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Robot Block Party 2012

The Center for Internet and Society once again participated in National Robotics Week, organized by the Robotics Caucus of the U.S. Congress and leading robotic…

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On Blind Drivers and Base Maps

Google has posted an inspiring video (with audio captions) of a legally blind individual riding in the front left seat of one of its self-driving cars as that c…

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No Way Out But One

In 1994 Holly Collins became an international fugitive, hunted by the FBI after she grabbed her three children and went on the run. Holly felt she had no choice…

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Driving at Perfection

“Nothing is going to catch this car by surprise…. It’s going to see hundreds of feet in all directions. [You’re] not going to have a pedestrian ‘come out of now…

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A Rosenhan Experiment for the PTO

How accurate is the Patent and Trademark Office? Can its examiners tell good patents from bad? Many doubt that they can and the PTO is often criticized for allo…

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Drone Crash

The Examiner is reporting that a prototype drone crashed into a Texas Montgomery County police vehicle, causing little damage.  No doubt this event will touch o…