Tuesday Two: Zit zapping
November 10th, 2009
Tuesday Two
Use NASA technology to zap your zits away with the new Zeno family of devices. The iPod look-alike contains a heating element that is resistant to human oils and acids. With clinical trials showing 90% success rates, this may end teenage embarrassment one zit zapping at a time. No word on if there are plans to make a version that plays MP3s.
There is an artificial intelligence that involves integrated planning. This allows an operator (human or fellow robot) to establish a telepresence that may be able to control remote units (such as, another robot) at great distances (another planet) to give feedback (suggestions) about the instructions it is receiving. Who’s controlling who?
Epoch-Fail
The Northeast Passage opens because our planet is slowly getting hotter. But trade routes won’t come easy if shippers want to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The planet hasn’t thawed enough to sail north of Russia without the need for ice-breaker class ships along with a fleet of support ships to break up the ice that’s still there. Pesky environment keeps getting in the way of progress!
Categories: Tuesday Two | Tags: ai, arctic ocean, artificial intelligence, Northeast passage, pimple, russia, trade, zit, zit zapping
