Science | The Guardian Robot rights - a poser for the 21st century: "The fight against discrimination based on race, gender, class and sexuality may not yet be won, but experts in artificial intelligence are warning that this century societies will have to tackle a new prejudice - against individuals with brains made of silicon.
Even the most enthusiastic promoters of robot rights admit that it is likely to be mid-century before humanity has to grant legal rights to our creations, but they say we should start considering the problems now."
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Shape-shifting magnetic bots take a page out of the Dharma playbook
Engadget Shape-shifting magnetic bots take a page out of the Dharma playbook: "Research is still in the early stages, but the concept renders are straight out of science fiction. Some friendly folks at Carnegie Mellon University are working towards electromagnetic microscopic bots that cling together and can assume virtually any shape."
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