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October 2004 - Posts

BOSTON - In a trailblazing pairing of robotics and tractor companies, iRobot and John Deere announced plans Monday to build a 9-foot-long semi-autonomous battlefield vehicle. Burlington-based iRobot Corp. will adapt the artificial intelligence technology Read More...
I've recently subscribed to Jason Calacanis' weblog and was just looking over some of his recent posts. He mentions that the feeds on his WeblogsInc.com family of sites are now including ads . He also mentions that Yahoo will launch Overture ads in RSS Read More...
via Kurzweil and NewScientist.com : Scientists in the UK are applying for a licence to create human embryos with three genetic parents. The aim is ultimately to prevent children from inheriting genetic diseases caused by mutations in DNA housed by their Read More...
By way of Joi Ito I find that conservative columnist Ann Coulter was hit by a pie during a speech. Funny, yes. Worth being arrested? Doubt it. (Aside: is it pronounced like "joy" or "joey"?) Read More...
via AP and Wired.com: GENEVA -- The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors and manage other chores will increase sevenfold by 2007 as more consumers snap up smart machines, the United Nations said. Most of them — 570,000 — were robot Read More...
William Gibson mentions in his blog that there is a possibility that Pattern Recognition will be turned into a film. Cool news for the fans. Pattern Recognition is set in post nine eleven days so no silver-screen Molly Millions. Enjoyable nonetheless. Read More...
Apparently, I'm a GNE. What are you? http://undergroundlondon.com/social/index.html Read More...
I have really fallen off blogging lately. I think I'll probably be migrating to my own server and cross-posting technical pieces here in the near future if I can find time to put some kind of UI together. Unfortunately I haven't found the time to do things Read More...
 
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