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Re: Whom did you say was flying this plane?
Anyone remember the movie Westworld? Where nothing can go wrong...go wrong....go wrong... I'm okay with the pilot using automation, but the idea of automation REPLACING the pilot....nah... I want someone who can grab the controls and fly by the seat of his or her pants, not have the plane crash because some tiny part shorted out. Same goes for robot cars on the highway. I don't wanna get killed head-on by a car reacting to a sunspot in GPS. OTOH if you could get government on autopilot...oh,...
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Re: Whom did you say was flying this plane?
Boeing is really big up here in Seattle. I know they make great planes. But like FlashFlyer said, things can go really wrong and I'd just feel better knowing there's someone in the cockpit besides a robot.
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #209
Robots are the theme today for Friday’s WITW clues. Do you know who they are and where they might be on display? Do you know the word 'robot' was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 play R.U.R. by the Czech writer, Karel Čapek but it was Karel's brother Josef Čapek who was the word's true inventor. Easier clues coming tomorrow, so standby....
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Re: Robots and Therapy Dogs: the latest airport amenities
Dogs are the best! I'd never trade a friendly dog for a robot.
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Tiny tugs in the future for airports?
You've probably never heard of a μtug (yes, that's a Greek letter) but you might, soon. It's a class of tiny robot that borrows abilities from gekkos and inchworms to pull weights 2000 times its own weight on any surface it can stick...
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A day ago, driverless cars. Are you up for no-pilot jetliners?
Will a robot replace the pilot on your next flight? No, this isn't a late-day April Fools' gag. Both NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (they started the Internet, remember...) are working on technologies for...
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New airport kiosks know where they're needed
Star Wars, meet the airport. Sita Labs intelligent kiosks can not only check you in and take your bags—they know where to go to greet you.
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Robots from Around the World at Chicago Museum
A popular exhibit, enhanced with new players, offers museum visitors a chance to work, play and invent with robots.
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Robot mobility assist gets Narita test
ANA is testing automated wheelchair assistance at Tokyo's Narita.
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Hertz summer plan: raise prices, cap capacity
Hertz ad featured on a Ryanair jst Wikimedia / robot Just like the airlines, Hertz is adjusting capacity in search of greater profitability. And it's also doing something they're not doing at the...
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Remote-control air traffic control goes live
A small airport in Sweden, as well as a few others, including one in the U.S., are testing taking the air traffic controllers out of the tower, leaving robot cameras to send images to controllers working far away. The idea, ultimately, is to allow...
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It's a bird! a plane! No, it's a tasty roll!
Almost every day there's another story about the future of drones for delivery; just look a few days ago in our NewsLinks and you'll see the Swiss Post Office has plans. Now, a bakery in a Spanish town is just waiting for government approval to start...
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France catches 4.5 MILLION foreign speeders on camera
If you're the kind of driver who views the speed limit as a suggestion, you might want to avoid France. The country's extensive network of speed cameras caught 21 million speeders in 2014, and 4.5 million of those were foreigners. The number of...
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Drones set to help deliver Swiss Mail
We knew it had to happen sometime. Drones are starting crowd the skies, serving their human masters and probably making our lives a little more convenient. Amazon.com plans on using them for quick deliveries close to their...
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EasyJet tests biometric boarding
EasyJet tries out facial-recognition as a replacement for gate agents and more, and others are in the game, too. How do you feel about it?
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Japan to get 10 more robot-staffed hotels
H.I.S. has found its robot-staffed minimalist hotels successful enough to order up another batch.
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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: A Town Shaped by Water
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Luberon area of Provence, is a small village with a big distinction. Its name comes from the spring that is the source of the Sorgue River, and that spring is the largest in France, fifth-largest in the world, pushing out...
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Robots and Therapy Dogs: the latest airport amenities
With people, often unwillingly, spending more time in airports these days, some are turning to new ways to de-stress travelers.
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Amazon gets its own airline
Amazon, which has talked a lot about drone delivery, is getting airplanes, too.
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Robots on the Road to deliver Swiss packages
The Swiss postal service is trying out rolling robots that can deliver parcels within about a 5km radius of home.
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Big Mouse is watching you
Disney files patents for systems that would track visitors by their shoes and for robots that would use data from it to "customize" guest experience.
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Panasonic, IBM getting into robot concierge field
Two tech giants working together on robot concierge and information delivery for travelers.
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Winnipeg Airport gets self-driving snowplow
Otto, the first robotic runway snowplow, is ready for work at Winnipeg's Richardson International
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Spencer the Robot to Guide Lost Passengers at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport
Spencer the robot will be tested at Schiphol Airport. See what's next for Spencer.
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Spencer helps out at Schiphol Airport
A new robot named Spencer will help guide you to your KLM gate in Amsterdam if you need help!
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WestJet strikes again with April Fool video
This year's April Fools Day video from Westjet features an idea that's out of control, but might be the beginning of something big..
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Boeing exceeds Aircraft Delivery Expectations in 2015
2015 was a good year for Boeing, as delivery of aircraft slightly exceeded expectations.
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Dinosaurs take over robot hotel
No illusion: those are dinosaurs at Registration, and they speak four languages at a Tokyo-area hotel.
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Boeing tests unmanned air taxi
Somewhere between Buck Rogers and an unmanned Uber, Boeing is testing an autonomous passenger vehicle.
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5 Promising Cities in the World for Talented Young Go-Getters
Young people have different perspectives about great places to live when compared with other age groups. When you’re young, you often have a somewhat ambitious and innovative mindset that is fueled by the opportunity to develop personally and professionally, find new experiences and have the chance to interact with different cultures and interesting people. Now, where are the best places to find all of that? Tokyo, Japan Japan’s capital, Tokyo is a densely populated metropolis, so huge it’s...
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Re: A day ago, driverless cars. Are you up for no-pilot jetliners?
I wonder how they'll psychologically profile the robotic drone pilots? I don't think commercial aviation is ready for pilotless planes. Most of us like to know that there's a human in there who can take control if the robot malfunctions in some way. Perhaps in a generation, that will change as travelers who are more used to machines become the #1 travel demographic.
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Re: Robots on the Road to deliver Swiss packages
I wonder if the robots have been trained to yodel?
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Re: California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?
My all-day question about this has been answered. I couldn't figure out how the cop stopped the car—does the car have a blue-light sensor? Did they have to call Google? etc. A friend found another article that clarified that the (non)driver is able to take over and stop and steer the car; Google has now come to an agreement with the police that if he notices traffic backing up behind him, the (non)driver will now pull over and let it pass. So there goes another dream job...riding around all...
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Vending machines: Future of airline food?
Two companies in the airline interior business are pushing the idea of automating airplane food choices with vending machines in the air
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Madrid Museums: Beyond the Big 3
A selection of worthwhile Madrid museums both serious and whimsical.
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LaGuardia: more's new than the glitz!
The new terminals at LaGuardia are bright, shiny and spacious—and backstage, they sport some of the newest and most-automated baggage systems.
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Amsterdam testing versatile robot boat
The city of canals wants to use a versatile robot boat platform to carry people, cargo and trash through the city.
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Dutch museum goes full gigapixel
Mauritshuis in Den Haag becomes the first museum to have gigapixel images of its entire collection online.
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Robo bartender sets sail for MSC
MSC has installed a humanoid robot bartender in the Starship Lounge of one of its newest ships.
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Two Museums and a Hike in Westchester County, NY
Jonathan L visits historical, cultural and outdoor activity sites in Westchester County
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Paris gets a Pizza Robot
After a two-year tryout in the suburbs, a robot pizzeria has opened in Paris, with an assortment of silvery robotic devices flattening dough, adding sauce and toppings, pushing pizzas into the oven and then boxing them up. Pazzi Pizza, whose sign in English says "Come for the Show, Stay for the Pizza" insists it's not just a gimmick; one of the co-founders told TheLocal.fr that “It’s a very fast process, the timing is perfectly controlled and quality is assured because the robots are...
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United cuts back pandemic measures
United is scaling back its electrostatic spraying and eliminating its seemingly effective special boarding procedures.
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Virginia Museum of Science, Richmond
George G spends the day at a monumental former rail station that hasn't forgotten its roots in its present life as a science museum.
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In the UK, there's a museum for that...
An assortment of unusual museums in the UK shows how wide-ranging and sometimes puzzling human curiosity can be
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Robot dog patrols Pompeii ruins
A high-tech robot dog, capable of getting to places humans can't has joined the effort to explore and preserve ancient Pompeii
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Busy Day at the Deutsches Museum
There's a lot to see at Germany's largest science and technology museum!
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Australia finds new rival for Great Barrier Reef
You may not have heard of Wilson's Promontory, but you likely will. Scientists exploring the area with robot cameras and sensors have found that the area, part of an Australian Marine National Park, shows great similarities to the Great Barrier Reef,...