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Feb 13, 2016

D A I J I W O R L D

Posted by in categories: law, robotics/AI

Although this article highlights the robots used in the courts across India; robots in the courtroom has also been proposed in the US. So, if we ask ourselves “Can robots take over court cases and reduce the overloaded burden of the court system?” In some areas as a legal assistant, or paralegal to support the attorney/s; I would say yes.

However, taking over full ownership of a case. Well, that gets tricky in the US. For example, I am a client and I have a robot representing me. I lose my court case. So, can I claim misrepresentation under the current laws? You bet I can.

What do we need to do so that the laws enable robots the same level of recogonition/ equality as a human attorney has today? In order for this type of recogonition/ equality to exist; many laws on the books (state, county, city, and federal) will need to be reviewed, admendments proposed, and a vote done on all of them. Which will take a very very long time. Because the volume of laws in the city and county in some areas like NYC, Chicago, etc. is very extensive and expensive to taxpayers.

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Feb 13, 2016

IoT Could Be Used by Spies, U.S. Intelligence Chief Says

Posted by in categories: business, electronics, habitats, internet, security

More Intel Concerns


James Clapper tells senators the vulnerabilities in connected devices that hackers exploit can also be used for surveillance by foreign countries.

As the Internet of things has grown, so has the debate about security around it.

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Feb 13, 2016

Cloud-Brained Humanoid Robots Are Right around the Corner

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, life extension, neuroscience, robotics/AI

As much as this article wants to promote that by 2020 that we will have terminator style robots acting as an in home nurse with patients (at least in the US) will be very hard to see. Most elderly as well as young children need more of human or personable interaction in their lives. I do highly suggest researchers (especially those that have studied children in orphanages where limited human interaction was available) to share your own insights of what happens to children who are without human contact at long periods as well as the elderly. I believe folks will rethink somethings and be more pragmatic in what these robots can and can do.


Published on Feb 3, 2016

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Feb 13, 2016

Brenau aiming to make off-site students more connected through robot computers

Posted by in categories: computing, education, robotics/AI

This is a excellent use for the robots.


Brenau University students will soon be able to “be in the classroom” even from remote locations thanks to robots the school will be using.

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Feb 13, 2016

Artificial intelligence startup Diffbot raises $10 million for ambitious project

Posted by in categories: business, internet, robotics/AI

I cannot wait to see the results.


Palo Alto-based Diffbot has proclaimed itself the “leading arms dealer in coming AI wars” after raising $10 million in Series A funding.

Diffbot has developed a robot that is working to organize information from all over the Web into the world’s largest database of knowledge. The robot, which works without human oversight, recognizes, reads, understands and monitors product pages, news articles, discussion forums, videos, pictures and more, according to the company. Businesses can gain access to this data when they sign up for Diffbot plans, ranging from $299 to $3,999 per month.

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Feb 13, 2016

Artificial intelligence will allow people to find lasting love with machines

Posted by in categories: computing, robotics/AI

Computer scientists say as cloud computing allows machines to become more life-like, robots may become the ‘perfect companion’ and people may even go to court in a bid to marry their robots.

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Feb 12, 2016

Space and Technology Review: The Race to the Moon and Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

It’s an exciting time for space exploration. NASA, private companies, and several countries are all racing to colonize space. Soon we hope to become a multi-planetary species. But why?

This post explores why we’re racing to the Moon and Mars and who will get there and when.

This is Part 2 of our Space GGC Series focused on important issues facing us now:

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Feb 12, 2016

Video Friday: NOVA’s Rise of the Robots, Gecko-Toe Grippers, and Why They Automate

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos.

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Feb 12, 2016

Female scientists who changed history

Posted by in category: futurism

Women In Technology — Remembering Women who Innovated and Changed History.


An author, an actress and more than one whose work was ripped off by men. On the first United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, take a look at six female scientists who helped shape history.

Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Keisler)

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Feb 12, 2016

US highway authorities concede that artificial intelligence can legally ‘drive’ a car

Posted by in categories: law, robotics/AI, transportation

In a major step forward for self-driving cars and the industry seeking to manufacture them, US highway authorities have informed Google that its autonomous vehicle systems could qualify as a “driver” in the eyes of the law.

A letter addressed to the company from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week suggests that if self-driving vehicles (SDVs) can satisfy a number of safety standards, the fact that artificial intelligence (AI) is controlling the car – in the absence of any human controls – would not be a barrier to the car legally driving on US roads.

“We agree with Google its SDV will not have a ‘driver’ in the traditional sense that vehicles have had drivers during the last more than one hundred years,” writes chief counsel for the NHTSA, Paul A. Hemmersbaugh. “If no human occupant of the vehicle can actually drive the vehicle, it is more reasonable to identify the ‘driver’ as whatever (as opposed to whoever) is doing the driving. In this instance, an item of motor vehicle equipment, the [SDS Self-Driving System], is actually driving the vehicle.”

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