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"The new technology has been dubbed E-FED, or Electric Field Detector, by those behind it. The idea would be to detect the bioelectrical fields produced by all living things using sensitive electronics. This would offer detection and tracking through walls or other barriers, and allows a sensor to easily work in three dimensions."

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WE REFUSE TO TAKE A STAND!!!!! 02/25/2010

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Human devolution continues as fat asses everywhere await not having to take a stand, to compliment their metaphorical "not taking a stand", except to use Viagra.

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Human behaviour 93% predictable 02/25/2010

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Robot teachers a go go in Korea 02/25/2010

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From Popular science shills

A shortage of English teachers has compelled South Korea to take the next logical step and plan a $45 million rollout of robotic teaching assistants. That official go-ahead follows several months of robot trials, io9 says based on Korean news reports. But the idea of replacing old fashioned human English teachers has already stirred much debate.

The robotic teachers would deploy in 500 preschools by 2011, and 8,000 preschools and kindergartens by 2013. In the short run, that could help address the lack of English teachers in rural areas or remote islands. Learning English represents a necessary educational step for competitive South Korean students, and especially those aiming to study abroad at major universities in the U.S.

But South Korean robotics experts have already begun predicting that the bots could replace more than 30,000 native English teachers in Korea's language institutes within the not-so distant future, according to the Korea Times. Most of those teachers hail from the U.S., Canada, UK and Australia.

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DARPA (officially) seeks robotic hands 02/25/2010

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From Popular science shills

Pentagon mad scientists at DARPA have continued on their quest to create killer robots by announcing a new plan for "robotic autonomous manipulators" that can emulate human hands. And by killer, we of course mean awesome. National Defense reports that the DARPA program aims to create inexpensive robotic hands that can perhaps also replace existing prosthetics for amputees.

Engineers can already design specialized robotic arms better suited for any number of specific tasks than human hands. But DARPA specifically hopes to see arms and hands that can mimic the general adaptability and flexibility of human hands. That means the main challenge rests with the software that provides the brains behind smart robotic arms and hands.

Just to get a sense of what DARPA expects, the agency has laid out three tasks for any would-be robot hands. A robot must first be able to unzip a duffel bag and search through clothing and other materials for a hidden revolver -- a challenge that requires both the ability to "feel" objects and coordination among two hands.

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