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The Eggasus is a three-wheeled electric vehicle fitted with an electric hub motor, enclosed cab, tinted windows, a seat, and instrument display panel… slated for northern hemisphere fall launch in the US… currently taking orders… no-emissions three-wheeler… [Everything has emissions. Just depends on where.] …basically a scooter with a retro-modernist swagger…
—Antonio Pasolini at GizMag… taking orders through social venture funding site Indiegogo… US$5,000… a few different purchasing options… kit… shell alone… bulk discount…
This video is included in the Personal Transport Future video playlist
Published on Jun 20, 2012 by squire302
H/t Dave Blount at Moonbattery, where this idea was roundly mocked
Published on Jun 20, 2012 by squire302
H/t Dave Blount at Moonbattery, where this idea was roundly mocked
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Never saw any of the Rambo movies. Had to look up the "nightmare" line.
Just as I was completing this, I thought, I should've used Judge Dredd! (Coming soon)
Just as I was completing this, I thought, I should've used Judge Dredd! (Coming soon)
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Not a Mindful Webwork, but I thought it deserved more than just a blog-heap link.
h/t Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit
h/t Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit
This, on the other hand, is a Mindful Webwork. Started out to just create a thumbnail image, but figured I might as well post the large version.
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As robots grow more autonomous, society needs to develop rules to manage them.
"As robots become more autonomous, the notion of computer-controlled machines facing ethical decisions is moving out of the realm of science fiction and into the real world. Society needs to find ways to ensure that they are better equipped to make moral judgments than HAL was. …
"Passenger aircraft have long been able to land themselves. Driverless trains are commonplace. Volvo’s new V40 hatchback essentially drives itself in heavy traffic. It can brake when it senses an imminent collision, as can Ford’s B-Max minivan. Fully self-driving vehicles are being tested around the world. Google’s driverless cars have clocked up more than 250,000 miles in America, and Nevada has become the first state to regulate such trials on public roads. In Barcelona a few days ago, Volvo demonstrated a platoon of autonomous cars on a motorway. …
"In America states have been scrambling to pass laws covering driverless cars, which have been operating in a legal grey area as the technology runs ahead of legislation. …"
The Economist: Robot ethics: Morals and the machine
As robots grow more autonomous, society needs to develop rules to manage them
Video. A somewhat dull and dry discussion of serious issues.
H/t: War News Updates
As robots grow more autonomous, society needs to develop rules to manage them
Video. A somewhat dull and dry discussion of serious issues.
H/t: War News Updates
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