Tag: Robots

Denver Hires Hundreds of Homeless People to Work for the City

For the homeless, it’s a tough challenge to secure a job with reliable income — the very thing these individuals need in order to afford the housing they lack. The city of Denver has developed a practical solution: launched on November 1st, its Denver Day Works initiative invites people living on the streets to complete government maintenance jobs for a sizable wage of $12.59...

This Post Apocalyptic Festival Makes Burning Man Look Like a Walk in the Park

For four days last September, a patch of barren sand in the middle of the Mojave Desert, California came to life with hellish visions of a post apocalyptic world. The annual Wasteland Weekend Festival draws thousands of visitors into a fully immersive 'Mad Max-esque' experience. It's 4 days of bungee battles, fire performance, cosplay, live music and post apocalyptic films. In 2010, Wasteland had its first year,...
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This Robot Might Be the Future of DIY Surgery

In the 2013 Matt Damon sci-fi movie Elysium, the rich live on a space station where every home is equipped with a medical device...

Robot Journalists Are Taking Over the Associated Press Newsroom

Those news articles that pop up in your Facebook feed about Coca-Cola's new business venture or the latest development in Middle East oil politics,...

A Robot Is About To Hitchhike Across Canada

There was a time in America's past where hitchhiking was a common thing. People in need of a ride and short on cash thought...

Engineers In Florida Have Just Created A Working RoboCop

Crime in the future is going to be a lot more difficult. Between flying police drones and a new RoboCop prototype created at Florida...

AI Tried to Create Inspirational Quotes, and it Went Hilariously Wrong

AI is a concept that both excites and terrifies us. Machine learning systems are set to revolutionize and streamline the way we live, work,...

Inside the Life of People Married to Robots

Zheng Jiajia is an engineer and a graduate of Zhejiang University. He is 31 years old and married to a beautiful young woman named...

Physicist Believes These Computers Could Make Immortality Possible

The famous Professor of Particle Physics, Brian Cox, is one of many scientists who believe we will soon be able to completely merge our...

Revolutionary Synthetic Muscle Brings Us One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have just taken a big step towards making the movie Terminator a reality. They’ve made a breakthrough in the field...

Study Warns: Half of Our Jobs Will Disappear in the Next 25 Years

Although unemployment sounds like an inherently negative concept, an ideal, functioning government has to maintain a small percentage of unemployed workers at all times....

This Creepy Robot Said it Straight: She Wants to Destroy Humans

There is no getting around it. Humanoid robots are going to be our servers, coworkers and well, possibly our killers. Okay, maybe we are...