Is This Really a Good Idea?
The headline for this story in the NY Times: “Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot.” Thanks science.
Which reminds me, who smeared poo on the one-way mirror in my secret monkey/robot laboratory?
The headline for this story in the NY Times: “Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot.” Thanks science.
Which reminds me, who smeared poo on the one-way mirror in my secret monkey/robot laboratory?
January 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I for one welcome our new monkey-controlled robot overlords
January 15th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I suppose it’s good news for those who seek monkey butlers and robot butlers. Two for the price of one.
(Although it wouldn’t be as good as a real monkey butler. I would just know in my heart-of-hearts that it wasn’t the same.)
January 15th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Yes, but does the monkey sing, “Still Alive”?
January 15th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
“Richard A. Anderson”? I am sure they meant “Richard DEAN Anderson”!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Forget the monkeys, I can’t wait for a mecha-suit that hooks straight into my brain!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
A couple months ago I met a fellow in Second Life that was working on getting chimps in his lab to control avatars in the virtual world. Although I am not sure if it would be possible to tell the difference between a chimp controlled avatar and the typical griefer.
January 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Are chimps that malicious?
January 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Are chimps that malicious?
Ferocity of chimpanzee attack stuns medics”>Does this count?
January 15th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
This was a triumph. I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!
January 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Does this mean my electronic banana now has a market?
January 15th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Just to be on the safe side, let’s all make sure no one pisses off Stephen Hawking…
January 15th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
This opens all sorts of evoloutional theory questions. Did/does the Terminator in fact evolve from a chimp? Can we get a robot to look funny wearing pants? Will future robots grow up craving banannas?
January 15th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Oh, the poo thing was me. Sorry dude, my bad.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I heard on the news tonight that soon, cloned animal products will be on the market. (I seriously typed ‘monkey’ instead of ‘market’ originally) Does that mean that the robots will be controlled by cloned monkeys in future tests?
January 15th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
“Does that mean that the robots will be controlled by cloned monkeys in future tests?”
Get your stinking robotic paws off me you damned dittoed ape!!!
January 15th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Anybody remember the robot monkey apocalypse watch in the official xbox magazine when it was first published?
Yeah… We’re doomed. Again.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
The question I have is… why?
January 16th, 2008 at 12:38 am
So… it has begun. If you thought that Planet of the Apes was bad, imagine how it would be if the apes had robots at their disposal.
When will we learn to stop playing god???
January 16th, 2008 at 12:54 am
“The question I have is… why?”
There’s lots of science to be done… for the people who are still alive.
January 16th, 2008 at 1:37 am
“The question I have is… why?”
The question I have is why is this not yet a JoCo song? Did these scientists steal the idea directly out of his brain?
January 16th, 2008 at 3:26 am
That doesn’t my monkey doesn’t love you.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:52 am
not to mention i just sharted
January 16th, 2008 at 8:00 am
If this leads to a mobility solution for the paralyzed, I say give that Monkey raise.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:04 am
But don’t monkeys and robots hate eachother?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5dT0hxrPk
January 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I love it when a plan comes together.
mwaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaaaa
January 16th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
the monkeys and the robots are going to take over the world!!!!!!!!
January 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
and i dont think is a good idea
January 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I, for one, welcome our new RobotMonkey Overlords.
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
So, tell me this Mr. PopSci. How soon before the Terminator movies come true?
January 16th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I made this half-monkey half-robot monster to please you,
but I get the feeling that you you don’t like it…
What’s with all the screaming?
January 16th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
> I made this half-monkey half-robot monster to please you,
> but I get the feeling that you you don’t like it…
> What’s with all the screaming?
GAH! You beat me to the SM reference.
Although, I was going to write, “So what’s the problem JC? You like monkeys; you like robots. Did they use too many monkeys?”
January 17th, 2008 at 1:21 am
I find this Half Monkey/ Half Robot monster a little more disturbing, yet useful.
http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/Robot_monkey_head-ec0b.html
January 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I think they already have half monkey/ half robot creatures. Havn’t you seen those creepy wind up monkey that slam the cymbols together? *shudder*
January 17th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I’m glad I don’t have to decide whether or not this is cruelty to monkeys.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I’d like to see something like Alchemic Robot Drive. It would be AMAZING.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am
Will it do it’s best to teach them, about life and what it’s worth?
I just hope that it can keep them from destroying the Earth.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Lewis Black addressed this four years ago.
“Fools! We can defeat the monkeys. We can defeat the robots, but not at the SAME TIME!”
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=127250&title=wheres-my-jane-goodall
February 8th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
My god! It’s the beginning of the end. Sounds like some sort of twisted Planet of the Apes meets Terminator meets hard science. Perfect example of Japanese tax dollars at work! But then again, even monkeys need high powered death mechs to take over the world with I guess…