As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them? as property like automobiles, or as individuals with rights and responsibilities of their own? Can a thing become part of human society? Can a thing become a person?
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Beyond Human | Robot I Will Crush You | PBS
Destruction and mayhem at the hands and jaws of a monster robot. 01:32
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Beyond Human | The Invasion of the Inhuman | PBS
Science fiction has returned again and again to the merger of man and machine, the Cyborg, with fascination and fear. 09:41
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Beyond Human | The Age of Androids | PBS
Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are... 09:58
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Beyond Human | Designing Humanoids | PBS
To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the... 07:25
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Beyond Human | The Cyborg Revolution | PBS
Over the centuries, scientists speculated that we could tap into the body's electrical system to restore lost... 09:58
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Beyond Human | Erasing the Line Between Man and...
We are beginning to shape a tomorrow in which robots will walk and work among us. As they realize their own... 09:59
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Beyond Human | Robot Soccer | PBS
To promote the rapid evolution of robots, one audacious group of researchers decided to start a worldwide robotic... 07:27
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Beyond Human | Emotion Machines | PBS
If tomorrow's robots are going to share our world, they will have to have something extra--an emotional and... 03:43
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Beyond Human | The Cyborg Mind | PBS
As we steadily merge with our technological inventions, the focus is not superbodies or replacement parts. Instead... 09:02
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NOVA | Rise of the Drones | PBS (#4003)
Full Program: Meet a new breed of flying robots, from tiny swarming vehicles to giant unmanned planes. 52:52
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PBS NewsHour | Robots Play Part in Treatment for... (#10538)
Talking Robots Play Part in Therapeutic Treatment for People With Special Needs 09:01
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PBS NewsHour | Russia Aims to Bar U.S.... (#10527)
In Response to Sanctions, Russia Aims to Bar U.S. Adoptions of Russian Children 09:48
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Leonardo da Vinci and Robots | NOVA scienceNOW...
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www.halftheskymovement.org // Forced Prostitution // At no point in history have more people been enslaved than women... 01:47
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Idependent Lens | Diane Lane on Half the Sky |...
Diane Lane reflects on her experiences filming with Half the Sky in Somaliland, where she got a first-hand look at the... 02:55
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Half the Sky | Coming to PBS's Independent...
Half the Sky is a landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast... 05:58
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PBS NewsHour | Should U.S. Pressure China More... (#10318)
Should U.S. Pressure China More on Human Rights? 09:41
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | William Galston... (#1529)
Is it possible to somehow intervene in Syria and still do more good than harm? 06:48
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Sesame Street | Letter J Robot | PBS
A robot explores the letter J. For more fun games and videos for your preschooler in a safe, child-friendly... 00:44
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Post Date: March 5, 2008








