Tuesday Two
In robot news, Josh Lowensohn explores the Rovio, a $250 robot that acts like an internet controlled telepresence
guard dog. Let's hope they never hook this thing up to Skynet. Terminator's primitive cousin has been born!
On the biotech front, the cleverly named Institute of Food Research
made an announcement about genetically engineered bacteria that does what it is told to do just by eating a rare sugar called xylan. Sounds just tasty. I'll have two!
Epoch-Fail!
Tesla Motors has been trying to give themselves a lot of press. Their desperation lead them to submit a couple of cars to the British show
Top Gear. Bad move! Well, let's be honest, an electric "sports" car that only has peak performance for a 100 mile radius before needing a 2 to ..umm 16 hour recharge? Well, Top Gear's review may not have been 100% fair, but they make some very important points.
Here's the video.
telepresence
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