Baa, baa robot! Drone controlled by computer will be able to track and round up sheep and cows

UK Daily Mail
May 27, 2013

The bond between shepherds and their loyal sheepdogs is a rural image portrayed on television shows like the BBC’s One Man His Dog.

But now the face of hill farming may soon change forever with the introduction of a battery-powered airborne robot to track and round up flocks.

The drone, developed by Frenchman Marc-Alexandre Favier, costs a few hundred pounds and could eventually be controlled by smartphone.

It uses cameras [...]

iRobot ‘Doctors’ to Roll Out in 7 Hospitals

BOSTON (CBS) — The RP VITA robot will be deployed allowing doctors and patients to interact with nothing more than an iPad and video screen. It’s the first such robot approved for use by the FDA.

Marcio Macedo, Director of Product Development for iRobot tells WBZ the system developed with InTouch Health of Santa Barbara, California, is based on a tablet interface that allows a doctor to be up and running [...]

Metallic Spheres Found in Ancient Mexican Temple

“The spheres are thought to be offerings of some kind, as the temple was used by priests, but for now, “no one can establish their function because it is an unprecedented discovery,”

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/30/4285858/strange-metal-like-spheres-found-mexico-teotihuacan-temple

Hundreds of mysterious spheres lie beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, an ancient six-level step pyramid just 30 miles from Mexico City.

The enigmatic spheres were found during an archaeological dig using a camera-equipped robot at one of the [...]

Pentagon to Build Robots With ‘Real’ Brains

Technology would make robots “truly anonymous”

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
April 11, 2013

A Pentagon-funded team of scientists have constructed a machine that functions like a human brain and would enable robots to think independently and act autonomously.

Researchers for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) have created a device that “looks and ‘thinks’ like a human brain,” James K. Gimzewski, professor of chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, told National Defense [...]

SKYNET?! Crazy video of the closest thing to terminator we have seen yet!

Some cool stuff being made by these guys

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_ls3.html

 

Corporatism: A System Of Control Designed By The Monopoly Men Of The Global Elite

by Michael

The Dow is at a record high and so are corporate profits – so why does it feel like most of the country is deeply suffering right now?  Real household income is the lowest that it has been in a decade, poverty is absolutely soaring,47 million Americans are on food stamps and the middle class is being systematically destroyed.  How can big corporations be doing so well while most American families are [...]

Rise Of The Droids: Will Robots Eventually Steal All Of Our Jobs?

by Michael

Will a robot take your job?  We have entered a period in human history when technology is advancing at an exponential rate.  In some ways, this has been a great blessing for humanity.  For example, I am absolutely blown away by all of the things that my little iPod can do.  But on the other hand, all of this technology is eliminating millions upon millions of high paying jobs.  [...]

Atlantis Found: Giant Sphinxes, Pyramids In Bermuda Triangle

Perhaps eclipsing the discoveries of Troy and King Tut’s tomb is the discovery of Atlantis. Now, two daring scientists, Paul Weinzweig and Pauline Zalitzki, claim they’ve found it. They discovered the submerged ruins of the ancient city off the shores of Cuba. In the distant past the region was dry land, but now only the island of Cuba remains above water. The ancient city is 600 feet below the ocean [...]

JUST-IN: Huge Leak of Radioactive Water in Fukushima No 2. Containment Vessel Fractured!

Asahi: Tepco can’t find where huge amount of highly radioactive water is leaking at Reactor No. 2 — ‘Fractures’ in containment vessel suspected

The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is grappling to locate the source of a leak of highly radioactive water in the crippled No. 2 reactor [...]

A remote-controlled robot is now scouring the basement of the reactor building [...]

TEPCO suspects the radioactive water is leaking [...]

Algorithms or not, stocks have lost three-quarters of their real value since mid-1998 (Dow used to cost 28 ounces of gold; now cost is 7.6 ounces):

HFT Algo Music Sings to the Stock Market

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for sending out data to certain private clients faster than the public data feeds. This yells “rigged robot market” louder than anything else and should scare investors seeking a venue for fair returns far, far away. Algorithms or not, stocks have lost three-quarters of their real value since mid-1998 (Dow used to cost 28 [...]

Artificial brain in which to transfer one’s individual consciousness with the goal of achieving cybernetic immortality

“The 2045 initiative has received the blessing and support from the Dalai Lama, as it prepares to announce the second Global Future 2045 Congress, being held in New York, June, 2013.

Dmitry Itskov, founder of 2045, met His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, in his residence in Dharamsala, a small mountain town in northern India.

They discussed the three major steps of 2045 Avatar Project. First, the creation of a [...]

The FUTURE Is Dangerous!! We Are Entering The Age Of Surprises (VIDEO)

The exponential advancement of technology has reached a critical point where not even governments can project the direction humanity is headed. Some researchers forecast an eventual singularity where the lines between humans and machines are blurred.

Discussions of warfighting domains in the past have included land, sea, air, and space. Recently cyber was added as a current domain of concern. But as cyber capabilities continue to evolve and combine with enablers of rapidly [...]

Robots To Replace Lottery Number Readers On Michigan TV

DETROIT (WWJ) – It’s the end of the line for the three people who read the lottery numbers on Detroit TV.

WWJ Newsradio 950?s Sandra McNeil reports Aggy Usedly, Beth McCleod and Darryl Wood will no longer announce the winning numbers on TV.

Usedly said she and the two others who read the numbers got the word a couple of weeks ago — and it came as a surprise.

“Our contract was up September 29th and our [...]

BREAKING: Bomb Found in Kansas City, MO Mans Car Trying to Enter Federal Building!!! The Robot Is Popping The Trunk Any Second Now!!!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A bomb-sniffing dog has detected the presence of some sort of explosives inside the vehicle of a man who walked into the Kansas City federal building and told authorities he was a terrorist.

The man entered the Richard Bolling Federal Building, 600 E. 12th St., around noon Friday.

The Kansas City Police Department ordered the bomb and arson squad to his vehicle, located on the northeast corner of [...]

Most dangerous drug in the world can block free will, wipe memory – Was it involved in Batman shooting?

August 3, 2012 – Natural News

The borrachero tree, which is marked by beautiful white and yellow blossoms that droop ever so innocuously from the plant’s slender branches, holds a secret that few people outside northern South America know about. The tree’s seeds, flowers, and pollen possess hallucinogenic chemical substances that, when inhaled or consumed, are capable of eliminating a person’s free will, and turning him or her into a mindless zombie that can [...]

Most dangerous drug in the world can block free will, wipe memory – Was it involved in Batman shooting?

(NaturalNews) The borrachero tree, which is marked by beautiful white and yellow blossoms that droop ever so innocuously from the plant’s slender branches, holds a secret that few people outside northern South America know about. The tree’s seeds, flowers, and pollen possess hallucinogenic chemical substances that, when inhaled or consumed, are capable of eliminating a person’s free will, and turning him or her into a mindless zombie that can be [...]

Drone to go jogging with you

Kashmir Hill
Forbes
June 9, 2012

Runners, you no longer have to convince your reluctant partner to put on sneaks and hit the streets with you, thanks to my new favorite drone: the Joggobot, a companion robot for runners. Using a built-in camera, the autonomous drone hones in on sensors in a custom shirt and exhorts you to keep up with it.

“People might feel chased if the Joggobot was behind them,” says researcher [...]

Black Monday ALERT! 06/04/2012!! FUTURES DOWN OVER 100 NOW!!! 10-Year JGB Yield Drops Below 0.8%; Shares of SONY fall below 1,000 Yen for the first time since 1984.

Seriously what are the odds that a powerful group of international policy and mover and shakers meet and the next thing you know the market is crashing?

SELL IN MAY THEN GO AWAY!!!

Dow futures are now down over 100 points!!!

Chart of Dow futures, via FinViz:

 

FinViz

 

UPDATE: And now Japan is diving.

 

Nikkei

http://www.businessinsider.com/asia-morning-markets-june-4-2012-6

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures/

http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=6E&p=m5

I think when all the economies and countries are collapsing the masses will start to realise and then things could then get ugly [...]

Yeah! Prison guard made inmates dance to Usher song in order to win right to use microwave and phone

A prison guard on a power trip was fired for making certain inmates dance on command to Usher’s hit song Yeah!

Dominic Martucci, 35, was fired from his job as a deputy at Ohio’s Summit County Jail after an internal investigation showed a number of violations of the department’s policy.

Martucci, who has a history of suspicious behavior, forced inmates to dance ‘to his liking’ in order to use the prison’s microwave. [...]

18 Mile Per Hour: The Fastest Robot on Earth Q

Marc Raibert of Boston Dynamics shares an up close view of the Cheetah, a robot developed by the laboratory with funding from DARPA. The cheetah is currently the fastest robot in the world, with a top speed of 18 mile per hour. (Source: Bloomberg)

Running Time: 01:42

- Bloomberg

College students put to shame in engineering contest when a 10-YEAR-OLD boy wins top prize

An elementary school robot-geek proved was quite literally punching above his weight when he entered a college-level engineering contest in March, facing rivals two foot taller than him. 

But by the end of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Southeastern competition, it was the university students looking up to10-year-old Davis Fortenberry not the other way around, as he walked away with first place. 

At first competitors complained about Davis, of Piperton, [...]

Grounded Drone Would Deliver Tacos — Anywhere!

SALT LAKE CITY — The ability to have tacos delivered at their feet is an idea many people wouldn’t hesitate to get behind — especially when the tacos are being delivered by a robot.

The Tacocopter — an unmanned drone helicopter that gives customers tacos on demand — would without a doubt be wildly popular were it to exist throughout the nation.

Taco-hungry Americans could order and pay for tacos on their [...]

New York City Cab Drivers Reveal What Passengers Can Do To Get The Best Service

One of the most uncomfortable experiences anyone can have in New York City is a rude cab driver or a wild cab ride.

It’s hard to tell when it will happen. There are some clues — say, the driver swerves through three lanes of traffic to get to the curb where you’re standing — but clues like that aren’t always available.

The cabbie could just be a bad or new driver, that’s [...]

DARPA ‘Cheetah’ Robot Can Run Faster Than You

My Fox NY
March 6, 2012

Looking like a four-legged “Star Wars” creature, the Pentagon’s “Cheetah” robot can gallop up to 18 mph, a land speed record for legged robots.

The robot is the product of the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

“The robot’s movements are patterned after those of fast-running animals in nature,” stated a news release on DARPA’s website . “The robot increases its stride and running speed by [...]

The Uncanny Valley: What Robot Theory tells us about Mitt Romney

The Uncanny Valley: What Robot Theory tells us about Mitt Romney

ExoMars cooperation between Nasa and Esa near collapse

Jonathan Amos
BBC
February 6, 2012

The American space agency looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency.

Nasa has told Esa it is now highly unlikely it will be able to contribute to the endeavours, which envision an orbiting satellite and a big roving robot being sent to the Red Planet.

The US has yet to make a formal statement on the matter but budget [...]

Google developing new car that drives itself

Aaron Leitko
Washington Post
January 31, 2012

In this article, Tom Vanderbilt hits the road and tests a self-driving car: a fully autonomous vehicle that can pilot itself with more precision and efficiency than any human driver. He says the car, which is being developed by Google, provides a smooth and safe, if slightly surreal, ride, even at highway speeds, by using a laser-driven rooftop sensor and a GPS tracking system. “We are driving close [...]

Castro: ‘Robot’ better than Obama, Republicans

From breitbart:

Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro said Monday that a “robot” would be better in the White House than President Barack Obama — or any of the Republicans candidates in the 2012 election race.

“Is it not obvious that the worst of all is the absence in the White House of a robot capable of governing the United States and preventing a war that would end the life of our species?” Castro, 85, wrote [...]

What our busted and confiscated robot airplanes tell us about US’s new method of warfare

Nick Turse
Mother Jones
December 24, 2011

The drone had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong. The oil temperature in the plane’s turbocharger, they noticed, had risen into the “cautionary” range. An hour later, it was worse, and it just kept rising as the minutes wore on. While the crew desperately ran through its “engine overheat” checklist trying to figure out [...]

The S&P 500 has traveled 877 times further than its actual gain/loss on the year!

by ZH

We have previously described the change in market structure post the mid-year USA ratings downgrade as the impossible was suddenly made possible. Nowhere is this more evident than in the huge difference in cumulative distance traveled by the S&P 500. Considering close-to-close changes from the beginning of the year, we see that the average shift of 6 points per day (pre-USA-downgrade) has more than doubled post the downgrade to 12.6 points per day. The [...]

In Past Week Americans Pull The Most Money From Stock Market Farce Since US Downgrade, Despite Market Surge

(ZH) As if we needed another confirmation that the sad joke of a market has now succeeded in driving virtually everyone out courtesy of precisely the kind of bullshit we saw in the last 30 minutes of trading today, here comes ICI with the latest weekly fund flow data. It will not surprise anyone that in the week in which the S&P rose by a whopping 8 points on absolutely nothing but more [...]

Robot recognizes self in mirror: Advances in AI see new abilities of intelligent robots to discriminate between visual and physical form

John Roach
MSNBC
December 2, 2011

A robot that looks like a little green Martian in a snowsuit has learned to recognize itself in the mirror — and is pleased with what it sees.

Mirror-self recognition is a hallmark of intelligence in animals, something found in primates, dolphins and elephants, for example, but not dogs.

On the robot’s blog, the Thecorpora engineers said they wondered what would happen if Qbo sees itself in the mirror, noting that the robot [...]

Fukushima Reactor No. 1 More Radioactive Than Ever

At the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, a robot sent into the building housing Reactor No. 1 on Saturday detected the highest levels of radiation measured since the crisis began on March 11.

According to the Japan Times, The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that radiation levels in the air around Reactor 1 were at 4000 millisieverts per hour, an exposure level equivalent to approximately 40,000 chest x-rays. TEPCO says it [...]

FEDS SPEND MILLIONS STUDYING SHRIMP ON TREADMILLS, ‘GELATIN WRESTLING’ IN ANTARCTICA

The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money studying research involving a shrimp on a treadmill. (ABC)

You’ve probably heard of shrimp on the barbie, but what about shrimp on a treadmill?

The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money researching it. It’s not entirely clear what this research hoped to establish.

But it’s one of a number [...]

From $28.80 To $2,600 In Two Seconds: Thank You SkyNet

Now that the NYSE no longer has to concern itself with various overeager acquirers procuring highly confident letters from the likes of Jefferies that it can procure 10x Debt/EBITDA B2/B- HY bonds to purchase every single public exchange in the world, it can focus on doing what it does best: busting flash smash trades, and taking away the profits of those who are lucky enough [...]