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Cargo - Gallery. Point of View Magazine. Patternity. Trend Book_Images. How Close Are We to a Fully ‘Bionic Body’? After shunning the GOP for decades, Charles and David Koch tried to take it over.

How Close Are We to a Fully ‘Bionic Body’?

And then the Donald came to town… The Republican Party’s ongoing civil war involves lots of fireworks and sub-plots, but the overarching fight is between two visions and three billionaires. Charles and David Koch are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to take over the GOP and push America towards libertarianism. Donald Trump joined the Republican Party to run for president and push the country in the opposite direction, toward populist nationalism. Do we need new laws for rise of the robots? Robotics is shaping up to be the next transformative technology of our time, says legal expert Ryan Calo, who argues in a new paper that we need laws to deal with the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence.

Do we need new laws for rise of the robots?

“Technology has not stood still. The same private institutions that developed the internet, from the armed forces to search engines, have initiated a significant shift toward robotics and artificial intelligence,” writes Calo, assistant professor in the School of Law at University of Washington. “Courts that struggled for the proper metaphor to apply to the internet will struggle anew with robotics.”

Why robots won't destroy the economy. SoftBank There's been quite a bit of concern recently that as robots become more capable they will squeeze into the workforce and replace our jobs.

Why robots won't destroy the economy

And to a certain extent, those concerns are justified. Robots are entering the workforce in a big way. At Canada's Humber River Hospital, in what some are calling the first "fully digital" hospital, robots are doing everything from mixing chemotherapy drugs, delivering medical supplies, and taking radiation scans. Humanoid robots are even being designed to assist astronauts with basic tasks aboard the International Space Station. Robots at work: The economic effects of workplace automation. From the first stone ax to the latest assembly-line robots, technology has long played an essential role in work.

Robots at work: The economic effects of workplace automation

As technology has advanced, machines are increasingly working alongside employees, as they do at Amazon’s new warehouse in Trenton, N.J., and robots have even been developed to help provide therapy for children during long hospital stays. As we’ve moved from devices that reduce physical effort to those that can replace humans, however, the benefits of technology for individual workers have become less clear, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. In 2014 the Pew Research Center canvassed nearly 2,000 industry experts and found them to be deeply divided on how robotics and artificial intelligence will affect jobs and the economy over the next decade.

How robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning will affect employment and public policy. Emerging technologies like industrial robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are advancing at a rapid pace, but there has been little attention to their impact on employment and public policy.

How robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning will affect employment and public policy

Darrell West addresses this topic in a new paper titled What Happens If Robots Take the Jobs? The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Employment and Public Policy. It examines what happens if robots end up taking jobs from humans and how this will affect public policy. While emerging technologies can improve the speed, quality, and cost of available goods and services, they may also displace large numbers of workers. This possibility challenges the traditional benefits model of tying health care and retirement savings to jobs. The impacts of automation technologies are already being felt throughout the economy. Open Bionics robotic hand for amputees wins Dyson Award. Feeling-Restoring Prosthetic Hands : bionic hand.

By: Michael Baxter - Published: Feb 10, 2014 • References: theverge & psfk This bionic hand may restore a sense of normalcy to a difficult situation.

Feeling-Restoring Prosthetic Hands : bionic hand

Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak Farsi. Surena III is 190cm (6.2ft) tall and weighs around 98 kg (216lb)It can walk on uneven surfaces, recognise faces and copy movementSurena could be used in manufacturing, healthcare and disaster relief By Ellie Zolfagharifard For Dailymail.com Published: 19:58 GMT, 20 November 2015 | Updated: 21:34 GMT, 20 November 2015 Step aside Asimo.

Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak Farsi

A robot being developed in Iran has just got a lot smarter. Surena, the third version of a humanoid robot that researchers have been developing for eight years, was unveiled earlier this week. How Mind-Controlled Bionics Could Shape Future. Bionic Eye Implants : bionic eye. Second Sight's Argus II is a FDA-approved bionic eye invention that is said to improve the sight of the visually impaired.

Bionic Eye Implants : bionic eye

The revolutionary product is a device that is mounted to one's glasses and is equipped with a miniature camera that captures a scene. Goodbye privacy, hello Alexa: here's to Amazon echo, the home robot who hears it all. The experiment with having a robot in my home was going well – useful exchanges, mutual learning, some bonding – right up until the robot thought I told it to “fuck off”.

Goodbye privacy, hello Alexa: here's to Amazon echo, the home robot who hears it all

I hadn’t. But the robot was convinced. Discover the Global industrial robotics in food and beverage market that is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 29% 2015 to 2019. Technavio’s market research analysts expect the global industrial robotics market in the food and beverage industry to multiply at an incredible rate, posting a CAGR of close to 29% during the forecast period. Factors such as the demand for clean and contamination-free production areas is driving the manufacturers to deploy industrial automation in the food and beverage industry.

Countries such as Japan, the US, South Korea, and Australia have a higher demand for industrial robots in their food and beverage companies. Covering: Segmentation of the global industrial robotics market in the food and beverage industry by type (articulated, Cartesian, SCARA, and delta), by application (palletizing, packaging, pick and place, and processing), and by geography (the Americas, EMEA, and APAC). Step Into a Near Future with Away from Reality. Why gawk at Big Ben, take a stroll in Kensington Gardens, or ride the underground if you can get more from a screen? With VR headsets set to roll out to markets in the next few months, the gaming experience is on the verge of a revolution. What more, the way we experience our surroundings is also transforming, and new technologies mark a period of increasing social isolation. In Away from Reality, two artists and a photographer comment on the changing nature of our society by envisioning a future London where the virtual eclipses reality.

'Feeling' bionic hand marks major prosthetics breakthrough. A revolutionary prosthetic hand that connects the directly to the brain has allowed a 28-year-old paralysed volunteer to "feel" physical sensations for the first time in a decade. The prosthetic has been created as part of a project by Darpa, the US government's defence research agency, which is primarily famous for its work in military robotics.

Beyond human: 5 organisations making bionic breakthroughs. Rewired Rose Plant Becomes Living Cyborg. “Every rose has its thorn,” the song goes, but not every rose has electronic wires running through its body. The futuristic idea of plant cyborgs is making the leap from science fiction to real-world science. What’s the big deal? Swedish researchers have been working on ways to regulate plant growth, using electronic wires grown inside the plants own nutrient channels to host sensors and drug-delivery systems. How Far Are We From A Cybernetic Workforce? - Minutehack. Ipwatchdog. Bionic Cartoon Prosthetics : Open Bionics.

Aussie model furious at lack of likes on Instagram photo. It can be hard to deal with. You post a photo on Facebook or Instagram, sit back and wait for shit to kick off. Anti-smartphone art needs to give us a break. Facebook makes you stressed and miserable, study shows. An Instagram model is calling bullshit on her fake reality. Why social media is totally empowering and inspiring. A problem shared: our social media and my mental illness. The Robot Revolution. Microsoft's Emotion Recognition reveals how a person really feels in pictures. Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep. This is what will happen when robots take over the world. Digital detox: Could this jewellery give you your life back? Same-day delivery wars hot up in the UK, but Amazon still sets the standards. Thinking machines: the skilled jobs that could be taken over by robots.

Sean Parker on tech industry's 'tricks': 'Social media feeds our narcissism' Five Ways Technology Is Taking Over Your Life. How Much Technology Is Too Much Technology? What Technology Will Look Like In Five Years. Self-Balancing Hoverboards : hoverboard.