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We’ve got the droid films you’ve been looking for.

Have you heard of musician and DIY robot builder and technology hacker Jack Conte?

Recent CLIO links on Robots, AI, Cryonics, Genetic Research

Once the cackling dies down and one has a few sober thoughts, one will realize that the super-advanced androids and humanoids of the future are in fact going to need buttcheeks.

This provides a great platform for independent developers or students to test out robotic and future car concepts, machine learning based controllers, and so on.

A report this week in Nature documents the work of Duke University researcher Miguel Nicolelis who have implanted sensors that enable rats to “touch” and respond to infrared light.

Robots ran obstacle courses, climbed through a honeycomb of compartments, tested their vision and soaked themselves in simulated rainstorms. Those were just a few of the demonstrations today at the opening of the most advanced robotics testing facility in the nation, the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center, located at UMass Lowell.

Aibo, move over.

Insect-Controlled Robot, Largest Prime Number, Earth-Like Planets, Northern Lights Rocket, Bacterial Gold, Life Under Antarctic Ice

Ben and Natasha discuss cyborgs, the future of the human body, H+ TV , and Natasha’s new book.

Ben Goertzel converses with Hugo de Garis on his transhumanist argument for the reality of a Creator.