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Kuri
Kuri - The Best of Both Worlds It was a day like all the rest in Silicone. The skies were gray and dismal, and the clouds loomed over the city like the hand of the Grim Reaper. Automatic runways transported every working machine to its point of employment. Back and forth, back and forth, over and over, day after day, each robot traveled. There was a place for everyone, and everyone had his place. Some robots worked in the hospital, some of them worked in offices. Many of them were disposed to manufacturing. It was always the same. Nothing changed. One brand was called for one purpose. Depending on your technology, you were destined for the same life as those who came before you.
By April Hale8 years ago in Futurism
Funniest 'Star Wars' Memes on the Internet
With the release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, and an unholy berth of saga additions on the horizon, it's pretty much a given that the universe far, far away isn't going anywhere for quite some time. Add to that the internet's love for turning a phrase, or simply changing a scene, the funniest Star Wars memes are not just beautiful renditions of the amazing pop culture and characters from the saga. They're satires of our love for the stars.
By Johnson Bernard8 years ago in Futurism
The Act of Determination
Rusted, with a couple of twitching servos, the droid marched through the grove of tall treetops that towered over him at no end. The moisture of the air could be felt on the pressure of the ground, pushing it with each muddy step. Had he not been designed with reinforced stability mechanics, he would've been unable to even make one step in such a harsh setting.
By Jose Gabriel8 years ago in Futurism
We Earth Humans Are Polymorphic
By polymorphic, this means that we can all look different from one another. We even look different from our parents or like a combination of both parents. Unless we are twins, we all have genetic variations that make each other look different. Each person’s genome has 3 million differences but humans are also 99.9% the same. This gives white supremacists pause, no doubt. Genome variations are small, which leaves a few base pairs substituted for. If we are all truly based on similar genetic material despite our individual differences in appearance, then we are all more similar than many racists stop to think about.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Futurism
Kuri: the Origin #KuriStory #HeyKuri
Emily was a proud eight-year-old granddaughter of the well-known robotic scientist, Professor Janeway Connelly. She would always go to the robotics lab department where Janeway worked and either observed or interacted alongside her grandmother. She was fascinated with the robots designed to assist others in need.Emily dreamed of becoming a robotic scientist like her grandmother. Every day, she would write down notes from some of the books she read and videos she watched discussing the mechanics of robotics. At times, she would draw pictures of robots for ideas, no matter how silly the robots look in her drawings. When she became 13, she was given an award in her school for her excellence and science projects on some of the first few robots she made herself. Whenever she was asked about her interest in robotics, she would always point out that her grandmother was her inspiration. During the summer of that year, she was given the most terrible of news; her grandmother was dying.Her grandmother suffered a stroke and was left with a weakened heart and she had only a few days to live. As Emily stood by her side, tears streaming down her face, Janeway took her hand.
By Michael Hawkins8 years ago in Futurism
Kari & Kuri. Top Story - March 2018.
#KuriStory #HeyKuri 'My daughter Kari is the most beautiful little girl. She has the biggest heart and calmest soul. I try to do everything I can for her to make it easier for her. You see, Kari is sick...she has been fighting, and winning, for most of her life. We lost her mother at Kari’s birth, so it has pretty much just been us. But I have to work a lot... I’ll be home, but not really there at all... One night, after reading a quick story and saying our prayers together, I came back downstairs to the lab and tried to work. I had to ask my computer’s virtual assistant to order some specific wiring, and I happened to glance over at the screen and looked at the pop up window. It hit me; the most important inspiration I ever had in my entire life. And I got started.'
By Ashley Wentz8 years ago in Futurism
Review of Adam Roberts’ 'The History of Science Fiction'
I’m a long-time fan of science fiction. I love the genre in its ability to expand the reader’s mind into the ‘what-if.’ I ran across a review Adam Roberts had published on Margaret Atwood, while I was writing an article on speculative fiction. I ultimately sent the piece to Roberts, and in so doing, discovered his book, The History of Science Fiction.
By K.E. Lanning8 years ago in Futurism
The Robot's Dream #KuriStory #HeyKuri
#KuriStory #HeyKuri I’m speaking to you in a dream. No, I’m not technically an android, and no, I don’t see electric sheep. I don’t possess a voice system in reality. I talk in a series of “boops” and “beeps.” I can communicate with you, though, through the power of fantasy. I don’t even have arms or legs, yet I can relate to you a little story about from which I came. Like all of the various products of human ingenuity, I sprang from the minds of brilliant people like Mike Beebe, Sarah Osentoski, and Kaijen Hsiao. They’re like my moms and dad. I didn’t actually eject from their heads like the Greek goddess Athena. No. These individual brains integrated with their bodies and brought me into existence with constant tinkering, toying, and developing. A great deal of people remark about my cuteness. Well, they would be right. I’m downright adorable. But if it weren’t for people like Stephanie Lee, Connor Moore and Ben Kearns, among others, I would be a mass of plastic and circuitry; I would be a pile of components without form or direction.
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Futurism
'Doctor Who': 12 For Twelve
Peter Capaldi's time on the BBC's Doctor Who has ended. This past Christmas he regenerated into Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor who will be making her debut this October per announcements made at the BBC Worldwide Showcase in February. While we wait for her debut, now seems an opportune moment to look back over the highlights of Capaldi's time in the TARDIS. A top twelve for the Twelfth Doctor as it were...(Be warned though: There might be spoilers.)
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Futurism
Put Thought into Your DNA
Sooner or later, all of us seek to make known the unknown, to expand our consciousness beyond the habitual and limited “box” of comfortable thinking patterns. Whether this is motivated by pain or desire, a spiritual student challenges him or herself to change their thinking, to change their reality, to become new. And any thorough, disciplined spiritual study is designed to produce the changes desired, and even facilitate mastery—mastery of service to others and God, and mastery of the mind and creative powers. To make these changes, there needs to be a commitment of mind, soul, and body. Mind creates the desire, but just how does the body follow? How do our changing attitudes take effect in our bodies? How can we most effectively align these physical bodies that we still have in this journey?
By Paul S. Madar8 years ago in Futurism
