Tag: robot

‘Robots’ Are Not ‘Coming For Your Job’ — Management Is

merbs writes: If the robots are simply “coming,” if they just show up and relieve a helpless lot of humans of their livelihoods, then no one is to blame for this techno-elemental phenomenon, and little is to be done about it beyond bracing for impact. Not the executives swayed by consulting firms who insist the future is in AI customer service…

iRobot Unveils Roomba S9+ and Braava Jet M6 Robots That Clean Together

An anonymous reader writes: iRobot today launched two new robots: the Roomba s9+ robot vacuum cleaner and the Braava jet m6 robot mop. The Roomba s9+ robot vacuum with Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal starts at $1,299. The Roomba s9 without the Clean Base starts at $999. The Braava jet m6 robot mop starts at $499. All the robots are available…

NASA Will Carry Your Name On a Chip To Mars

NASA will etch your name onto a silicon chip that will be carried to Mars by a rover in 2020: An anonymous reader quotes the Verge:
The rover’s primary mission is to get us closer to answering that fundamental question: did Mars ever host alien life? The robot is equipped with tools and instruments that will help scientists figure out if the…

How to be a maker: The complete list of all you need

Our 10-part maker series is a fun way to learn about electronics, working up to building a biscuit-ferrying robot. Here’s all the stuff you need Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204005-how-to-be-a-maker-the-complete-list-of-all-you-need/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Astrobee’s first robot completes initial hardware checks in space

NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout. To her right is the docking station that was installed in the Kibo module on the International Space Station on Feb. 15. Bumble, and another robot named Honey, launched to the space station on Apr. 17, aboard Northrop Grumman’s eleventh commercial resupply…

College Requires All CS Majors To Take An Improv Class

Northeastern University requires all of its computer science majors to take improv — a class in theatre and improvisation, taught by professors in the drama department. The Wall Street Journal says it “forces students to come out of their shells and exercise creative play” before they can get their diplomas. (Although when the class was made mandatory in 2016, “We saw…

Is Big Tech Needlessly Ruining Entire Industries?

Salon tech editor Keith A. Spencer just published a new article describing what happens when “venture capital-backed entrepreneurs jackhammer their way into a new industry, ‘tech’-ify it in some way, undermine the competition and declare their new way superior once the old is bankrupted.” – Being a taxi driver was once a much-vaunted job, so much so that a taxi medallion…

In Memory of Peter Mayhew and Chewbacca

In the annals of science fiction movies, it’s often a supporting character who becomes the most memorable scene-stealer. That character is most often a villain, a robot, a female from another world or a cute alien creature, not a seven-foot tall hairy beast who communicates through roars and sides with the good guys. That, of… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/in-memory-of-peter-mayhew-and-chewbacca/…

When American Financiers and Business Leaders Plotted to Overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt and Install a Fascist Government in the U.S. (1933)

Economist and columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote about a current nominee for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors who called cities like Cincinnati and Cleveland “armpits of America” to laughs from an audience of business leaders. This same nominee has made headlines for saying “capitalism is a lot more important than democracy” and calling the 16th […]

When American Financiers and Business Leaders…