David Witteveen

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8 Reasons Why Sending Robots To the Moon Will Be Disastrous

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jun 1, 2010, 2:54 am
Robots up to no good on the moon. ::via JAXA:: It’s official -- robots will have a base of operations on the moon in which they will have the ability attack all of humankind.  Japan is planning on sending a robot to the moon in 2015 to do scientific research and video recording.  This se...
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Engineers Using Darwin to Evolve Technology

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 29, 2010, 9:39 pm
It's on a t-shirt, so that means it's true - right? Lets say you have a piece of really complicated but incredibly useful new technology,  like an ion engine for instance.  Once you realize the tremendous possibilities for your new tech, not even the sky is the limit.  During testing, you discov...
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Nanorobot Spiders Want To Walk Around On Your DNA

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 24, 2010, 5:03 pm
Coming soon into a body near you. In a veritable 1-2 punch of freaky new robots, the journal Nature has recently published two new studies detailing how researchers have created nanorobot spiders made of DNA that also walk on DNA.  Before I get into how mind boggling terrifying this sounds, read o...
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Comment Spammers Are Getting Quite Creative With Their Word Choice

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 19, 2010, 12:25 am
I’ve been noticing a trend lately.  It seems that many of the comments tagged as spam RobotArmageddon.com is receiving contain very eloquent words, although the grammar is – as always – terrible.  Here are some examples from today: I was looking exchange for crucial gen on this subject. The...
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Tony Stark is the new Chuck Norris

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 14, 2010, 1:13 pm
Hopefully someone as awesome as Iron Man will be fighting on our side when the robots attack. ::via tony stark = new chuck norris:: share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments...
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Cyborgs in Movies and TV – Infographic

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 11, 2010, 4:16 am
::via Online Schools:: share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend var AdBrite_Title_Color = '2C2C29'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '807D7A'; var AdBrit...
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Robots Fighting Robots – RoboGames 2010 Highlights

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 8, 2010, 10:50 pm
I’ve often wondered what the best way to fight back during the Robot Armageddon would be.  Unfortunately, the answer may be other robots.  The idea of trusting robots to fight their brethren and not join them could be unsettling, but it may also be one of the few answers available.  Luckily for...
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Robot Zombies in Space – and Possibly Earth!

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 7, 2010, 10:00 pm
This is the worst case scenario. In early April a large solar storm partially knocked out a communications satellite, Intelsat’s Galaxy 15, disabling its ability to communicate with Earth.  Solar storms often completely disable satellites, creating so called “zombiesats”, but in this case ev...
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The Wild World of Robots

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 5, 2010, 4:38 pm
::via Online Schools:: share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend var AdBrite_Title_Color = '2C2C29'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '807D7A'; var AdBrit...
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Kidnapped by Robots…

David Witteveen posted an article on - May 3, 2010, 6:46 pm
Hopefully my Stockholm Syndrome goes away... A gang of robots kidnapped me and held me captive.  They would not release me until my school semester was over.  Apparently they had my future in mind and didn’t want me to fail.  I am free now, and posting shall resume. I’m going to be trying a...
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History Lesson – Anniversary of the First Human Death by Robot

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jan 25, 2010, 3:12 pm
This robot could be a killer On January 25, 1979 Robert Williams, a Ford Motors employee, was killed by an industrial robot in the first documented case of a robot killing a human.  A robot built to gather supplies from a storage room slammed its arm into Williams, killing him instantly.  Althoug...
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Guest Post – Hollywood's Harmless Robots?

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jan 19, 2010, 9:38 am
Guest blog written by Rob Marsh, webcomic publisher (December Sun) and robot take-over paranoid. Do you trust this robot? Hollywood has a long and sordid reputation of promoting amoral values and twisted worldviews, but perhaps the worst propaganda introduced from the land of cinema is the pernici...
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"Living With Robots" to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jan 15, 2010, 5:57 pm
Honda's Asimo will be shown following 'Living With Robots' at Sundance As a part of their “The Power of Dreams – Dream the Impossible” series of short films, Honda will be showing the newest contribution to the documentary series entitled “Living With Robots”.  The film will introduce (o...
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Robots That Can Plug Themselves In To Recharge

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jan 14, 2010, 8:09 pm
An Intel robot that can plug itself into a wall socket. Robotics news site Hizook has an article showcasing robots that are able to find wall sockets and plug themselves in to recharge.  This has been an overlooked part of autonomous robotics, but it is a very important concept.  As robots are co...
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CES 2010 Robots and Robotics in Video

David Witteveen posted an article on - Jan 13, 2010, 8:51 am
CES 2010 has come and gone, and if your are an avid technology news reader you are probably overloaded with all kinds of great information to impress everybody with.  While 3D dominated coverage and was the unofficial focus of the show this year, there were still a few robotics companies showing of...
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