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Human Thoughts Control New Robot
Octane
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12-17-2006 7:35 AM
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If memory serves me well, the US Naval Labs have been working on this for some years. In fact, a film was made about it. Some low-budget nonsense called Firefox, I think...
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don't insult FF unless you already tried it, if you did, then explain what went wrong to their support people...
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