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The Future of Old Age

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Nancy Jane Moore

I want a care robot for my old age. I don’t mean those fake animals and devices that coo at you to take your meds, like The New York Times wrote about recently. Those sound patronizing and highly annoying. What … Continue reading →

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Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Rants | Tagged aging, Robots

The Reluctant Traveler’s Thanksgiving Rant

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Jill Zeller

Could a computer run the United States? Let’s suppose we’re not that far off from this. I probably won’t be alive and neither will Donald Trump (fortunately) but it could happen. (Consider WestWorld—or is it Disney World?) Today’s political arena … Continue reading →

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Posted in Food and Cooking, Humor, Rants, Uncategorized | Tagged Humor, Jill Zeller, politics, Robots, Thanksgiving

Bicentennial Man: A Very Short Review

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough This movie came out in 1999, and I am sorry to report that I only saw it last fall. It is fairly faithfully based upon the award-winning novella from 1976 that we probably all have read, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reviews, science fiction, technology | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, movie review, Robots

Ex Machina: A Very Short Review

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough My son, a considerable movie and TV fan, distinguishes between science fiction movies and movies that are SFnal — with all the trappings of SF, but not actually in the genre. He maintains for instance that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, movie review, Robots

Legal Fictions: Asimov’s Laws of Robotics Are Not Enough

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Nancy Jane Moore

Science fiction writers have been following – or deliberately rejecting – Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics since he first wrote about them in the 1940s. But now that we live in a world where robots are vacuuming our floors … Continue reading →

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Posted in science fiction, Writers on Writing | Tagged Legal Fictions, Robots, Ryan Calo

Pacific Rim: A Very Short Review

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Brenda Clough

By Brenda W. Clough I do not usually go for the kind of movie in which the salient feature is explosions, mayhem, or things being crushed. These things are like capers, in cooking, or decollettage, in fashion — to be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Film, Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Brenda Clough, movie review, Robots

Weird Science: State of the Singularity–Robots

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Sue Lange

Every once in a while I like to check in with the Singularity; see where we’re at with it. Today I checked out Honda’s Asimo. That’s Asimo over there on the left. Pretty impressive walking up and down stairs like … Continue reading →

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Posted in Science | Tagged Asimmo, Honda, Robots, Singularity, weird science

Weird Science: Brain/Machine Interface–Can Ironman Be Far Behind?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Sue Lange

From the military’s powered exoskeletons to prosthetic devices for sufferers of locked-in syndrome, you just know brain-to-machine technology is coming. Fans of Ironman wait impatiently. According to a 2008 Wired article, though, it may be a while yet. Back then … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book View Cafe | Tagged brain/machine interface, Robots

Weird and Wonderful: Book View Café

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Sue Lange

After today, I’m taking a break from the BVC blog for a couple of months. My We, Robot serialization has its final episode today. Sometime soon I’ll be taking it down and all you’ll have left is the ebook version … Continue reading →

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Posted in Announcements | Tagged anthology, Book View Cafe, Breaking Waves, eBooks, Robots, We
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