Comments on My Spoon Robot On Full Auto
This is a great addition to the assistive technologies now available commercially. It also poses a danger to Americans. (Read
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"Any mention of a robotic feeding machine must not negelect to mention the hilarious feeding machine in Chaplin's 1936 movie "Modern times"
Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T6DTHm-Xa8"
(Yossi Preminger 12/6/2006 3:51:53 AM)
"Yossi, thanks for writing in with this item. Although 'My Spoon' obviously addresses a serious need, this brief excerpt from 'Modern Times' provides a look at technology gone awry that is still funny generations later.
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(Bill Christensen 12/6/2006 5:11:54 AM)
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
'Stasis, cold sleep, hibernation, hypothermia, reduced metabolism, call it what you will - the logistics-medicine research teams had found a way to stack people like cordwood and use them when needed.'
Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
'If the enemy persists in attacking or even intensifies their power, the density of the plasma in space will suddenly increase, causing it to reflect most of the incoming energy like a mirror.'