Thursday, October 27, 2005

Woudn't it be great if your fingers had fingers? And so on?

(Link found at Grow-a-Brain.)

Hans Moravec predicts that robots with similar appendages, able to manipulate matter at the molecular level, will supersede humanity. And in "Engine City," Ken MacLeod envisions their biological counterparts.

4 comments:

razorsmile said...

Hans Moravec predicts that robots with similar appendages, able to manipulate matter at the molecular level, will supersede humanity.

Bush Robots?

Here: A somewhat less advanced application , from Ghost in the Shell.

Anonymous said...

"similar appendages" ... hmmm.

Mac said...

Razorsmile--

Yes, Bush robots. Great still from "Ghost in the Shell"!

Infotheorem--

Shame on you. ;-D

razorsmile said...

ken said Now, that image of multi-fingered fingers on a robot doesn't bother me at all

Heh heh. What you didn't see was the rest of the guy. He's actually a human with robotic hands.

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