Keep up the good work, Rollin’ Justin!
Category Archives: What I’m Reading
Everyone get on the Ant Bus
http://robohub.org/robotic-bugs-train-insects-to-be-helpers/
Next stop, Sugar City
I think, therefore I am
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/can-we-quantify-machine-consciousness
This is an interesting (and scientific) article about consciousness and how it relates to humans, other carbon-based life forms, and computers. It concentrates on a theory called Integrated Information Theory.
TLDR; It matters how the “brain” of a system is wired up, not the input-output behavior.
Grasping at straws
I like point-and-click. Lets do more of that.
Mmmm… robots
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/13/edible-robotics/
Can you make my robot taste like chicken?
Who wants to dig in the dirt for a living?
http://ideas.ted.com/the-rise-of-the-useless-class/
The 2 percent of referees who won’t lose their job are roller derby referees, mostly because nobody can understand the rules and so no algorithm can be created.
NASA’s Software Catalog
Not exactly a morning-news sort of read, but it’s fun to look through.
Who Framed Roger Robot
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/youll-never-see-who-framed-roger-rabbit-the-same-way-af-1792747541
The article doesn’t talk much about the robots, but you can see them in the video.
Go get ’em, Tiger
http://gizmodo.com/watch-an-ambush-of-tigers-rip-a-drone-out-of-the-sky-an-1792672660
Cool shots, but as the article points out, not safe for the tigers.