Download the specs for this work-in-progress robot, print it out with a 3D printer, add some basic components, and you too can have a robot for $1000 or so:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/25/tech/innovation/inmoov-robot-3d-printing/index.html
And here it is in motion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tojIdfywYVI
Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
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