Occulus Concepts – 1939 and 2014

Here’s a current image of the virtual reality system by Occulus     Here’s a concept model for a similar system from 1939.   https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4265173624/in/set-72157622025425232/ Probably, there are no cathode ray tubes small enough in 1939 to create a mini-3d TV system…but we can dream of someday….tech changes, but ideas (like personal “full vision” media

Atlas Shows Greater Agility

The move to more agile robots continues, and more importantly, the belief that a useful and/or “intelligent” robot must be agile. Somewhat crazed reporting by the normally sober Daily Mail (UK) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2829213/The-robo-karate-kid-Terrifying-two-legged-giant-robot-developed-Google-learns-stand-one-leg-recreates-scene-cult-film.html The numbers begin to look right for Atlas (DARPA/Boston Dynamics) – 28 joint, hydraulics instead of electric motors (hopeless for natural joint movement).