Is This Really a Good Idea?
January 15th, 2008
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?
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I for one welcome our new monkey-controlled robot overlords
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.)
Yes, but does the monkey sing, “Still Alive”?
“Richard A. Anderson”? I am sure they meant “Richard DEAN Anderson”!
Forget the monkeys, I can’t wait for a mecha-suit that hooks straight into my brain!
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.
Are chimps that malicious?
Are chimps that malicious?
Ferocity of chimpanzee attack stuns medics”>Does this count?
This was a triumph. I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!
Does this mean my electronic banana now has a market?
Just to be on the safe side, let’s all make sure no one pisses off Stephen Hawking…
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?
Oh, the poo thing was me. Sorry dude, my bad.
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?
“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!!!
Anybody remember the robot monkey apocalypse watch in the official xbox magazine when it was first published?
Yeah… We’re doomed. Again.
The question I have is… why?
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???
“The question I have is… why?”
There’s lots of science to be done… for the people who are still alive.
“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?
That doesn’t my monkey doesn’t love you.
not to mention i just sharted
If this leads to a mobility solution for the paralyzed, I say give that Monkey raise.
But don’t monkeys and robots hate eachother?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5dT0hxrPk
I love it when a plan comes together.
mwaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaaaa
the monkeys and the robots are going to take over the world!!!!!!!!
and i dont think is a good idea
I, for one, welcome our new RobotMonkey Overlords.
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.
So, tell me this Mr. PopSci. How soon before the Terminator movies come true?
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?
> 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?”
I find this Half Monkey/ Half Robot monster a little more disturbing, yet useful.
http://www.dumpalink.com/videos/Robot_monkey_head-ec0b.html
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*
I’m glad I don’t have to decide whether or not this is cruelty to monkeys.
I’d like to see something like Alchemic Robot Drive. It would be AMAZING.
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.
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
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…