Shared by @silverton: The relentless pursuit of Substrate Independence has inspired Art and Science for decades, centuries, millennia. Perhaps it will take us yet another 1,000 years to effectively transcend our ragtag biology; however, the purpose of pressing forecasts into our own lifetime acts as a Riding Crop that keeps a motivational sting in our otherwise lethargic hides. WORK as if we are indeed the ones who WILL make it happen; obviously, we also REALIZE that whether or not that is the case, such an approach produces the maximum progress that we then hand off to subsequent generations. So maybe we can all just relax on the technological singularity bashing and just decide that we GET IT that it's a motivational tool, or go ahead and break out our tinfoil hats to protect our inner thoughts from alien invasion. Ideas like the singularity are precisely what Einstein meant when he quipped, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Go ahead and deconstruct and debunk if you must, but don't pretend that such an endeavor contributes anything more than an undergraduate's warm-up essay exercise, mkay?
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The Eccerobot has been designed to duplicate the way human bones, muscles and tendons work and are linked together.
The plastic bones copy biological shapes and are moved by kite-line that is tough like tendons, while elastic cords mimic the bounce of muscle.
(Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327223.900-robot-with-bones-moves-like-you-do.html) [extracted from Robot with bones moves like you do via feedly]
