2016-03-19 18:53
By Frank Tobe, Editor/Publisher, The Robot ReportDmitry Itskov, a wealthy Russian Internet entrepreneur, hosted and sponsored last weekend's Global Future 2045, an event organized to highlig… Read More
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Citizen action happens when people agree that change is needed. With a focus on technology, particularly the emerging world of robotics, and including the politics of technology and change, that's what this blog is all about.
2016-03-19 18:53
Hans Gosling, TED TalkI've been a fan of Hans Gosling, the statistician and Swedish medical doctor made famous by his colorful and easily understood TED presentations. He has helped people e… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration and prolific Huffington Post blogger, has had his share of quotable one-liners. But in today's article he had a bunch.There's c… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Pres. Obama, speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, June 24, 2011"Today, I'm calling for all of us to come together- private sector, industry, universities, and the government - to spark a… Read More
2012-02-22 22:25
Why use a headline like the one shown below when midway through the article you contradict it?5th Paragraph: Let’s be clear: SACOM isn’t alleging that Foxconn is hiding work… Read More
2011-08-14 19:25
According to Xinhua, the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will deploy 1 million robots over the next three… Read More
2011-07-04 22:28
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Facility - Before Twin DisastersHow did it come to be that Japan's nuclear power authority didn't have any emergency robots ready to assist with damage and co… Read More
2011-06-28 17:52
Will big industrial robot makers such as ABB, Fanuc and Kuka, transition and begin making products for the consumer and service markets? I'm beginning to think not. And here are a few of my… Read More
2011-03-07 00:25
Jeopardy! Was Just The BeginningAlex Trebek, Ken Jennins, Watson and Brad RutterPhoto courtesy of Jeopardy!IBM's achievement with their Watson system and software was more than good televisi… Read More
2011-02-01 18:34
I was disappointed with the section of President Obama's 2011 State of the Union speech regarding investing in selected new technologies for future growth.I had hoped he would use the word … Read More
2011-01-10 03:30
2011 is a pivotal year for industrial and service robots. In fact, we may see the marriage of industrial with service robots to be used as assistants in manufacturing. The recent launches i… Read More
2010-11-03 21:30
On this election day I cannot help but consider whether Arianna Huffington's "Third World America" book is more than just a warning.Graphic from AStrangeLifeJames Truslow Adams coined and de… Read More
2010-10-29 13:43
All of us are thinking about jobs and the economy, and those of us that are techno-centric are also concerned about the discussion as to whether robots take away jobs -- or not. It's an argu… Read More
2010-09-26 21:03
Afternoon sail on the Charles River; downtown Boston background.Boston, the Charles River, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provided a beautiful setting for the iPad-toting crow… Read More
2010-08-25 15:33
In a meticulously researched book as current as today's headlines, Frederick Forsyth's new book The Cobra offers a high tech thriller about the problem of cocaine. His thesis is to change th… Read More
2010-08-02 10:03
In late 1961, as President Dwight Eisenhower was preparing to leave office, he carefully warned of a process which I believe parallels our situation today:Throughout America's adventure in f… Read More
2010-07-01 20:34
Rhetoric is winning over substance these days with the resultant effect that people are suffering. Worse, there are "tens of millions of unemployed workers, many of whom will go jobless for… Read More
2010-05-18 14:59
UPDATE May 18: Rhetoric lessons for Democrats by Drew Westen - see below.In 2008, Arkansas voted for John McCain for President. In fact, the state voted more Republican than all other… Read More
2010-04-30 18:39
Much discussion is being focused in Congress, recent books, articles, and in the media, on the financial crisis and the contributing factors to that crisis. Omitting until the end the… Read More
2010-04-06 21:50
I have concerns about Ray Kurzweil's Singularity. The following three stories will show you where I'm coming from and give some background to what I want to say:(1) In the '80s, Tom Ax… Read More
2010-02-11 21:07
In a recent Washington Post op-ed piece, Google's Eric Schmidt described why America has an innovation deficit and suggested ways that stimulus might change that situation.We see it reflecte… Read More
2010-01-15 13:12
Trick math question: If you have $100 and lose 50% and then gain back 50% of that, how much do you have?$100$50$75None of the above.Stock markets around the world rose dramatically in 2009… Read More
2009-12-28 16:38
Singularity Hub, a website reporting advances in nanotechnology, genetics, biology, AI, aging and robotics, presented their 2009 Best Robots pictorial, a graphic review of some of the most i… Read More
2009-12-11 00:33
iREX2009 (International Robot Exposition 2009) held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center in iREX2009 (International Robot Exposition 2009) held at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center i… Read More
2009-12-03 19:39
I met Henrik Christensen (Director Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Georgia Institute of Technology) earlier this year at International Experts Days at the Schunk factory in Hausen, German… Read More
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