AiKnowledgeThinking Machine...?Reprogramming Biology- June 19, 2006 Biology is now in the early stages of an historic transition to an information science, while also gaining the tools to reprogram the ancient information systems of life. Few of us go more than a few months without changing the...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/reprogramming_b.html X3D- June 13, 2006 What ever happened to the virtual reality, 3D world of the web Back in the late 90s, all the hype was about VRMLVirtual Reality Markup Languagewhich would turn the web into an immersive environment that you'd maneuver around to get...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/x3d.html Touch sensor- June 11, 2006 An artificial touch sensor as sensitive as a human fingertip has been developed by US scientists. One day it could let surgeons remotely "feel" tissue through an endoscope and help robots pour drinks without spilling a drop. The sensor is...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/touch_sensor.html Trust me, I'm a robot- June 11, 2006 IN 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off properly. Unable to...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/trust_me_im_a_r.html Tiny Robots Control Cockroaches- June 8, 2006 Scientists have created miniature, insect-like robots that can change the behavior of cockroaches. The devices work by at first fooling the bugs into believing the devices are fellow roaches and then leading the insects away from darkness into light,...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/tiny_robots_con.html iRobot Scooba Exposed- June 3, 2006 Robots have long fascinated humanity. Movies like "Artificial Intelligence: AI" (2001) and "I, Robot" (2004) portrait possible futures where all your mundane chores are performed by a mechanical life form. Just imagine not ever cleaning the windows, doing the dishes,...http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge/archives/2006/06/irobot_scooba_e.html |