information overload

Not long ago, I was blogging about a neural boost, not even knowing that the first Global Future 2045 Congress, was about to take place.  Of course, if I had read my 100s of Google Alerts (all contain a variation on topic of ‘robot’/‘robotics’), sitting in my Inbox, perhaps I would have known.  I just can’t keep up!  How do some of these people do it?  Are they like a speed scanner?  How much do they scan/read per day, that they remember?  Can you guess what I will say next – like Ray Kurzweil? (Yup, I have brain envy). Not
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pulling me over

Technological similarities utilized for electronic tolling are being applied to the automation of speeding tickets in which high speed cameras supplant being pulled over.  While none of us likes to pay these, we have a choice – we can drive safely, and for those of us who don’t heed the speed limit, we can help support our local, bankrupted governments, and most importantly, leave the understaffed police and traffic officers for more important public safety issues.  This also eliminates all the ‘gawkers’ that slow traffic down. This will one day become a non-issue as sensors in both the roads and
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Fastraking: The tolls for thee

I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who had flown in for the day from LA and was heading back to the airport via the Golden Gate Bridge (GG).  The GG, as of recent, is now 100% electronic tolling; one can prepay via FasTrak, Pay-by-Plate, or wait until a bill is sent to the registered owner via the picture that is taken of the license plate as the car proceeds through the toll.  What is the visitor/tourist supposed to do who has no previous knowledge of this?  In my friend’s case, the rental company will get the
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Boosting My Brain?

Not long ago, I was blogging about a neural boost, not even knowing that the first Global Future 2045 Congress, was about to take place.  Of course, if I had read my 100s of Google Alerts (all contain a variation on topic of ‘robot’/‘robotics’), sitting in my Inbox, perhaps I would have known.  See, I just can’t keep up!  How do some of these people do it?  Are they like a speed scanner?  How much do they scan/read per day, that they remember?  Can you guess what I will say next – like Ray Kurzweil? (Yup, I have brain envy).
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Robotic Surgery: Increasing Risk?

Robotic Surgeries making headlines again:  “Robotic surgery is high-tech ‘tour de force’ — but is it safe?” Is a car safe?  ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MECHANICAL is subject to damage  – cars, robots, space shuttles, you-name-it, and the more complex the machine, the more (unknown) variables there will be to uncover and prepare for.  As is also the case with electromechanical mechanisms, it is how they are used that often makes them safe or ‘not safe’; and this is the grey area of robotics – who is responsible if a robot is not run or maintained properly – the manufacturer or
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Getting Disruptive With It

‘Disruptive’ is the latest buzz term headlining presentations at robotics’ conferences.  Wikipedia describes Disruptive as ‘an innovation that creates a new market by applying a different set of values, which ultimately (and unexpectedly) overtakes an existing market’, and provides several examples – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation.  Over the next years, many robotic innovations, some of course not yet known, will undoubtedly prove to be ‘disruptive’ as they transform our society and improve our quality of life. However, with all the negative backlash from the recent media about ‘robots taking jobs away from humans’, I’m concerned that the public, not knowing what the economic definition
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(Not) Burning Man

Wildfires are not just a problem in the U.S.; it is a worldwide hazard, and one that could highly benefit from robotics. There are already some excellent robotic technologies being developed for addressing wildfires, residential and commercial fires: A hybrid intelligent wildfire detection system by Insight Robotics LTD of Hong Kong that was successfully tested by the Guangdong Academy of Forestry and will be implemented throughout the Guangdong province in China. The Thermite firefighting robot manufactured by Howe and Howe Technologies FireRob, the MVF-5 Autonomous Firefighting Robotic Vehicle built by the Croatian manufacturer DOK-ING The autonomous OLE robotic firefighting beetle created at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal Firefighting robot
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Da Vinci robot lawsuit

Da Vinci Robot Lawsuits are dominating today’s press and now lots of attorneys see a way to make money: “FREE Da Vinci Robot Lawsuit Evaluations Offered By Alonso Krangle LLP Alonso Krangle LLP is currently offering free Da Vinci robot lawsuit evaluations to alleged victims of Da Vinci surgery injuries, including surgical burns, torn blood vessels, excessive bleeding, tissue damage and wrongful death. To discuss a potential Da Vinci robot lawsuit claim with one of the experienced and compassionate Da Vinci surgery complication lawyers at Alonso Krangle LLP, please contact us at 1-800-403-6191, or visit our website at http://www.fightforvictims.com.” I realize
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Future Blog: Robot Psychiatry

I’m not sure how any of us currently or will continue to keep up with the exponential rate of technology.  I’ve been saying that since 1978, but I truly see the impact on us socially, emotionally, and psychologically, NOW.  How can I keep up daily in the burgeoning world of robotics and all my roles within that, AND be a social media expert (did I mention that I’m the mother of a teen who is learning to drive?) and be sane?  I either need an advanced version of Siri and/or a neural implant to boost my mind performance.  In the
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