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#killerrobots

The Terrifying Beauty Of A Combat Vehicle That Thinks, Plans, And May One Day Harbor Dark Desires

Try not to drool on this prototype of the X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System, on display yesterday at Naval Air Station Pax River. Designed for autonomous launch and recovery, it's sleek, shiny and menacing. (Click to enlarge.) [Getty Images]
08/11/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#battlestargalactica Click here to read "Robot Uprising" Expert Gives You Invaluable Cylon Survival Skills

"Robot Uprising" Expert Gives You Invaluable Cylon Survival Skills

The Battlestar Galactica cast and top roboticists may be gathering on Friday to explain how to cope with the show's killer robots, but there's no need to wait. How To Survive A Robot Uprising author Daniel Wilson has answers now. More »
06/09/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#scifashion

Is The Fashion Industry The First Step In Robot World Domination?

All over the place, women fashion models are being transformed into something metallic and unearthly. Their shoulders are getting squarer, their faces shinier and more impassive, and their bodies silvery and hard. Could it be the first stage in the impending robot takeover? Warning: gallery includes photo of see-thru top. More »
05/27/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#rant

Terminator Salvation Made Me Miss Sarah Connor Chronicles More

Click here to read Terminator Salvation Made Me Miss Sarah Connor Chronicles More
Terminator Salvation and the Sarah Connor Chronicles both ended the same way: in a post-apocalyptic future, with John Connor lost and confused. But there's only one Terminator story I want to see continued, and it's not connected to McG. Here's why Salvation made me miss Sarah Connor more than ever. More »
05/26/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#geekchic Click here to read Peace Breaks Out Between Robots And Humans

Peace Breaks Out Between Robots And Humans

Call it a fitting, if belated, end to our Killer Robot Week; a t-shirt sign that, one day, human and bot will live in perfect harmony... or, at least, be able to shake hands without disaster. More »
05/26/09
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By Graeme McMillan
#strangequestions Click here to read What Gender Is Your Roomba?

What Gender Is Your Roomba?

Why do we assign genders to robots, even when they look like Wall-E or a Roomba vacuum cleaner? That was the subject of a panel at WisCon, where a roboticist debated sexbots and macho tanks with writers and science fiction fans. More »
05/24/09
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By Annalee Newitz
#triviagasm

How Isaac Asimov's Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal

Click here to read How Isaac Asimov's Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal
With his elegantly simple Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov sidestepped the murderous robot cliche that had so dominated science fiction. But even the Good Doctor wasn't completely immune to the lure of killer robots. More »
05/24/09
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By Alasdair Wilkins
#terminatorsalvation Click here to read Ben Bests Bale At Box Office

Ben Bests Bale At Box Office

Apparently, killer robots can be defeated by animated inanimate objects. At least, that's one conclusion to be drawn from Friday's US box office, which saw Terminator Salvation outgrossed by Night At The Museum 2. More »
05/23/09
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By Graeme McMillan
#io9backgrounder

Why Ultron Deserves To Be Our New Robot Overlord

Click here to read Why Ultron Deserves To Be Our New Robot Overlord
What's that? You've never even heard of the apparently-indestructible robot who's caused trouble for Marvel Comics' Avengers many times in his 40+ years of existence? Sit back and learn. Soon, you too will kiss his robot foot.
More »
05/23/09
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By Graeme McMillan
#poll Click here to read So What Did You Think Of Terminator Salvation?

So What Did You Think Of Terminator Salvation?

We've told you what we thought of Terminator Salvation, but what about you? How does it stack up to the first three movies? If you can read this, you are the movie critic. More »
05/22/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#terminator

The io9 Survival Guide To The Terminator Universe

Click here to read The io9 Survival Guide To The Terminator Universe
Terminator Salvation is in theaters, and all your friends are rushing to see it. But you won't be ready to face this robot-oppressed future, unless you know all about the Terminator franchise first. Here's all the best io9 Terminator coverage. More »
05/22/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#books

Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots

Click here to read Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots
What will robots really be like when they finally achieve a human level of intelligence and autonomy? No one knows for sure, but we've put together a list of books that will challenge and disturb your preconceptions about what robots might become. More »
05/22/09
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By Annalee Newitz
#killerrobots

Is This The Greatest Killer Robot Story Of All Time?

Click here to read Is This The Greatest Killer Robot Story Of All Time?
"The Robots Of Death" sounds like a lost Akira Kurosawa film, if Kurosawa had only embraced the killer-robot genre. But the 1977 Doctor Who story is something just as great: a Hitchcockian thriller that has something to say about our relationship with technology. Spoilers of death! More »
05/22/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#scaryinventions

A Robot Who Walks Like a Human

05/22/09
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#conceptart

When Machines Destroy the Earth - A Gallery

What will the planet look like when robots scorch it into sulfurous dirt? Or when machines convert the human world into a pile of iron and sludge? Check out our gallery of art that shows the world after the techno-apocalypse. More »
05/22/09
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By Annalee Newitz
#terminator

Moon Bloodgood Talks Her Terminated Topless Scene

05/21/09
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#killerrobots

The Absolute Best Way To Stop An Army Of Killer Robots

05/21/09
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#crapfuturism

We're Only 16 Years Away From Creating Actual Cylons

05/21/09
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#review

Terminator Salvation's Terrible Shortfall

Click here to read Terminator Salvation's Terrible Shortfall
In Terminator Salvation, John Connor's voice carries over the radio waves, telling stories about the human spirit and how it'll triumph over our robot oppressors. As if the power of storytelling will save our future. So why is the movie itself so inept at storytelling? Massive, bone-crushing spoilers below. More »

Feature

05/21/09
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#scaryinventions

Wolfram|Alpha Is Making the Internet Sentient

05/20/09
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#conceptart

The Robots Who Were Halfway Between Disco and Punk

This image comes from a 1978 issue of futurist magazine OMNI, to illustrate an article on robots. In this picture, and several others below, you can see the cyberpunk look of the 1980s slowly erasing the more surreal, hallucinatory scifi styles of the 1960s and 70s. (One image possibly NSFW.) More »
05/20/09
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By Annalee Newitz
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