Thursday, September 11, 2014

The £50,000 house you can download from the internet

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The £50,000 house you can download from the internet

The Independent
Sep 12 2014

A modern take on traditional prefab housing may be the answer to Britain's homes crisis, with the launch of a two-bedroom property that anyone can put together in a matter of days. The first prototype of the WikiHouse 4.0 – which can be built for less......read more...


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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Brainy, Yes, But Far From Handy

2006: Mako surgical (founder: roboticist Rony Abovitz) began offering a robot that offers precise haptic feedback to surgeons repairing arthritic knee joints.

Abovitz is now President & CEO of Magic Leap, Inc., whose motto is: "Most people are focused on making machines smarter. Wouldn't it be better if we focused on making people smarter?"



BRAINY, YES, BUT FAR FROM HANDY
John Markoff
The Financial Express
Sep 7 2014

Robots still lack a critical element— a well-developed sense of touch
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Why Twitter beats Facebook for breaking news


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Why Twitter beats Facebook for breaking news
John Naughton
The New Review
Sep 7 2014

Exactly a month ago today, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in the town of Ferguson, Missouri. There were a number of eyewitnesses, but the circumstances of the killing are disputed and are...
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