who invented the robot

	Humanoids continue invading
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot. On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves. This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
...Scientists gathered at Arctic Science Summit Week, which started on Wednesday in New Hampshire to make up their mind on crucial changes in the North Pole that highlights global warming more than ever before. Ross Virginia, one of the organizers of the Arctic Science Summit on global warming, pre-opened the summit with a speech that was to make everyone realize the problem of the environment. She asked everyone to join...
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	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year. Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide...
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	Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits
... function MLnkMk(str) { s=''; for(i=0;i#iuuq;00xxx/uifsfhjtufs/dp/vl031170140280hpphmf`xjot`vtfofu`dpqzsjhiu`dbtf#!!ubshfu>#`cmbol#?Sfbe!npsf//=0b?'))) "Parker, who represented himself in the suit, publishes online under the name "Snodgrass Publishing Group". One of his publications was an e-book entitled "29 Reasons Not To Be A Nice Guy" and at some time he posted Reason 6 from this book onto a Usenet forum, the wo...
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	The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
... the list; - ninth position was taken by the discovery of diffraction of Roentgen rays in 1912 by Max von Laue; - the last, but not the least, was named Henry Bessemer's iron processing technology, invented in 1856. It should be mentioned that the entire list contained about 50 most important discoveries, among which the most important were the Gutenberg's alloy of plumb tin and stibium (used for printing-press), rub...
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	Robot to Help Neurosurgery
...mer. The robot represents one of the most advanced robotic systems that people ever developed and it was created with the help of MDA, which is known for developing Canadarm and Canadarm2. The whole project of creating the NeuroArm started in 2001 when Doc, B.J. and Don Seaman invested $2 million to start the project. The two oilpatch pioneers and brothers are the namesakes of the Seaman Family MR Research Centre. ...
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	Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk
...als that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU. The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ailments and asthma attacks. There nat...
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	School to be Guarded by a Robot
...The world's first robot to guard children was developed in South Korea. Scientists dubbed the robot OFRO, and it's main goal is to protect children in Seoul's middle school. Placing a robot in the school is a test that the developers are going to make before launching the robot into the market. According to the developers the robot could be useful in alerting staff in case outsiders intend to seduce students. Chief Exe...
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	Robots Assist in Rescuing Disaster Victims
... Urban search and rescue robots are tested at a special 'Disaster City' training facility according to specific disaster scenarios. The robots will help rescue people in collapsed buildings and train wrecks. Scientists will test robot performance applying actual training scenarios for emergency responders. Test results are required for improving and developing new usage guides that allow to match specific kinds of robot...
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	Scientist Predicts Humans Will Marry Robots
...British scientist was awarded a PhD by the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, for his work claiming that marriage between robots and human will become common in the near future. David Levy, an artificial intelligence scientist wrote a thesis Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners where he says that robots can become even more suitable partners for humans. In his work he explains that changing views on...
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	NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator
...The Spaceward Foundation launched a 2007 Beam Power Challenge competition where the teams could compete to build a Space Elevator. The NASA project is aimed at stimulating "innovation and competition in space exploration and ongoing NASA mission areas". The final competition event will take part at October 21 at the Davis County Event Center just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, where teams from US, Canada, Spain, J...
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	Robots to Become Our Closest Friends Soon
...iment on March, 1. The iCub, a small robot that is one meter high will be taught to speak to make it able to interact with humans. Professor Chrystopher Nehaniv and Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, who are leading European research in Artificial Intelligence and Human Robot Interaction, will use practically the same methods of teaching language as parents use when they teach their children. During the experiment t...
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	Spacecraft Observes Powerful Electrical Storm on Saturn
...lasted for nearly a month, but this storm is longer-lived by far. And it appeared after nearly two years during which we did not detect any electrical storm activity from Saturn," said Georg Fischer, who works as an associate with the radio and plasma wave science team at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. The newly observed storm on Saturn is found in the southern hemisphere of the planet, which is a region dubbed by ...
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	NASA's Phoenix Finds Ice on Mars
... Scientists said that the Phoenix Mars Lander has found ice on Mars, which can become one step closer to finding evidence of life. Close-up images showed that the lander's three legs rested on a patch of ice around 3 feet in diameter, which was apparently covered by a layer of dirt. After the thrusters blew away the topsoil, the scientists saw bright specks, which are believed to be ice. Previously, the experts tho...
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	The Japanese Create Robotic Girlfriend
...A firm from Japan announced that it was able to create a robotic girlfriend that can kiss on command. The robot is 38 cm (15 inch) tall and its inventors dubbed it "Eternal Maiden Actualization" or shortly "EMA". Producers stated that EMA will go on sale in September and its price will be $175. The robotic girlfriend is aimed to a particular target market, i.e. adult men. "Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the...
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