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Beyond Human - Robot I Will Crush You

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:54:02 -0000

Destruction and mayhem at the hands and jaws of a monster robot.

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Added: Sat May 10 00:54:02 UTC 2008
Duration: 01:31
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0

Beyond Human - The Invasion of the Inhuman

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:04 -0000

Science fiction has returned again and again to the merger of man and machine, the Cyborg, with fascination and fear.

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Added: Wed Mar 05 05:42:04 UTC 2008
Duration: 09:40
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Beyond Human - The Age of Androids

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:03 -0000

Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are breathing intelligence, even life, into creatures of silicon and steel, and a whole new breed of robots is on the rise.

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Added: Wed Mar 05 05:42:03 UTC 2008
Duration: 09:58
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Beyond Human - Designing Humanoids

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:01 -0000

To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the world. Researchers are infusing robots with abilities ranging from grasping and holding to hearing and vision.

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Added: Wed Mar 05 05:42:01 UTC 2008
Duration: 07:25
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

Beyond Human - Can a Robot be a Person?

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:00 -0000

As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them? as property like automobiles, or as individuals with rights and responsibilities of their own? Can a thing become part of human society? Can a thing become a person?

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Added: Wed Mar 05 05:42:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 05:23
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Beyond Human - The Cyborg Revolution

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:18 -0000

Over the centuries, scientists speculated that we could tap into the body's electrical system to restore lost functions or enhance our powers? like machines. It took modern electronics to show us how.

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Added: Thu Feb 28 21:10:18 UTC 2008
Duration: 09:58
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Beyond Human - Erasing the Line Between Man and Machine

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:16 -0000

We are beginning to shape a tomorrow in which robots will walk and work among us. As they realize their own potential, how long before they cast us aside?

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Added: Thu Feb 28 21:10:16 UTC 2008
Duration: 09:58
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Beyond Human - The Cyborg Mind

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:15 -0000

As we steadily merge with our technological inventions? the focus is not superbodies or replacement parts. Instead it's the invention of devices that enhance our senses and minds, and knit us together in ways we've never imagined.

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Added: Thu Feb 28 21:10:15 UTC 2008
Duration: 09:01
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

Beyond Human - Robot Soccer

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:14 -0000

To promote the rapid evolution of robots, one audacious group of researchers decided to start a worldwide robotic soccer competition. How soon before they challenge humans? Fifty years? say the organizers of RoboCup.

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Added: Thu Feb 28 21:10:14 UTC 2008
Duration: 07:27
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Beyond Human - Emotion Machines

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:12 -0000

If tomorrow's robots are going to share our world, they will have to have something extra? an emotional and psychological dimension to help them communicate and respond in ways people can understand.

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Added: Thu Feb 28 21:10:12 UTC 2008
Duration: 03:42
Rating: 4.4 / 5.0