Forbidden Planet
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Forbidden Planet (1956)
Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) knows the secret of the Forbidden Planet.
Video: Forbidden Planet movie trailer
“What’s a bathing suit?”
In this trailer we see:
Receding text in the opening credits, just like Star Wars.
A starship with a captain and crew exploring space, just like Star Trek.
A mysterious planet with an ancient secret, just like Total [...]
Dr. Zachary Smith
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Lost in Space, the science fiction TV series ran for three seasons from September 15, 1965 to March 6, 1968.
Dr. Zachary Smith’s character is that of a mad scientist and evil doctor.
He begins as sinister, but while never losing his self-serving qualities, he evolves into passive-aggressive, often cowardly and effeminate behavior as comic relief.
Video: Lost [...]
Robotic Monkey Shines
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Monkeys have been trained to control a robotic arm by using their thoughts. A video shows a macaque monkey feeding itself marshmallows in a report from Nature News. Monkeys move robotic arm using brain power
In 2003, Time Magazine reported that two rhesus monkeys with micro-electrodes in their brains could play [...]
Robot Psychiatrist on Red Dwarf
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy that ran on BBC2 between 1988 and 1999.
Video: Red Dwarf: Psychiatric Counsellor - link to BBC video on YouTube.
Psychiatrist: 2340. Now that’s in the future, isn’t it?
Kryten: Yes sir, I was created after you died.
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Depressed Robots
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Will artificial intelligence and robotics eventually improve to the point that robots will have the same psychological problems as humans?
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Marvin is a very bored robot that only gets to perform menial tasks. He has a “brain the size of a planet” and the [...]