gHacks technology news » robots http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Top 5 Androids of the World http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/03/top-5-androids-of-the-world/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/03/top-5-androids-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 20:06:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/03/top-5-androids-of-the-world/ If you thought that Androids are a product of the not so near future you thought wrong. What you witnessed in movies like I-Robot, Star Wars and Star Trek is becoming more and more reality in todays live. Yes that is right: today. Scientists still have to take care of many elements like movement and artificial intelligence to create the next C3PO but they are definitely on the right track if you can’t distinguish between Androids and humans anymore in pictures, movies and even reality.

Without further ado, here is the top 5 list of the Androids of this world that resemble humans in many aspects already. I personally find that a bit scary, maybe because I did watch to many Science Fiction movies, or maybe because it is..

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/03/top-5-androids-of-the-world/feed/ 0 In 2020 every Korean household will have a robot http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/31/in-2020-every-korean-household-will-have-a-robot/ http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/31/in-2020-every-korean-household-will-have-a-robot/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:37:58 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=80 Beginning next year Koreans will have the option to buy their own personal robot for a price of 1000$ – 2000$. The robots have lots of functions, some include cleaning rooms, home monitoring and reading books.

Some even have the ability to recharge electricity automatically and order a variety of foods using a local information network.

The price of the robots is cheap, mainly due to the fact that most processes are directed from the outside using wireless connections to communicate with the robot whose sensing and processing functions are maintained by a web connection.

“Like downloading a variety of software to personal computers via the broadband pipeline, most sensing and processing programs will be downloaded to URC robots,’’ said Oh Sang-rok, MIC project manager who is in charge of the URC scheme.

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