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‘Software disaster’: Pentagon never even planned F-35’s gun to shoot until 2019
The problem with the gun system of the Pentagon’s most advanced F-35 jet, which won’t be able to shoot until at least 2019, is just a part of the disaster of ridiculously over-complex software,
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Robots to take over jobs in human service industry, increasing the percentage of unemployed Americans
The so-called "service industry" - which includes restaurants, entertainment outlets, retail stores and hotels, among other businesses - has traditionally been one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the country, even in a struggling
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One Million Robots: Our Replacements Have Arrived
In the ongoing debate as to whether robots will help or hurt the job market in the U.S. and overseas, some concrete answers are beginning to appear. Foxconn is a Chinese electronics manufacturer of mobile
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Pentagon Wants Rescue Robots Built In Time For the Next “Natural Disaster”
In the wake of Tropical Storm Sandy, the Pentagon has requested that a team of “rescue robots” be engineered in time for the next “natural disaster”. The DARPA Robotics Challenge is putting out the
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