Nanotechnology Basics Home > Introduction > Nanotechnology Basics Nanotechnology Basics Last Updated: Friday, 14-Jun-2013 09:28:04 PDT What is Nanotechnology? Answers differ depending on who you ask, and their background. Broadly speaking however, nanotechnology is the act of purposefully manipulating matter at the atomic scale, otherwise known as the "nanoscale." Coined as "nano-technology" in a 1974 paper by Norio Taniguchi at the University of Tokyo, and encompassing a multitude of rapidly emerging technologies, based upon the scaling down of existing technologies to the next level of precision and miniaturization. Foresight Nanotech Institute Founder K. In the future, "nanotechnology" will likely include building machines and mechanisms with nanoscale dimensions, referred to these days as Molecular Nanotechnology (MNT). Click image for larger version. This image was written using Dip-Pen Nanolithography, and imaged using lateral force microscopy mode of an atomic force microscope. "We know it's possible.
Brain Scans Show Humans Feel for Robots Star Wars’ R2-D2 shows that a robot—even one that looks more like a trash can than a person—can make people laugh and cry. Now, in research to be presented at the International Communication Association conference in London, scientists have shown that when the human brain witnesses love for or violence against a robot, it reacts in much the same way as if the robot were human. Engineers worldwide are developing robots to act as companions for people—for instance, to help the elderly at home or patients in hospitals. However, after the novelty of using a robot fades, people often feel less interested in using them. Scientists want to learn how to create more-engaging robots, but there has been little systematic research on how people react emotionally toward them. In other videos, experimenters acted violently toward the targets—for instance, strangling them with a rope. The researchers were surprised by how similar the brain responses to both humans and robots were.
This May Very Well Be the First New Earth DISEÑO MECATRONICA Contenido del DVD de STEP 7 Setup.exe Leame.rtf (en 5 idiomas) Leame_OSS.rtf (en 5 idiomas) Carpeta CD_1 (instalación) · Automation License Manager Carpeta CD_2 Indicaciones relativas a las "Condiciones de licencia de Siemens", "Condiciones de licencia de software comercial de terceros " y a "Software con componentes OSS" · Indicaciones sobre el producto "Novedades" · Indicaciones sobre el producto "New modules" · Indicaciones sobre el producto "Instalación central" · Manual "Getting Started: Introducción y ejercicios prácticos con STEP 7" · Manual "Programar con STEP 7" · Manual "Configurar el hardware y la comunicación con STEP 7" · Manual "Modificaciones con la instalación en marcha mediante CiR" · Manual "Sistema de automatización S7-400H - Sistemas de alta disponibilidad" · Manuales "NCM S7" · Manual "Guía para facilitar la transición de S5 a S7" · Manual "Esquema de contactos (KOP) para S7-300/400" · Manual "Lista de instrucciones (AWL) para S7-300/400" · Manual "PID-Control" link:
Why are past, present, and future our only options? But things get awkward if you have a friend. (Use your imagination if necessary.) Low blow, Dr. Dave. Low blow... But seriously, I always figured if there was more than one dimension of time, that moving "left" or "right" would be the equivalent of moving to a parallel universe where things were slightly different. That is to say, maybe time really is 2 dimensional, but for all the reasons you mention, we're normally only aware of one of them—and for the most part, the same one that most of the people we meet are aware of. But take, say, a schizophrenic person—maybe they're tuned in differently; moving sideways through time instead of forward... or maybe moving through (and aware of) both simultaneously. They can't form coherent thoughts because they're constantly confronted with overlapping and shifting realities. I dunno... that's all just speculation, of course, but I find that thought fascinating.
IBM’s Watson Tries to Learn…Everything Steven Cherry: Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum’ s “Techwise Conversations.” Computers aren’t just getting better, they’re getting smarter. Sixteen years ago, a software program beat the reigning chess champion . IBM had spent seven years creating it, and it was time well spent. Two years ago, IBM’s Watson software beat the world’s two best players in the television game show “Jeopardy!” Since then, Watson has been put to work learning something a lot less trivial—medical diagnosis. But IBM is also looking to the long term. My guest today is Jim Hendler . Jim, welcome to the podcast. Jim Hendler: Thanks very much, Steve. Steven Cherry: I called this an open-ended three-year charter to make Watson smarter. Jim Hendler: That’s pretty much correct. Steven Cherry: So your students and colleagues will tackle a wide variety of problems, but there’s one that interests you personally, and that’s the thousands and thousands of open data sets around the world. Jim Hendler: Right.
X3 Gyroplane Uses 15 Blades to Race at 253MPH Robotics - Students : Projects Robots and AI by Matt, former Athena Student Intern If you had a robot that could do anything for you, what would it do? Would it serve you ice cold lemonade in the summer and mow your lawn? Would it do your homework or taxes for you? Movies are an influential part of our life. Metropolis (1927) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Forbidden Planet (1956) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Silent Running (1972) Sleeper (1973) Westworld (1973) Futureworld (1976) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Blade Runner (1982) The Terminator (1984) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Short Circuit (1986) Short Circuit 2 (1988) RoboCop (1987) Lost In Space (1998) Bicentennial Man (1999) The Iron Giant (1999) A.I. I, Robot (2004) Look around you. 1. Works Cited
Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: Chatbot NetLogo Model Produced for the book series "Artificial Intelligence"; Author: W. J. Teahan; Publisher: Ventus Publishing Aps, Denmark. powered by NetLogo view/download model file: Chatbot.nlogo This model implements two basic chatbots - Liza and Harry. The model makes use of an extension to NetLogo called "re" for regular expressions. First press the setup button in the Interface - this will load the rules for each chatbot. The Interface buttons are defined as follows:- setup: This loads the rules for each chatbots.- chat: This starts or continues the conversation with the chatbot that was selected using the bot chooser. The Interface chooser and switch is defined as follows:- bot: This sets the chatbot to the Liza chatbot, the Harry chatbot or Both.- debug-conversation: If this is set to On, debug information is also printed showing which rules matched. Harry seems to do a bit better at being paranoid than Liza does at being a Rogerian psychotherapist. Try adding your own rules to the chatbots.
Do Kids Care If Their Robot Friend Gets Stuffed Into a Closet? "Please don't put me in the closet," cries the robot. Last week, we wrote about a study that looked at whether humans attribute moral accountability and emotions to robots. This week, we've got a study from the same group, the Human Interaction With Nature and Technological Systems Lab (HINTS) at the University of Washington, that takes a look at what kind of relationships children are likely to form with social robot platforms, and it involves forcing their new robot friend into a dark, lonely closet. The 90 children in this study were separated into three groups by age: 9 year olds, 12 year olds, and 15 year olds, with an equal mix of boys and girls. As with the previous study, the robot involved in the research was Robovie, a vaguely humanoid robot that was secretly teleoperated to give it the appearance1 of a sophisticated (but not necessarily unrealistic) level of autonomy and interactivity. Geez. Things get even more interesting when you break down the results by age. [ HINTS Lab ]
One of These Amazing Inventions Will Win the International Dyson Award Next Week Solarbotics h+ Magazine | Covering technological, scientific, and cultural trends that are changing human beings in fundamental ways. Michelle Ewens March 24, 2011 The concept of utility fog – flying, intercommunicating nanomachines that dynamically shape themselves into assorted configurations to serve various roles and execute multifarious tasks – was introduced by nanotech pioneer J. For instance, a few years ago Dr. However, if a future foglet ever became conscious enough to dissent from its assigned task and spread new information to the hive mind, this might cause other constituent foglets to deviate from their assigned tasks. Eric Drexler, who coined “grey goo” in his seminal 1986 work on nanotechnology, “Engines of Creation,” now resents the term’s spread since it is often used to conjure up fears of a nanotech-inspired apocalypse. Should we attempt to create artificially generated intelligence (AGI) in a manner that resembles what we would wish for ourselves? What Is It Like to Be a Foglet? Is it ridiculous to worry about the subjective experience of utility foglets? The Psychology of Groupthink