http://bffcustom.com/blog Documenting the Rise of the Robot Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:44:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_798" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="Will robots adhere to the Three Laws?"][/caption] By now, most of us are familiar with Asimov’s three laws of robotics.  Isaac Asimov was a science fiction author, with many notable works, including the famous  “I, Robot” .  Having written some of the first stories about robots, and ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2010/05/03/the-fallacy-of-asimovs-laws-of-robotics/ [caption id="attachment_729" align="alignleft" width="450" caption="Self Service Kiosks are becoming popular in manytypes of stores now "] In a report recently aired on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo, the issue of  a workforce  in the future was the topic. Their discussion was basically asking  "how are people are going to find employment in ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/12/14/how-many-jobs-can-replaced-by-automation/       [caption id="attachment_721" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Peace Officer of the Future? "][/caption] No, I'm  not talking about Robocop -  but with all the advances in  facial recognition, artificial inteligence, chaos theory, biometrics,  remote access , UAVs, etc.  isnt it feasible to imagine that technology someday may be used to prevent the types of crimes ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/12/08/can-machines-replace-police-someday/ Its simply not enough for robots to take human jobs... now they have to take jobs from defenceless animals.  Just recently a zoo in St Louis replaced their Polar Bears with electronic versions of the arctic  animals. Having trouble keeping the bears alive for a variety of reasons over the years, they ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/11/18/zoo-animals-replaced-by-robots/ Speculation has always been at the forefront of human story telling. Ever since we thought we figured out how mankind crawled out of the sludge and starting hunting for mammoths, we've been trying to retell the story. And if that doesn't satisfy your yearning for enlightenment, we have  movies going even ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/11/15/5-movies-documenting-the-evolution-of-mankind/ [caption id="attachment_679" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="A woman interacting with Natal"][/caption] A revolutionary new develpoment coming out from Microsoft called NATAL has been unveiled and promises to create an interactive experience unmatched by anything ever seen in video gaming and entertainment in general.  Already on display at the  E3 09', Microsoft anounces the new ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/06/01/microsoft-to-revolutionize-gaming-entertainment/ Given the intelligence and strength of an Artificially Intelligentandroid, raising robots could lead to some very serious consequences if a robot was not "raised" properly. Is robo-rearing  something that should this be left to people with specialized training? Perhaps in a future of AI androids, they will be raised in private ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/05/15/how-to-raise-a-robot/ To put it different way, Will man evolve into a machine or will machines evolve into man? The race is on and both are closer than ever before to transcending to the next level. It’s a question we should pose now, because at some point in time, we will blur ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/04/30/who-will-evolve-first-man-or-machine/ Let me preface this by saying that this is assuming of course you believe that anyone can go to heaven at all for that matter. I think it is a question worth asking however of those who do believe. What I'm really asking here is "will God accept an artificial ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/04/15/can-robots-go-to-heaven/ There exists a point in time that is closing in on us that I like to refer to as "The Final Stride". As humanity continues to evolve, mankind is taking steps towards becoming more machine like. At the same time, machines are exhibiting human traits and are evolving them ... http://bffcustom.com/blog/2009/04/06/the-final-stride/