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[Novaspivack.typepad.com] Minding the Planet: The New York Times has published a wonderful and fascinating set of mini-essays by leading scientists about their beliefs in the unknkown and unexplained -- from consciousness, to God, to life on other worlds, and the existence of true love. There are some terrific thoughts in it -- one of thoses rare articles that breaks through stereotypes and opens the door to new paradigms.

[Plasticnoodle.com] Plasticnoodle: When the robot's arm finally moves a fraction of a centimetre, relief spreads across their faces.I've noticed that quite a bit of Japanese pop culture shows robots & robotics as part of their future-mythos (the general idea of the future that most people at a given time hold: so, the United States 1950s future-mythos involved flying cars.) We strange Americans tend not to see robotics as much, but tend towards informational helpers rather than physical helpers: we see global information networks, but don't usually imagine robots building skyscrapers.

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