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New development at the 29th All Japan micro-mouse games held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center. Now, they have arms. (Read
the complete story)
"Depending on when you started reading sf, you might recognize the children (and grandchildren) of this idea: Ray Bradbury's robot mice from The Martian Chronicles (1950) and dustmice, tiny robot detectives from Greg Bear's Queen of Angels (1990)."
(Bill Christensen 12/24/2008 12:44:41 PM) |
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