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Film review: Robot & Frank
South China Morning Post
The latest attempt to explore a country for old men is the nominally sci-fi drama, Robot & Frank. Set in a future that could be Apple's next product launch, Frank Langella plays a retired cat burglar with a crabby demeanour and a diminishing memory. He ...

Feed Me Stays Hungry With 'Death By Robot'
WBUR
The tracks “Death By Robot” are less abrasive than previous Feed Me and Spor tracks, which reflects an ongoing transition in Gooch's music. Since joining Mau5trap, the record label founded by popular electronic artist DeadMau5, his songs have become ...

Robot sparrow starts a flap with rivals
Futurity: Research News
Biologist Rindy Anderson and her team created a "robosparrow" to simulate the wing-waves swamp sparrows use to signal aggression. It worked so well that the experiment may be on hold indefinitely because the robot bird's head was ripped off in an attack.

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'First' robot doctor begins work at a Northern Ireland hospital
ITV News
What is thought to be the first robot doctor in the UK has begun working at a hospital in Northern Ireland. Based at the high dependency unit of Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, patients need round-the-clock attention, but they do not have an intensive ...

FTAV video: the robot employment threat
FT Alphaville (blog)
Cardiff writes mostly about US macroeconomic issues, with daily excursions into other topics about which he claim no expertise. Before Alphaville, Cardiff spent a little more than two years as a reporter at Dow Jones Financial News covering investment ...

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E&T magazine
The ecological badminton robot (w/ video)
Phys.Org
A robot to play with! A childhood's dream has now come true for researchers at the Flanders' Mechatronics Technology Centre (FMTC) in Belgium. Wim Symens and his team pioneered the development of the first robot ever to play badminton. But this robot ...
Badminton robot increases mechatronics efficiencyE&T magazine

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