <br.

Source: National Geographic

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