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US Asks for Killer Robot Ban

by Katie Gatto

A look how how the UN is hoping to prevent killer robots from making it onto the battle field. Following up after a recent report on the potential of killer robots on the fields of war, the US is asking all nations to take on a willing ban of the use of killer bots due to legal and ethical issues that surround the use of the robots in battle.

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Robots Evolve!

by Katie Gatto

Nick Cheney, a current candidate for a PhD at Cornell University, has shown off some pretty cool research in robotics recently. He applied the idea of evolution to the bots. A single bot, which was fairly generic, was able to reproduce into several generations of more effective models. By using breeding to respond to a single selective pressure.

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Robot Octopus Swims Like Biological Counterpart

by Katie Gatto

A new octopus that is not biological swims the same way that a real one would. The bot, which was shown off at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which takes place annually in Karlsruhe, Germany showed off the robot in a tank in order to demonstrate the swimming motion.

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HGST Travelstar 5K1500 Notebook Drive: 1.5TB in Slim 9.5mm Casing

by Rey M.L.

Most laptops support hard drives of only up to a 9.5 millimetre thickness, and before now the largest data capacity available within that thickness was one terabyte. For those select few who need more than that, HGST has arrived with a solution.

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German Industrial Robots Turned Aussie GPS Testers

by Katie Gatto

It looks like robots, that were designed to do heavy work in factories in Germany, are going to be going on a new adventure. They are going to be used to help test the relability of the GPS systems down under in the outback.The systems data will be used to refine the system and help tectonic plate research in the future.

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The Real Story Behind the Failed Sale of the Sega Pluto

by Nicholas.Greene

Some time ago, a fellow on Destructoid who goes by the handle "kidvid666" made a very exciting revelation. Apparently, he owns one of the only two Sega Pluto units in existence. He decided to see what he could sell it for, and opted to put it up for auction. Unfortunately, things didn't exactly go as planned.

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Going Green: Bamboo Calculator

by Laurie Kay Olson

Electronics are environmentally unfriendly. They usually are made up of non-renewable resources that will take thousands of years to degrade. There is one small way that you can take a step toward sustainability -- go bamboo. One of the latest twists is that outer components made of plastic and metal are now being crafted out of bamboo.

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Can Robots Care for Humans?

by Katie Gatto

A look at new work that is being done by workers at the Carnegie Mellon Universityin hopes of helping older people to live at home longer and better, with the help of robots. The bot currently in development, but not in production, is designed to help clean up and bring objects. It won't replace humans, but it could help add to their efforts.

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Develop An App For NETGEAR'S Million Dollar App Contest & Win Up To $1,000,000!

develop networking app for Netgear, win one million dollars!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re a master of creating networking apps, you’ve got a great chance to score up to one million dollars in Las Vegas for your innovative development skills.

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$16,000 Up For Grabs Via The 2013 Mobile Dev Challenge For Best Mobile App!

by Arnold Carreiro

Are you a stellar mobile app innovator who needs a good excuse to show off your work? Any sort of mobile app can be thrown into the running, as long as it’s excellent!

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