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While we know the human body is capable of generating electricity, we never quite thought of it as a data transmission channel like this Microsoft patent application suggests. According to the document, the folks up in Redmond would like to be able to transfer information from one electronic device to another with a simple touch, as seen in the image above. It all sounds a little freaky gimmicky, but the filing goes on to suggest a few practical uses. Instead of swiping a credit card or showing ID, you could use your own flesh to authenticate the purchase of goods or services. Another example is the ability to share contact information with someone just by shaking his or her hand, so long as he or she was also wearing a similar electronic device. While we hesitate to endorse such a technology, at least it’s less invasive than embedding circuitry in our wrists. If you feel like plumbing the depths of this patent further, click on the source for more on what the software giant has in mind for the future.

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Source: USPTO

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This is a video of a robot that can anticipate human action by examining changes in its environment and using an algorithm to determine what a human needs next, and acting accordingly. The screencap above though is from when the robot is NOT anticipating human action because it continues to pour a beer on the table after dude moved his cup. That’s a pretty shitty butler.

First, it identifies the people and the main objects in the environment using a Microsoft Kinect camera [a 3-D camera for use with the Xbox gaming console]. The camera gives you something like a skeleton view of the humans, and we use our algorithm to figure out the main objects in the environment. Then, using what it has learned in its previous training, the robot considers both how the people have been moving in the last few seconds, and what the objects are used for. It reasons that because the people have been moving in a certain way, and certain objects are present, therefore it is very likely the person is about to take a certain action.

So basically if you’re drinking beer and finish a beer the robot will know to go get you a fresh one from the fridge. But what happens if I finish a beer AND DON’T WANT another one? That was a trick question, I will always want another one. You know what, robot? Just anticipate this: bring me the rest of those brewskis in a cooler then throw yourself down the stairs.

Hit the jump for a video of the beerbot in action.

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Link to project page and press release: http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/objectreceivingrobots/ This project presents a method for synthesizing motions …
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It hates the poor, the military, and the Europeans, among others.

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An international team of scientists announced today that for the first time ever, they were able to create new human stem cells by cloning older, fully mature human cells. The process cannot be used to create full human clones, as the scientists involved were quick to point out, but it does allow for cells to be grown to fit specific functions within an individual’s body — resulting in new, patient-specific liver cells or heart cells that actually pulse on their own, for example.

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Robot epidemic in Japanese streets for MTV VMAs. Country: Netherlands Brand: Mtv Year: 2006 Agency: KesselsKramer (Amsterdam) Director: Arvind PALEP Producer…
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Sure, we’ve seen rats control other rats, however that will not offer us a legion of mind-controlled animals to release upon an innocent public, will it? Harvard Medical School might unknowingly assist with addressing our (rather misguided) quandary, as it just try out a system that lets a human mind trigger actions in a rat’s motor cortex. The test had sensor-equipped people see a display that flashed in sync with their EEG brain patterns for aesthetic stimulation; as quickly their attention moved to managing the rat, they triggered an ultrasonic rhythm that twitched the rodent’s tail. There’s a couple of troubles with the execution past the obvious lack of autonomy for the poor target animal, though. The rat’s anaesthetized state likely influenced the outcomes, and the system isn’t currently sophisticated adequate to map certain ideas to matching activities. The Harvard team is working to improve the modern technology, nonetheless, and there may be a day when we can satisfy our megalomania … or a minimum of, put the Pied Piper on notice.

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