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A  Few  Important  Dates

1400 BCE: The Clepsydra water clock of Babylon. circa 400 BCE: Legend of the 'bronze man' Talos, said to be constructed by Hephaestus (and-or Daedalus) at the request of Zeus, for the purpose of protecting Europa from invaders of the island of Crete. Talos circled the island three times each day and threw big rocks at any approaching non-Cretan ship. circa 270 BCE: The water clock of Greek inventor Csestibus that utilized animated human figures. circa 100 BCE: The Antikythera celestial mechanism was probably designed by Archimedes [287-212 BCE]. 1495: Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] designed a clockwork knight which was able to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head and jaw; it is uncertain whether the machine was ever built, but the design may constitute that of the first humanoid robot. 1737: French inventor Jacques Vaucanson [1709-82] built a Digesting Duck, a clockwork capable of flapping its wings, quacking, eating, and digesting food. 1769: The Mechanical Turk built by Hungarian author & inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen [1734-1804], a maplewood box with a mannequin dressed in cloak and turban protruding from the back. The device gained great fame as an automaton capable of playing chess against skilled opponents – until the discovery that a human operator was hidden inside the box. 1801: French silk weaver & inventor Joseph Jacquard [1752-1834] invented an automated loom controlled by punch-cards; within a decade it had been mass-produced and thousands were in use across Europe. 1868: Publication of Edward S. Ellis' "Huge Hunter, or The Steam Man of The Prairies", the first literary reference to a mechanical man. 1881: Italian author Carlo Lorenzini [1826-90] wrote "Pinnochio", a children’s book about a marionette who turns into a real boy. 1898: Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla [1856-1943] demonstrated his new 'teleautomaton' invention – a radio-controlled model boat – to spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York City; the audience believed that it was a trick, and remote control technology did not become commonplace until decades later. 1900 April: A shipwreck was discovered off the Greek island of Antikythera in 45 metres (148 feet) of water by sponge divers, who retrieved a large number of bronze & marble statues, pottery, unique glassware, jewelry, coins, and other artefacts. The clockwork mechanism sat in a museum warehouse for two years before it was identified as such. 1917 July: The first robot to appear on a movie screen {not in "Metropolis" in 1927): "A Clever Dummy" silent short written & produced by Mack Sennett, starring Ben Turpin. 1921: Czech playwright Karel Capek [1890-1938] coined the term 'robot' in his stageplay "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robot)". The word comes from the Czech robota, which means drudging, forced work. The play ends with robots taking over the Earth and destroying their makers. 1926: German film director Fritz Lang [1890-1976] released "Metropolis", a silent film set in a futuristic urban dystopia that features a female robot named Maria who takes the shape of a human woman in order to destroy a labor movement. (Maria was the first robot to appear in a feature film.) 1942: American writer Isaac Asimov [1920-92] published the short story “Runaround”, which introduces the Three Laws of Robotics:       1. A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.       2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.       3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. 1947: invention of the transistor 1948: American mathematician Norbert Wiener [1894-1964] published "Cybernetics: or, Control and Commu-nication In The Animal and The Machine", a seminal work in the field of practical robotics. 1952: The Servomechanisms Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated computer-assisted manufacturing: a robotic milling machine created a commemorative ashtray for each attendee. 1954: Industrial robotics pioneer George Devol [1912-2011] created Unimate, the world’s first programmable robot; in 1961 the machine was put to work on a General Motors automotive assembly line. 1956: George Devol and Joseph Engelberger [1925-2015] formed the world’s first robotics company, Unimation; in the 1960s, it was purchased by Condec Corporation, which later was bought, in part, by industrial manufacturing giant Eaton ETN. 1966: The Artificial Intelligence Center at Stanford Research Center began development of Shakey the Robot, the first mobile robot; it was endowed with a limited ability to see and model its environment, and was controlled by a computer that filled an entire room. 1968: The HAL 9000 (Heuristically-programmed ALgorithmic) computer appeared in the Stanley Kubrick [1928-99] film "2001: A Space Odyssey", written (and novelized) by Arthur C. Clarke [1917-2008]. The artificially intelligent HAL computer runs the spaceship Discovery – and eventually goes berserk; the character reflects concern about the increasing power of intelligent machines over man. 1977: Plucky androids R2-D2 and C-3PO appeared in George Lucas‘s "Star Wars"; the pair are arguably the best-known robots in modern culture. 1979: The Stanford Cart, a four-wheeled rover equipped with a TV camera for vision, navigated around the obstacles in a chair-filled room by analyzing and programming its own course. 1991 Aug 6: The first webpage on the World Wide Web was placed online by physicist Tim Berners-Lee at C.E.R.N. in Switzerland. 1993: An eight-legged robot named Dante began to explore Antarctica’s Mt. Erebus volcano; the landmark effort was remotely controlled from the U.S., and ushered in a new era of robotic exploration of hazardous and distant environments. 1997: The tiny Sojourner Rover began its scientific mission on Mars; it moved at a maximum speed of 0.02 miles per hour to explore the immediate area around its landing point, and took 550 photographs over the next three months. 1998: A fuzzy, batlike robot called Furby became the must-have toy of the holiday season; the $30 toys were designed to 'evolve' over time, first speaking in gibberish, but soon developing the use of pre-programmed English phrases. Over 27 million of the toys sold in a 12-month period. 1999: Sony‘s robot dog AIBO was a $2,000 mechanical mutt able to navigate around a room and to respond to a limited set of voice commands. 2000: Honda Motor Company’s humanoid robot ASIMO stands 1.3 meters (four feet) tall, and can walk and run with a near-human gait. 2002: iRobot released the Roomba robotic vacuum; with over six million units sold, the Frisbee-shaped device is the most commercially successful domestic robot in history. 2004 Jan 4: NASA’s Spirit Rover landed on Mars and began exploration of the planet; the original plan for a 90-day mission was extended for 6 years, and the rover traveled over 7.7 kilometers distance before shutting down. 2004: The robotics industry exceeded $1 billion in revenues in North America. 2005: Stanley, an autonomously-driven vehicle created by a team from Stanford University, successfully negotiated a 212 kilometer off-road track and became the first car to complete the D.A.R.P.A. Grand Challenge, winning a $2 million prize. 2012: The final mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery delivered the first humanoid robot in space to the International Space Station; dubbed R2, the 'robonaut' has a near-human range of motion and can perform tasks deemed too dangerous for human astronauts. 2012: The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles issued the world’s first license for a robotic, self-driven car, a Toyota Prius modified with technology developed by Google; by the end of 2012, Google’s driverless cars had logged more than 300,000 miles in traffic, and had not caused a single accident. 2016 April: Microsoft released a machine-learning chatbot named Tay, which took less that 24 hours to mirror prejudice and xenophobia and racism from online trolls who gleefully abused Tay's A.I. programming; Microsoft yanked Tay offline 'for adjustments'.   2022 Sept 29: Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk unveiled the prototype for its humanoid robot 'Optimus' at the company’s second A.I. showcase; the robot walked and waved live on stage; in videos, it carried boxes around a Tesla office and watered plants with a watering can.

A  Few  Important  People

Dr. Cynthia Breazeal at M.I.T. in Massachusetts
faculty homepage • Wikipedia • 2010 TED Talk [13:57]

"Designing Sociable Robots" [The MIT Press 2002] by Cynthia Breazeal ISBN 0-262-02510-8
"Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots" [SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), 2003]
by Cynthia Breazeal & Yoseph Bar-Cohen ISBN 0-8194-4872-9

Jibo: The First Social Robot For The Home [launched 10/2017] package includes one 16-inch-tall robot, future software updates of new features, charging cable & quick start guide; requires wi-fi/internet connection; NOTE July 2018: usefull updates have not been happening and there have been layoffs at the company • official website 12½-pound package [1/2018] - list price $899.00

                                                                     

Toys  &  Games

	"Vintage Toys: Robots and Space Toys" [2000] by Jim Bunte, Dave Hallman & Heinz Mueller Antique Trader Books 10½x8¼ pb [3/2000] out of print/used
	"Blast Off! Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities From The Golden Age of Space Toys" [2001] by S. Mark Young, Steve Duin & Mike Richardson, Introduction by Harlan Ellison Dark Horse Books 11x8½ pb [11/2012] out of print/used Dark Horse Books 11¾x8½ hardcover [10/2001] for $43.36
	"Toy Robots From Japan: Techno Fantasies - With Price Guide" [2005] by Alan Bunkum over 200 photographs and original conceptual drawings from Tomy, Horikawa, Waco, Sony, and others Schiffer Publng 11x8½ hardcover [6/2005] for $39.95

Lilliput Metal Robot Windup Tin Toy for Collectors originally produced in Japan as a windup tin toy during the 1930s Classic Tin Toy Thailand 9" tall [yellow-orange] for $28.99 Generic Toys 8½" tall [yellow-orange] for $12.90 Off The Wall Toys 8½" tall [yellow-orange] for $14.28 Schylling Toys medium 8" high [yellow-orange] for $19.05 Schylling Toys small 6½" high [green] for $17.49 Robot Island small 6½" high [blue] out of prodn/new-used Off The Wall Toys small 6½" high [blue] out of prodn/new-used

"Lilliput 5357" [ages 3-8; 2005] by Stefan Czernecki illustrated with color photographs of vintage and modern toy robots Simply Read Books 9½x11½ hardcover [11/2005] out of print/many used

Wind-Up Mechanical Robby-style Robot [2008] manufactured by Ha Ha Toy in Shanghai, China; wind-up mechanism, on-off switch, sparks fly inside face mask when walking chrome Schylling robot 10¾ inches tall [2008] for $36.68 other colors Schylling robot [2008] for $18.65 black Schylling robot 10½ inches tall [2008] out of prodn red Zeckos robot 8¾ inches tall [undated] for $29.99

"Isaac Asimov's Robots VCR Mystery Game" [1990] from Eastman Kodak Company For the first time in 100 years, someone has attempted a murder, and it may happen again. Who did it? Was it an Earthling, a Spacer, or the unthinkable . . . a Robot? This is the only video game based on Isaac Asimov's 'Robot' novels. It features fast action, special effects, and a cast of some of the most ruthless characters you'll ever meet. For 1 to 12 players, ages 10 & up. Wood Knapp Video VHS tape [4/90] out of prodn/used Wood Knapp Video VHS tape [4/90] for $19.99

"Rise of The Robots" fighting game [1994] for Windows XP Home Edition platform developed by Mirage Studios and published by Time Warner Interactive Time Warner Interactive video game [3/2007] out of prodn/used

MiP Interactive Robot Toy [2014] from WowWee Made in China; product dimensions: 6¾" x 5" x 10¼ inches tall; weighs 10.6 ounces (heavier with four AAA batteries) WowWee toy robot in white [2014] for $80.00 WowWee toy robot in black [9/2015] for $79.97 CAVEAT: robot toy runs maybe an hour before needing battery replacement EBL® 4 Slot AA / AAA Rechargeable Battery Rapid Charger with 8 Packs of AAA - for $15.99

"LEGO Creator Robo Explorer 3-in-1 Robot Toy" [2017] 3-in-1 kit has over 200 pieces {not suitable for under age 3} for making Robo Explorer featuring bright-green eyes, working tracks, rotating body & head, and posable arms with working claw & searchlight (over 4"/11cm tall) or Robot dog with a light-up jetpack (over 2"/7cm tall) or Robot bird with light-up eyes {over 3"/8cm tall) LEGO Creator 3-in-1 kit in 10¼x7½x1¾-inch box [6/2017] for $24.68

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list of robotic dogs at Wikipedia

"Sparky The AIBO: Robot Dogs and Other Robotic Pets" [2006] by Pat Gaudette The first AIBO pet ERS-110 was launched in 1999, the last ERS-7M3 released 10/2005, and Sony's line of entertainment robots was discontinued in 2006. Kindle Edition from Home & Leisure Publng [3/2011] for $9.99 Home & Leisure Publng 10x7 pb [3/2006] for $19.95 Home & Leisure Publng 10x7 pb [3/2006] third party seller/used Home & Leisure Publng 10x7 hardcover [3/2006] for $28.46 Home & Leisure Publng 10x7 hardcover [3/2006] out of print/used

"Zoomer Interactive Puppy" toys [2014] from Spin Master, Ltd. Made in Japan; each unit weighs 2 pounds, measures 11x8x9 inches Interactive Puppy Zoomer [undated] for $99.99 Interactive Puppy Zoomer [undated] for $107.00 Interactive Puppy Bentley [undated] for $99.99 Interactive Puppy Shadow [undated] out of prodn/new Interactive Puppy Zoomie {pink for girls} out of prodn/new official Zoomer Pup website

                                                                    

"R.U.R. {Rossum's Universal Robots}: A Fantastic Melodrama"
stageplay [Czechoslovakia 1920]

Written by Karel Capek [1890-1938]; published in 1920, first staged in Prague in January 1921 R.U.R. stands for 'Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti' (Rossum’s Universal Robots); the play introduced the word 'robot' to the English language and to science fiction as a whole; the robot characters are more like bio-androids that eventually kill all the humans on Earth except one male non-scientist worker stageplay entry at Wikipedia Translation (1989) by Claudia Novack-Jones, Introduction by Ivan Klima Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics/Penguin Group [2004 edition] for $10.99 Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [3/2004] for $10.00 other translations to English Kindle Edition from Dover Thrift Editions [3/2014] for 99˘ Dover Thrift Editions 8¼x5¼ pb [8/2001] for $2.50 {sic} Players Press 8¼x5½ pb [7/2002] for $7.21 Samuel French playscript 7x5 pb [1923] out of print/used Doubleday/Theatre Guild Library hardcover [1923] out of print/scarce "Capek Four Plays: R.U.R., The Insect Play, The Makropulos Case, and The White Plague" [1999] Translated & Introduced by Peter Majer & Cathy Porter Kindle Edition from Methuen Drama [5/2014] for $9.99 Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 8x5 pb [9/99] for $19.19

"R.U.R." Broadway stageplay [Oct 1922 - Feb 1923]
Written by Karel Capek; produced by The Theatre Guild; directed by Philip Moeller & Agnes Morgan; touring company
visited Chicago & London • details at Internet Broadway Database - 184 performances

"R.U.R." Broadway stageplay [1928-29] at Billy Rose Theater?

	"R.U.R." Broadway revival [Dec 1942 failure] Produced by David Silverman & L. Daniel Blank; written by Karel Capek (translation by Paul Selver); directed by Lee Strasberg; starring Edith Atwater, Katherine Balfour, Horace Braham, Marie Louise Dana, Hunter Gardner, Hugo Haas, Gudrun Hansen, Louis Hector, Reginald Mason, Gordon Oliver, Wendell K. Phillips, Sydney Smith, Lewis Wilson details at Internet Broadway Database - only 4 performances
	"R.U.R." [March 1996] performed at Ann Arbor [Michigan] Civic Theater, directed by Dana Buck A.A.D.L./A.A.C.T. program archive
	"R.U.R." dramatization [2008] on B.B.C. Radio B.B.C. Worldwide Ltd. audio CD [2008] out of prodn/used B.B.C. Worldwide Ltd. audio CD [1/2010] out of prodn/used B.B.C. Worldwide Ltd./Audible CD [2008] for $9.95 2008 radio broadcast of a full-cast dramatization of Karel Capek's 1920 stageplay; featuring Simon Ward & Tessa Peake-Jones

"R*U*R: Reason's Universal Robots" high school stageplay [Oct 2009]
Arroyo Grande [CA] High School Theatre Ensemble
video of opening sequence [9:58] online at YouTube

Cafe Neu Romance Intl. Robot Performing Arts Festival [est. 2012] in Prague, Czechia
official website • official facebook page [est. 1/2012]
video about robots performing the stageplay "R.U.R" in 2015 [1:51] at Vimeo

"R.U.R.: The Opera" [Prague 2014] Composed by Jan Jirásek; libretto by Jan Schmid & Jan Kolár; directed by Tomer Zvulun; Andrew Bisantz conducts the P.K.F. (Prague Philharmonia); principal singers include: Adriana Kucerová, Lucas Meachem, Štefan Kocán, Matthew Best, Amanda Crider, Nikola Uramová, Petr Nekoranec, Monika Fabiánová, Nikolay Didenko, Benedict Nelson, Pavol Remenár {as Capek} opera company website {in English} listen to Czech-language excerpts [9 tracks, less than one minute each] free online at SoundCloud

"Rossum's Universal Robots" stageplay [Michigan Feb 2016]
performed at Puzzle Piece Theatre in Ferndale (Detroit), Michigan

"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" stageplay [New Zealand Feb 2016]
performed at Hannah Playhouse in Wellington, NZ

"Rossum's Universal Replicas: Karel Capek's R.U.R. Reimagined" stageplay [2017] by Christopher Conlon Described as a 'reimagining' of the nearly-100-year-old Capek drama; the setting here is the large sitting room of the Rossum family home, where strange things have begun happening . . . 65-page Kindle Edition from BearManor Media [3/2017] for $3.00 78-page BearManor Media 9x6 pb playscript [2/2017] for $12.00

"R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots" [BBC-TV Feb 1938] 35-minute live BBC-TV broadcast • {this film is considered lost} • Produced by Jan Bussell; based on the stageplay by Karel Capek; starring Derek Bond, Harvey Braban, William Lyon Brown, Cherry Cottrell, Desmond Davis, Annie Esmond, Judith Gick, Stephen Jack, Evan John, Gordon McLeod, Larry Silverstone, Connaught Stanleigh; won Hugo Award for Best Short Film DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb

"R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots" [BBC-TV March 1948] hour-long live BBC-TV broadcast • {this film is considered lost} • Produced, adapted & directed by Jan Bussell; based on the stageplay by Karel Capek; starring Anthony Eustrel, Eugene Leahy, Derek Tansley, Maurice Bannister, John Stuart, Pamela Stirling, Evelyn Moore, John Baker, Joy Adamson, Patrick Troughton, Dermot Palmer, Viola Merrett, Denis Fraser, David March, David Scase, Dudley Williams DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb

"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" [WOR-TV Feb 1953]
Episode 22 in Season 2 of the "Broadway Television Theatre" TV series [1952-54]
starring Dorothy Hart & Hugh Reilly • not listed at IBDb • bare credits at IMDb

"R.U.R. Genesis" [Helicon Arts Sept 2013] 7-minute live-action color video short; no real plot, robot girl tries to escape robot gangster thugs; youngsters 'protected' by requiring sign-in for some reason • Co-written & directed by James Kerwin; co-written by Andrew Deutsch; starring Chase Masterson, Kipleigh Brown, James Ellis Lane, Amara Cash, Vic Mignogna, John Champion, Mary Czerwinski, Vanessa Loret, Jason Weiss, Frederic Jean, Shadii, Meg Wolf Helicon Arts soundtrack CD by Mike Avenaim [2/2014] 4 tracks for $13.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch official promo/short [9/2013 upload; 6:56] at YouTube

"R.U.R." movie based on "Rossum’s Universal Robots" [Helicon Arts - in development for 2019?]  
latest info at IMDb - link is gone (2024) • official producer website

                                                                    

Other  Media

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Asimov's "I, Robot" on BBC Radio 4
Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior.

		UNABRIDGED book by Isaac Asimov read by Scott Brick Random House Audio audio CD [5/2004] 8 hours 25 minutes - for $15.31 BBC Audiobooks Ltd. audio CD [8/2004] 8 hours 25 minutes - out of prodn/used "I, Robot" novel/story collection [1950] by Isaac Asimov [1920-92] Digit Books 9x6 pb [6/2024] for $7.99 Harper Collins 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2013] for $29.26
		"I, Robot - Volume 1" audio CD [2004] British actor Garrick Hagon reads the first five stories from Asimov's "I, Robot" 1950 scifi classic; run time 4hours & 15minutes • Volume 2 appears not to exist BBC Audiobooks Ltd. audio CD [8/2004] out of prodn/used
		"Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot: A Modern Adaptation" [BBC Radio 4 - Feb 2017] Dramatised for radio by Richard Kurti; produced & directed by Andrew Mark Sewell Five 15-minute 'moments' selected from Asimov's stories • Starring Hermione Norris, Brendan Coyle, Derek Riddell, and Nicholas Briggs • B.B.C programme homepage producer B7 Productions programme homepage BBC Radio 4 'I, Robot' series homepage - details missing (2024) '15 Minute Drama' episode "Robbie" [Feb 2017] '15 Minute Drama' episode "Reason" [Feb 2017] '15 Minute Drama' episode "Little Lost Robot" [Feb 2017] '15 Minute Drama' episode "Liar" [Feb 2017] '15 Minute Drama' episode "The Evitable Conflict" [Feb 2017]

"Yo, Robot: Isaac Asimov" audiolibro completo - in Spanish [2022] listen to 12/2022 upload [7:49:26] free online at YouTube

"Mój Przyjaciel Robot (My Robot Friend)" Polish-language audioplay [Audioteka 2023] Five 40-minute segments for total 3hours & 18minutes; 10-year-old Tymoteusz finds a damaged toy robot in Mr. Blacha's junkyard; he asks his grandfather to fix it; they learn that the robot's name is Dalton and he flew from space with his parents, whom he lost during an unfortunate landing on planet Earth; Timothy and his best friend Lola promise to help Dalton find the other robots . . . • Produced by Katarzyna Malec (Audioteka); written by Mateusz Patora; directed by Michal Szczesniak; narated by Mateusz Grydlik; featuring voices of Antoni Jedrak {as Tymoteusz}, Kosma Press {as Dalton}, Marianna Klos {as Lola}, Lech Lotocki, Wiktoria Gorodecka, Jakub Wieczorek, Andrzej Mastalerz, Olga Sarzynska, Mariusz Drezek, Marta Ojrzynska, director Szczesniak, Katarzyna Holtra, Jan Jurewicz, Kamila Kalinczak, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Marcin Kleiber, Wojciech Machnicki, Adam Mlynarczyk, Joanna Pach, Marcin Sitek, Piotr Toloczko, Lukasz Wnuk, Konrad Zygadlo • full credits at IMDb listen to audioserial in 5 parts [2023] online at Audioteka website - requires signup

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The Daleks are an alien race of cyborgs intent on exterminating all other life forms;
collectively they are the greatest enemies of series protagonist Doctor Who.
Dalek entry at Wikipedia • Magic Lantern's "Doctor Who" TV Series [1963-present] Page

"My Sex Robot" documentary [Netflix VOD 2010]

documentary about the rising popularity of sex robots; we meet the pioneers who are making this fantasy into a reality and a number of men who are attracted to robots DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb • Netflix official movie homepage watch 11/2010 official trailer [1:21] online at YouTube

                 

"The Killer Robots" intergalactic rock band, etc.
Began as a rock band in 2004, imitating the costumery & style of Kiss; stage show morphed into performance art, which morphed into videos and
full-length films. Very strange bunch, very anarchic razzle-dazzle video game visuals, included here because, yes, the characters are robots.

		"The Killer Robots and The Battle For The Cosmic Potato" [indep 2011] 80-minute comedy science fiction film about a degenerate intergalactic rock band that gets out of prison and is recruited by some vegetable people to help them find the Cosmic Potato of Power • Written & directed by and co-starring Sam Gaffin; also starring Jacob Dupree, Sally Evans, Charles Harris, Jenna Hellmuth, Espen Jorgensen, Lloyd Kaufman, Lysette Kiel, Mike McGowan, Cris Welti, Samuel Williams Lushy Lemming color DVD [7/2011] for $9.99 watch 2/2010 official trailer [2:15] online at YouTube full credits at IMDb • official website
		"The Killer Robots! Crash and Burn" [indep July 2016] 100-minute comedy science fiction film about robot mercenaries sent on a dangerous mission to activate a machine that will bring about a new age of enlightenment • Written & directed by and co-starring Sam Gaffin; also starring Amber Belko, Char Calaquian, Jeremy DeMoss, Destin Dern, Jacob Dupree, Michael Flores, Charles Harris, Jenna Hellmuth, Andy Jones, Espen Jorgensen, Christina Khulman, Lysette Kiel, Grace Kreeger, Linda Lindhorst, Gina Lockwood, Mandaddy, Brian Manowitz, Torie Martin, Ben Martino, Mike McGowan, Frankie Messina, Nicole Nulph, Shawn C. Phillips, Jesus Rodriguez, John Schumann, Laurel Schumann, Jordan Thrasher, Tim Wiley, Samuel Williams, Morgan Wilson, Scott Yuken Leomark Studios color Blu-ray [9/2016] for $19.99 Leomark Studios color DVD [9/2016] for $19.99 watch official trailers online at YouTube: 8/2014 trailer [1:32] + 7/2016 trailer [2:34] full credits at IMDb • official website

Microsoft, Inc. position paper "The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and Its Role In Society" [2018]

Foreword by Microsoft President Brad Smith & Harry Shum, EVP of AI & Research Davos panel presentation participants include The Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond (Chancellor of the Exchequer of U.K.), Henry Blodget (CEO, Business Insider), Brad Smith (Microsoft), Jennifer Rexford (chair, Princeton Computer Science Dept.), and James Manyika (director, McKinsey Global Institute) panel presentation at World Economic Summit in Davos, 1/2018 [55:00] on video {new window} official bookpage at Microsoft Kindle Edition from Microsoft Corp. [3/2018] for $7.99 Microsoft Corp. 8½x5½ pb [3/2018] for $7.50

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