Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Defense recently tested a 50kW, high-energy laser at their proving ground facility in Switzerland.
All we need now is a big, walking robot to mount the guns on and we are set!
http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/07/german-military-laser-destroys-targets-over-1km-away/We were so smitten by the LEGO Curiosity Rover we previously wrote about that we made a tribute video.
The reboot of the Star Trek franchise continues! J.J. Abrams once again mans the director’s seat. In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that…
Depending on how you want to think about it, it was funny or inevitable or symbolic that the robotic takeover did not start at MIT, NASA, Microsoft or Ford. It started at a Burger-G restaurant in Cary, NC on May 17.
And so begins Manna, Marshall Brain‘s tale of robotic takeover. I won’t spoil the fun and just say it reads like a Kafkaesque nightmare. Enjoy!
Lincoln is in.
Visionary Elon Musk enjoys a question and answer session with Wired’s Chris Anderson.
