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The Robot Uprising Turns 70 Today

rur.jpgToday is the 70th anniversary of science fiction on television. On Feb. 11, 1938, the BBC broadcast its adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., about androids that rise up against their human creators. Capek's play is the origin of the word "robot," which comes from the Slovak work "robota," meaning work. [ComicMix]

1:00 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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