http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080821comp.htm ---
1. Intel researchers are also investigating how millions of tiny micro-robots, called catoms, could build shape-shifting materials.
2. Rattner demonstrated two working personal robot prototypes developed at Intel's research labs. One of the demonstrations showed electric field pre-touch that has been built into a robot hand. The technique is a novel sensing modality used by fish but not humans, so they can "feel" objects before they even touch them. The other demonstration was a complete autonomous mobile manipulation robot that can recognize faces and interpret and execute commands as generic as "please clean this mess" using state-of-the-art motion planning, manipulation, perception and artificial intelligence.
If these guys are real. I am going love living in the future. isn't this inflection a nightmare for the SciFi writers ?
[thanks http://www.technologyreview.com/]
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