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Robot Prison Guard Being Tested, Swears It’s Not Preparing to Enslave Humanity
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While it isn’t quite as bad-ass as Alex Murphy, South Korea’s robot prison guard promises to uphold its prime directives: watch over prisoners and snitch to their human colleagues if needed.… |
April 17th, 2012
Robot Prison Guards Headed to Korean Jails
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South Korea is set to test some new robot prison guards in their jails by as early as next year. The idea is to free up some of the human guards for other duties. The question is, how long will these robo-guards last before they get shived in the circuits… |
November 25th, 2011
Sony PSN to Shutdown for Six Hours at Night in South Korea, for the Kids
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Sony Computer Entertainment Korea has announced that they will be taking PSN offline for underage players in South Korea. This is due to a Shutdown Law in South Korea that prevents underage players from gaming for a six hour period at night. It’s news like this that makes me happy… |
November 15th, 2011
South Korean Quadruped Robot Dog Goes for a Walk
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We’ve seen plenty of footage of BigDog and AlphaDog, but there’s a new robot dog in town, this time coming from South Korea’s SimLab. What’s interesting and at the same time creepy about this one, is that it walks around pretty quietly and seems to move swiftly and with more… |
October 12th, 2011
ETRO Robot Gives You an LED Wink
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This new model of the ETRO robot comes with an animated LED faceplate, allowing it to fake simple emotions. The ETRO ‘bot was exhibited at the Daejon National Science Museum where it interacted with visitors. ETRO responded to people using simple phrases and changing its pixelated facial expressions, sort of… |
August 26th, 2011
Koreans Go Grocery Shopping, Virtually.
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In South Korea, there’s a new way to go shopping, and it doesn’t involve going to the store, or surfing the web. Instead, customers of Tesco’s Home plus stores get to shop in the subway station before they get home.… |
June 28th, 2011
South Korea Hires Robot Teachers
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South Korea isn’t a great destination for English teachers. There’s a shortage of English teachers in South Korea because the Koreans apparently work them like dogs (extremely long hours, from early in the morning to late at night including Saturdays on a fixed salary). The ones who stay want to… |
December 29th, 2010
Windro Robot: This Roomba Does Windows
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While I don’t have a Roomba, I used to have a boss who kept watching the infomercials a few years ago and finally got himself one. Love them or hate them, robot vacuum cleaners are here to stay. This latest ‘bot isn’t a Roomba, or a robot vacuum cleaner per… |
September 21st, 2010
Furo the Emotional Future Robot: Aren’T They Supposed to Lack Feeling?
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This new robot coming to us from South Korea really wants to express itself. The FURO from Future Robot is designed to convey various “human emotions” including, but not limited to “Uncomfortable smile,” “How do you like my teeth? I just had them whitened,” and “I’m sad that I have… |
July 7th, 2010
Gigantic Crane Lifts Korean Battleship Out of the Water!
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I’m always amazed at the incredible machines that exist nowadays. Check this one out. It’s a massive crane that’s powerful enough that it can lift a warship out of the water. Where is this happening? Asia, of course – more specifically South Korea. This warship is the Cheonan…, which |
May 26th, 2010
