Eric Smith
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Aido is pretty much the robot they promised everyone back in the 1950s
My mom has only one story about robots – and it’s that back in the 50s when she was tiny, kids were promised that in the future, you’d basically all have a robot butler.<p>Alas, mother, the prediction was actually a little off, because you can now pre-order a robot that would kill your robot butler – …
RoboticsThe Angular Magazine on Flipboard
By Dan Wahlin | All about Angular! Tweet article suggestions to @DanWahlin.<p>parcel-plugin-angular<p>AOT compilation : using the official Angular compiler …
Suspended-animation trials to begin on humans
Knife- and gunshot-wound victims will be placed in suspended animation as the first human trials begin on this emergency life-saving technique.<p>This month, the world's first attempts at placing humans in suspended animation using a new technique will take place at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in …
PigsA Spaceship For The Sea
This vertical structure will allow scientists to better study the ocean.<p>Scientists know more about the surface of the moon and Mars than they do about our own seafloor. Which helps explain the grand vision of the French architect Jacques Rougerie, who’s designed an ocean-going laboratory that …
Jules VerneBack to Basics: Short Walkthrough Covers the Exposure Triangle for Beginners
When you’re first learning the basics of photography, one of the first things you find out about after dropping out of ‘auto’ is the exposure …
Need to Sell Your Film on a $0 Budget? This Free eBook Can Help Show You How
I've written previously about my experience producing, distributing and promoting my feature films <i>The Graduates</i>, <i>Turtle Hill, Brooklyn</i> and <i>Drinking</i> …
20 DIY Rigging Setups That Will Have You Clapping or Cringing
The budget filmmaking world is full of creative people stretching dollars. Some do wonders with almost nothing, others make fools of themselves. Here …
A Mother's Story — What Parents Need to Know About Trafficking
Danielle was 17 years old, a freshman at Northeastern University, when she met the trafficker who forced her into two years of sex slavery. She …
Fears of child prostitution surge at World Cup
It is a far cry from the gleaming new stadiums of Brazil’s World Cup but the stony ground where Tiago plays his football represents a kind of salvation for he and his friends. .<p>The Barraca da Amizade association offers football as an alternative to street life for disadvantaged kids in Fortaleza, …
Brazil's child prostitution problem
Brazil’s children may be the most badly defeated victims of the World Cup.<p>Even though prostitution is legal in Brazil, paying for sex with a minor …
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