https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-643 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:15:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-643 The PRI in Inuyama. I like to think that my beer and coffee machine will always be there.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-642 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:43:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-642 The research institute – would that have been ATR in Keihanna by any chance?They mandate age checks for beer and cigarettes nowadays, so you always need to show your age somehow in the machines. Besides, convenience stores have spread enough by now that especially beer vending vending machines are rapidly disappearing due to the competition.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-641 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:58:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-641 That’s pretty crazy. Eventually, they’ll have a ray gun developed that works on things other than electronics.I would imagine that our robot masters would properly shield their sensitive electronics… although their sensors might still be exposed (cameras, antennas, etc…)

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-640 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:47:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/15/the-world-is-getting-too-stran/#comment-640 Interesting approach to stopping a machine. Why did Harrison Ford think of that in Blade Runner? I watched that classic again this week–on the vast screen of Washington, D.C.’s Uptown theater–and I still can’t tell for sure whether he was using bullets. But it didn’t look like he was using Death Rays.

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