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7 hrs ago | TwinCities.com

How appropriate: The 'Moon' star who's out of this world is (wait for it) Spacey

"My mind has been acting kind of weird lately," says Sam Bell in "Moon." Since he's talking to himself at the time, he has a solid point.

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Related Topix: Moon, Science / Technology, Space, Charlie's Angels, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Sam Rockwell

15 hrs ago | Freshnews

Leoni Buys American Robotics Specialist Valentine Robotics

Leoni, the leading provider of cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries, has taken over the US company Valentine Robotics in full effective 1 July 2009.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Sterling Heights, MI, Detroit Metro

19 hrs ago | NY Daily News

Rat-like robot revolutionizes rescue missions

This is one rat you won't see on a subway track. Scientists at Bristol Robotics Lab and the University of Sheffield have developed a SCRATCHbot, a ratlike robot that relies on its sensory whiskers to survey an area.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Yesterday | Swindon Advertiser

Honda helps inspire children

THE brainpower of children came up against a robot when Honda rolled into Swindon Academy.

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Related Topix: Honda, Honda S2000, World News, Oxfordshire County, England, United Kingdom, Wiltshire County, England

Thu Jul 02, 2009

PR-inside.com

IROBOT - Newly Released Company Financials and Credit Information

The company offers consumer products, such as floor vacuuming robots, floor washing robots, and gutter cleaning robots, and pool cleaning robots, as well as virtual visiting and programmable robots.

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Associated Content

Roomba Robotic Vacuum

I surprised my wife the other day by bringing home the Roomba Robotic Vacuum. I had heard of this for the last few years, and decided that it might be worth trying out.

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The Huffington Post

William Bradley: Transformative: Le Cinema de Michael Bay

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , one of the most critically reviled major films in recent memory, nearly caught The Dark Knight for the biggest five-day opening in history.

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Related Topix: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Michael Bay, Science / Technology, Robots

Wed Jul 01, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, CPU, Science / Technology, Marketing, Robots

Computerworld

Scientists develop mind-controlled wheelchairs

Toyota Motor Corp. today announced that its researchers have developed technology that will allow human brainwaves to steer an electric wheelchair.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Toyota Motor, Automakers, Computers, University of Arizona, Robots

Clackamasreview.com

OC Robotics: Salvation

"Three billion human lives ended on Aug. 29, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war judgment day.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Tue Jun 30, 2009

SlashGear.com

DIY Transformer Robot [Video]

As awesome robot projects go, this DIY transforming 'bot takes some beating.A Apparently created for a robotics class by "Kevmag 2000", the roughly 12-inch high robot can go from a motorized truck to an upright, walking 'bot in seconds.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Business Wire India

KUKA Robotics Introduces the World's Heaviest Palletizing Robots in the Indian Market

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 -- The leading industrial robot supplier in India, KUKA Robotics Private Limited, launched its new heavy payloads industrial robots in India.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, World News, India, Beverages

Gulf Times

Toyota unveils wheelchairs steered by simple thought

Research laboratory Riken researcher Choi Kyuwan displays a prototype electric powered wheelchair controlled by his brain-wave analysis data in Tokyo yesterday Japan's Toyota Motor said yesterday it had invented a way to allow a person to steer an electric wheelchair through simple thought, using a helmet-like device that measures their brain ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Mon Jun 29, 2009

University of Bristol news

From human bite to robot jaws

The UK spends around A 2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth*.A The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public for the first time at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition [30 June to 4 July]. Dental elements, such as crowns and ...

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Greater London County, England, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Open Source Comments

Juan Enriquez: The Next Boom, by Zipcode

There is no rescuing this economy from our debt, denial and epic implosions like General Motors and the city of Detroit.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Natural Disasters, Flood, Inventions, Science / Technology, Boston, MA, Robots

Physics Blog

Hi-tech 'Trojan horse' can kill cancer cells: researchers

Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a "Trojan horse" against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Spyware, Science / Technology, Biotech, Robots, Chemistry, Science

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Not much more than meets the eye

Paramount pictures The sphinx has a riddle for Optimus Prime: whati 1 2s a car one minute, a robot the next, and tedious all the time? After this film's opening cataclysmic battle in Shanghai, a couple of urban-speaking comedy-relief Autobots sneer at their fallen foes, referring to them as "punk-ass Decepticons." Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! A ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Travel

New York Press

Bad Boys and Toys: Transformers: Revenge of t...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Directed by Michael Bay Runtime: 150 min. WHY WASTE SPLEEN on Michael Bay? He's a real visionary - perhaps mindless in some ways , but Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is more proof he has a great eye for scale and a gift for visceral amazement.

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Related Topix: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Science / Technology, Robots

Pureoverclock

ASUS Announces Award-Winning G51 Gaming Notebook

ASUS today announced the launch of its 15.6-inch G51 gaming notebook,and 16-inch brother the G60.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Robots

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Slam Sports

Even Depp is no sure thing

Artist: Depp, Johnny As a swishy swashbuckler, Johnny Depp is worth his weight in cursed Aztec gold coins.

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Related Topix: Public Enemies, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, The Soloist, Duplicity

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