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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1998
Page
5
BEAM founder Mark W. Tilden discusses limits on personal robots. Autonomy, complexity, and Terminator-phobia hinder viable domestic robots. He envisions wild outdoor robots performing long term unsupervised tasks before humans domesticate them.
In Honolulu, researchers study two dolphins at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory who perform first time tandem stunts in perfect unison. The team, led by psychologist Louis Herman, tests language like signals, syntax and pointing cues, using blind observers and goggles to avoid cueing. Dolphins learn dozens of gestures, respond to televised images, and even grasp object order, with teams working two shifts daily and rewards of fish reinforcing their drive to perform.
An Alabama hairdresser tested human hair as an oil absorbent after the Exxon Valdez spill. His experiments showed hair could absorb oil quickly, suggesting 14 million pounds of hair in mesh pillows might clean 11 million gallons in a week, a fraction of Exxon’s $2 billion cleanup.
Sky watchers can view the Perseids this week with best opportunities on Wednesday and Thursday nights after midnight until dawn. Moonlight may obscure faint meteors while haze and city lights hinder viewing. use a clear site and a tall horizon map shows the sky direction for 11 p.m. Sunday evolving to 11:30 p.m. by Saturday.
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