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Pentagon Project Aims to be RoboCop Reality
The Pentagon's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is seeking contractors to make robots that can hunt down noncooperative humans. Scott Thill reports on these developments for Alternet, gets comments from the ACLU and various University professors."Are Pentagon... 6 views | 0 comments | 5 recommendations
Six Ways to Stop the Terminator Robots
A new book, "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong", considers options for ensuring that robots don't take over the world and subjugate or destroy the human race, a popular concept in science fiction. This... 142 views | 10 comments | 32 recommendations
Arnie - an American for 25 Years
Love him or loath him Arnold Schwarzenegger's story is something of an American dream and it's 25 years to the day that the 'Governator' became an American citizen. From arriving in America in 1968 with very little...Legendary Special F/X Artist Stan Winston Dies at 62
Legendary special effects artists Stan Winston has died at the age of 62 after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. RIP."Special effects and makeup guru Stan Winston passed away on Sunday, June 15th in Los Angeles,...257 views | 4 comments | 2 recommendations
Movie Monster Master Dies
Special Effects god Stan Winston passed away last night."We’ve been hearing for a while that effects maven Stan Winston was in bad health, but this is still incredibly shocking. On June 15th, 2008, Stan Winston passed away at the age of 62.Over his long career, Winston was... Terminator 4 Shoots This Year
The main location and at least some of the casting is confirmed for the previously-discussed Terminator 4..."Shooting on the McG-helmed film, which stars Christian Bale as rebel leader John Connor, will begin in May... Terminator marketing propels Sarah Connor Chronicles
The big hit of the winter season on US TV the Terminator spin-off, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. At least according to Fox, the network behind the show.The pilot drew more than 18 million viewers on Sunday night, and... 671 views | 3 comments | 4 recommendations
Terminator in 2009: I'll Be Back!
Inevitable, really... a second Terminator trilogy. This new round of robot-on-robot action will be set in the future, though, and Arnold Schwartzenegger, whose monosyllabic cyborg is a pop-culture icon (and the best...The Sarah Connor Chronicles S01E01 (Fox)
The Sarah Connor character was made popular in the Terminator series of movies, with the second one being the most memorable by far. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton made this a great movie to watch when I was a teenager back in 1991. This was also the...Roomba Meets Terminator: Armed SWAT-Bot
iRobot, of Roomba fame, have come up with a new autonomous 'bot... this one is armed with a Taser. The reasoning is sound, I suppose: an infantry robot to support flesh-and blood troops or SWAT officers. However, the risk is high. What if it malfunctions? Well, "what if" has...www.area-56.com - Schwarzenegger to appear in next Terminator
"California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will appear in the next Terminator sequel - in digital form."Fox is Looking for Sarah Connor: Terminator Spinoff
While Fox does not have a stellar track record on sci-fi, Firefly has enjoyed a massive cult following; perhaps some of those viewers will tune in to watch Ms. Glau in a new series."Among the six shows that Fox is expected to pick up for the fall season, it looks like the...The Terminator: He'll Be Back!
More Terminator films are slated for production, though they will be unlikely to star Arnold "Give Me Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle" Schwarzenegger. "The 'Terminator' will be back, thanks to a new...In Japan, robots are people, too
"Unlike the U.S., where the icons of a dawning era of robots tend to be either the faceless, Frisbee-shaped, floor-scrubbing Roomba or the killing machines of the "Terminator" movies, the consensus on the other side of the Pacific tends toward cuddly animals and small...CALIFORNIANS SAY NO TO SCHWARZENEGGER
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found his box office appeal and rhetoric as a reformer couldn't convince California voters that his special election initiatives were critical to the state's future. With about...365 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
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