http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/ Engadget Comments for Robotic smart buildings under development in Japan, J.G. Ballard says 'told ya' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/
And there is much more social interaction that goes on at work than being ordered around. There's also the need for a human to feel useful. Which, admittedly, some of us are starting to forget...]]>Feb 6th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/
Forget about other planets. Forget about the moon. They could not be made self sufficient in the next 10,000 years. Forget about robots, even. Humans could have made Earth into a paradise several hundred years ago. We didn't. We won't.]]>Feb 6th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 7th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/Feb 6th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/robotic-smart-buildings-under-development-in-japan-j-g-ballard/
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