Robot Rhythms

Hello Dave,

What are you dancing to? Perhaps H.A.L would not have been so cranky if he had been able to tune into some Easy Listening for robots and by robots. Nevertheless should you be more of the organic life form persuasion it is likely that you will find something at music.for-robots.com/ that will get your non-robo toes tapping. If nothing else it will offer more i pod fodder in the constant quest for the perfect soundtrack for your technomadic treks.

Mobility is Magnetic

What I love the most about this mobile technology charging application recently made public by a team from MIT is that it is not a new technology. In a time when some of us prone to old fashioned adventure might begin to feel that there is less and less of a reason to look over the edge of the horizon we find that there is something new right before us.

As far as the specific technical workings of the technology are concerned I am still clueless, but have been inspired to look into the technology more closely in part, simply because I am curious, and also because this will only do more to allow our technology to become truly nomadic.

To project the possibility of such a technology into the future could we see when used in conjunction with artificial intelligence and the use of naturally occurring magnetic resonance the veritable emergence of our devices from the primordial seas to begin crawling on dry land. More simply, what are the ramifications of a device that has a degree of sentience that is powered by some omnipresent and constant source of energy. Couple this eternal sensor with mobility and we have something truly amazing.

Again, due to my technical limitations I am only speaking in generalities but the idea of thinking machines that are able to traverse terrain under their own power essentially indefinitely is daunting prospect.

Thank you for taking the time to visit us at The Technomadic Times and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,

Ken


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We're Listening

Hello and welcome,


This is no product of Photo Shop. A short hike and the careful placement of our on board camera offers this image of the 60' dish for used by University of Michigan Astronomy students to receive information from astral bodies. It is a favorite haunt for this particular Technomad (I am pictured in the foreground) and is set within over 700 acres of University property used for research and responsible recreation (hence "nomadic". We thought that this image sets an appropriate tone for the subject of this particular forum and hope it inspires you, as it does us, to use all technologies to explore and enrich our world. Thank you again and we look forward to sharing the journey with you all.

Best,

Ken