Hive Mind: Morning Report 01/14/14

"Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds." - Daniel H. Wilson

Pictured Above: A NASA astronaut during a seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station, this mission's specific interest to work on the robotic arm.

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Also, did you know... “Robot” comes from the Czech word robota, meaning“drudgery,” and first appeared in the 1921 play R.U.R. The drama ends badly: machines rise up and kill their creators, leaving but one sole survivor. [Discover]