Category Archives: Science Fiction

A Real Life Transformer?

Japan’s working on robots for entertainment and emergencies! If you’re a fan of Transformers, you’ll love Suidoubashi Heavy Industries’ new Kuratas robot. The jumbo toy currently on the market for about a million euros, is custom made for each of … Continue reading

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Shakespeare and Robots

A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Mechanical cast members The video above features a special performance of a Shakespearean classic put on by Texas A&M University several years ago. The students and professors involved in the production thought this would be a … Continue reading

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The Human Revolution

¨I’m now filming your bionic hand with my bionic eye¨ Protagonist of  Eidos-Montreal’s new video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution,  Adam Jensen is a crime fighting cyborg in the year 2027. Like real-life cyborgs, the video game character underwent radical … Continue reading

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Racy times with Roxxxy

Let’s talk about sex (with robots) 7000 USD can now buy you alternative forms of intimacy with a companion/sex robot developed by the American company TrueCompanion. Some people may find the idea of this revolting, perverted or just plain weird … Continue reading

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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Robot?

Our apprehension to artificial beings The term robot was originally used in Karel Čapek’s 1921 play  RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots). However, the concept of a being or machine  akin to today’s conception of a robot is something that goes back … Continue reading

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