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	How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Revisited

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1-4-2007 4:12 AM

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Were you terrified by the Terminator and Matrix movies? Are you afraid that robots may soon take over the world? If so, robotics expert Daniel H. Wilson can settle your fears. In his new book, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" (Bloomsbury, Nov. 7, 2005), he takes a humorous look at how humans can defeat a robot rebellion.

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<DIV id="byline">Daniel H. Wilson</DIV>Author and Roboticist<BR />Friday, June 23, 2006; 1:00 PM</FONT></P></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.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/06/14/DI2006061402087.html"><P>Wilson is the author of "How to Survive a Robot Uprising." He earned a Ph.D at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and has worked in research laboratories for Microsoft and Intel. He was online <B>Friday, June 23</B> at <B>1 p.m. ET</B> .</P></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.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/06/14/DI2006061402087.html"><DIV class="media_photo"><IMG width="129" height="190" border="0" align="bottom" alt="humanoid%20robot" src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/06/05/PH2006060500911.jpg" /><DIV id="caption">A humanoid robot rendering from Daniel H. Wilson's "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"<SPAN id="credit"> (Courtesy of Bloomsbury USA) </SPAN></DIV></DIV></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.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/06/14/DI2006061402087.html"><P>After his last Live Online appearance (click <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/11/17/DI2005111700918.html">here</A> ), Wilson was profiled in The New York Times, received a Rave Award by WIRED Magazine and participated in the Sci Fi Channel's <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061301832.html">Doomsday</A> program. A movie version of his book is underway, with comedian Mike Meyers set to star.</P></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/C1EC8AA6-204B-436F-9443-CCE20869D2A1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.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>