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	Company denies its robots will eat the dead

Lexica

7-20-2009 4:53 PM

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robots, war, biofuel

Lexica says:

Gee, that's so reassuring.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cb1e00ad-2bd5-490c-b494-279c4a8c9afa/ABC583A3-52F1-4F73-ABAF-FBB90A9587A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/" href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/">In response to rumors circulating the internet on sites such as        FoxNews.com, FastCompany.com and CNET News about a “flesh eating” robot        project, <A target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cyclonepower.com&esheet=6009066&lan=en_US&anchor=Cyclone+Power+Technologies+Inc.&index=1">Cyclone        Power Technologies Inc.</A> (Pink Sheets:CYPW) and <A target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.robotictechnologyinc.com%2F&esheet=6009066&lan=en_US&anchor=Robotic+Technology+Inc.&index=2">Robotic        Technology Inc.</A> (RTI) would like to set the record straight: This        robot is strictly <STRONG>vegetarian</STRONG>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/">On July 7, Cyclone announced that it had completed the first stage of        development for a beta <STRONG>biomass engine</STRONG> system used to power RTI’s        Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR™)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/"><A target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.robotictechnologyinc.com%2Findex.php%2FEATR&esheet=6009066&lan=en_US&anchor=EATR&index=4">EATR</A> is an autonomous robotic platform able to perform long-range,        long-endurance missions without the need for manual or conventional        re-fueling.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/">will be able to find, ingest and        extract energy from <STRONG>biomass</STRONG> in the environment. Despite the        far-reaching reports that this includes “human bodies,” the public can        be assured that</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/">the EATR runs        on fuel no scarier than twigs, grass clippings and wood chips</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/">Desecration of the dead is a war crime under <A target="_blank" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.hrweb.org%2Flegal%2Fgeneva1.html%23Article%2015&esheet=6009066&lan=en_US&anchor=Article+15+of+the+Geneva+Conventions&index=5">Article        15 of the Geneva Conventions</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ABC583A3-52F1-4F73-ABAF-FBB90A9587A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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