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Pentagon wants robot surrogates for soldiers
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[msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)] - By John Roach In yet another sign that science fiction and reality are on a collision course, the military's futuristic research arm wants to invest $7 million in a project to create robotic partners for its soldiers, according to DARPA's $2.8 billion
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Hoop-playing robot may push you out of a job
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[msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)] - By John Roach If your job involves tasks such as sorting springs and screws or unloading dishwashers, a robot replacement may soon be on the way. For now, the granular-gripper robot demonstrated in the video above is perhaps best suited as a sidekick
An invisibility cloak for earthquakes? It's possible
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[msnbc.com (blog) (subscription)] - By John Roach For several years, scientists have worked on real-world invisibility cloaks akin to the one that shields boy wizard Harry Potter from light waves. While that's neat-o and all, a research group in Potter's homeland thinks a similar trick
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