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Robot Artist Draws Caricatures in Three Minutes
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Not content to just take our medical and factory jobs, robots are now eying the art field, with an emphasis on creating caricatures. After robots one day hit the street and earn money by drawing people, caricature will become a lost art to humans. It will be a world gone… |
March 12th, 2012
Spider Robot is Creepy, But Helpful
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The disaster in Japan early this year showed people that robots are often needed in the wake of a massive catastrophe like the tsunami and earthquake. When the nuclear plant started to meltdown and radiation leaked out, humans couldn’t get to the plant to help, so robots were brought in.… |
November 2nd, 2011
World’s Smallest Video Camera Can Fit In Your Nose
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This is the world’s tiniest camera and it’s been designed to shoot video inside your body. It’s supposed to replace the fiber optic endoscope despite the fact that I saw it used in the last episode of House, it’s not science fiction. |
March 14th, 2011
Miniature HDTV Camera for Tight Spaces
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Developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, this tiny little camera can capture full HDTV 1920×1080 resolution video at up to 60 frames per second. The MicroHDTV camera measures just about 1.5″ x 1.5″ x 3″ and can easily fit in confined spaces… |
February 2nd, 2007
