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Here is one which is true ...
If you have been lucky enough to see the film ‘Forbidden Planet ‘[1952] which starred a very young Leslie Nielsen, you may have noticed the real star of the film, Robbie the Robot.
Most robots, presently available, are purely mechanical in their function. The sophisticated interactivity of Robbie the Robot is a mere dream... or rather was a mere dream.
One of the world’s premier roboticists, Professor Cynthia Breadzeal, says that emotions play an important role in guiding attention to what is really important. Many roboticists around the world are working to produce robots with emotions. Heaven forfend that any of them they go into politics!
Forget about wondering if lightning really can strike in the same place twice ... how about being run over by a car twice in the same day? And it gets worse. On the 27th February 2007 a man from Rayleigh in Essex, England was hit by a BMW at 12.30 am just near to the Southend General Hospital. Barely recovered, and just 30 minutes later, the same man was hit again at traffic lights by a van, suffering serious head injuries. He was taken to the Southend General.
Now here is some really practical recycling ...
In the Australian city of Darwin, every June they hold a Beer Can Regatta. All of the entries must be built from beer or soft drink cans.
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