Word: robotically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...When I finished Nemo I wanted something more out of the box, something even more challenging,” he told The Crimson in a recent phone interview. That challenge is “Wall•E,” the story of a trash-collecting robot left alone on Earth for 700 years, long after humans have vanished from the planet. “[Wall•E was] a character we’d been sitting on for almost 14 years by now…and I couldn’t get that character...
...bits, most prominently the original reference to David Bowie’s 1971 release “Changes” and the formerly yelped “Would you like my jumper, Bowie?” “Robots” suffers similar symptoms, as some of the robot voices that were hilariously over-the-top in the show and on stage have sadly been toned down. Nonetheless, no change could affect a classic like “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros,” which showcases the two comedians’ lyrical prowess. Jemaine (Hiphopopotamus) raps...
...Space Ship One, provided $10 million to develop private space flight. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded prizes to develop autonomous ground vehicles. Even Google has offered a $30 million Lunar X prize for the first privately funded group to send a robot to the moon. However, PETA’s prize is unconventional in that it is the first prize put forward in the area of ethics, not exploration.For PETA, an organization devoted to stop the slaughter of animals, in vitro meat has obvious appeal. Despite efforts from activists, meat consumption continues...
...worth of salt grains you should take when I tell you that I think “Battlestar Galactica” is a really wonderful show. “Battlestar” is the story of a small group of humans who survive a nuclear holocaust perpetuated by robots known as the Cylons. In the traditional vein of human-robot relations, we built them, they got too smart, and they took over. Even more eerily, some of them are now built to look just like humans, and it’s difficult to tell them apart from the real thing...
...idea is to see them coming while you still have time to escape," says Munich Re Group maritime risk consultant Tillmann Kratz. Frequently pirates armed with street-market AK-47s approach ships posing as fishermen, coast guard officials or harbor police. To ferret out the fakers, ships could send robot snoops like the Sentry, a jet ski-sized remote-controlled scout also developed by QinetiQ. For those who want to send out a stronger deterrent message, there's the "Protector," a 30-foot unmanned surface vessel developed by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and an Israeli defence firm. In its military...