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Pioneering defence gadgets ensure QinetiQ is up for fight (Daily Telegraph)

On Monday, defence and security technology group QinetiQ announced a new US contract for Talon robots and parts worth $58.5m (£39.8m). The Talon has been a real success for the company and sales have rocketed – particularly for deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's funny; it's weepy; it's a classic (The Japan Times)

They say the best creators of science fiction are those able to extrapolate just a bit into the future. Think of William Gibson's descriptions of a wired, digitally interconnected world dominated by multinational corporations in 1984's "Neuromancer," or Terry Gilliam's imagining of a perpetual war on terror in 1985's "Brazil." And, of course, there's Philip K. Dick with his many writings on how ...

The evolution of John Legend (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Things haven't been going too badly for John Legend since he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.For three years, the singer and pianist from Springfield, Ohio - real name John Stephens - worked as a management consultant in New York and Boston while eyeing a music career by playing gigs in such Philadelphia clubs as North by Northwest and the Five Spot.

CARLSBAD: Students build robots for competition this weekend (North County Times)

ENCINITAS ---- A small group of students at Oak Crest Middle School in Encinitas watched with excitement Tuesday as a robot they built pushed a ball toward a target at the end of a large, colored mat.

‘Familiar faces’ pokes fun at pop culture (Western Herald)

By Andy Argo Western Herald Modern American humor is often predicated on an extensive and complex knowledge of pop-cultural nuances. Little else can explain the success of television programs like “Robot Chicken” or “Family Guy,” whose main humor derives from referencing other entertainment or pop events. In this vein, the Whole Art Late Night series will be [...]

In brief (Dec. 3) (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

OSU robots go into action Thursday Mechanical engineering students at Oregon State University on Thursday will demonstrate robot prototypes that will simulate retrieving and transporting rocks on Mars.

Robot looking for a name (9 News Denver)

DENVER - The Denver Bomb Squad is asking the Denver Public Schools for help, but don't worry, they won't have to chose between the red wire and the blue wire.

Students to Demonstrate Robot Prototypes (SpaceRef)

Students to Demonstrate Robot Prototypes

News briefs (Smoky Mountain News)

A holiday bingo event will serve as a fundraiser for the Haywood County Fairgrounds at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds on N.C. 209.

What’s Up Weekend Wrock (Central Kitsap Reporter)

Geek Rock abounds as Say It Ain’t Weezer joins Robot Pi in honor of Nerd Rage.