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MIT’s Boston Dynamics Is Suing Ghost Robotics Over Robot Dog Plagiarism
Boston Dynamics wants to ensure its place in the creepy robot dog market. The tech company has filed a complaint against Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics claiming that the latter has infringed on Boston Dynamics’ patents.
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Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Created a VR Headset That Kills You If You Die in the Game
It’s an old trope in a lot of dumb sci-fi movies concerning virtual reality: you die in the game, you die in real life. You’ve heard it before. Characters get trapped in a video game and must play for their lives. If their avatar perishes, so do they.
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Carnegie Mellon Professor Who Wished Queen Elizabeth II ‘Excruciating’ Death Says Her Job Is Safe
Carnegie Mellon professor Uju Anya, who unleashed a social media storm last week when she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in death in a tweet, is back on Twitter. In an update, she thanked the people who supported her, and assured them that nothing was going to happen to her job at…
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How Gizmodo Grew Up
This article was originally published on August 14, 2012.