CFP: 9th International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)

ICDL is the premiere venue for interdisciplinary research that blends
the boundaries between robotics, artificial intelligence, machine
learning, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy. The 9th International Conference on Development and Learning will be held on August 18-21, 2010.

Survey Results: Would you like to be a Cyborg?- Forbes.com

The following is a very interesting survey results conducted by Zogby International
For the full coverage on the survey results, please visit Cyborg Status – Forbes.com (August 5th, 2009).

–If you could have the Internet wired …

‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ Covers Robot Revolution

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (broadcasted by TVO) covered a special issue filmed at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario - I can’t believe they filmed it so close to where I did my undergrad (University of …

Avatar, Singularity, Robots, and the Brain-Controlled Devices

Two days ago, I went to watch the movie Avatar.
I thought the plot was quite blend, but that was soon forgotten when I started to see the linkage between the idea of singularity and the …

Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Title: Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality
Author: Robert M. Geraci
Subject: Robotics, AI, Philosophy of Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published Date: March 5, 2010
Link: Amazon.com.

Aida, MIT’s Affective Intelligent Driving Assistant

Another instance of where ‘affect’ is making robotic devices a little more friendly.
According to Engaget, this robot is “a dashboard-mounted AI system that collects environmental data, such as local events, traffic and gas stations, and …