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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Too bad this doesn't have a video. They are kind of cool, now give them little lasers so they can battle each other.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Templarian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, give them little lasers so they can decide who is the weakest among US. Let them decide, let THEM decide! Ah ha hah ha !!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 12:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or use their lasers to start a human parts factory.  A simple beam across a wrist then a freezer and voila, a replacement hand for the cyborgs that these little beggars are building in that warehouse down the way.  I'm just sayin'.....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 2:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't care if they are making robots that are going to enslave the human race, as long as it's all open source it's cool with me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NikAmi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 8:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Swarm of robots... *shiver*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lickwidrider4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[One word: Replicators]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Argot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 1:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Open source software! Wise choice. Imagine paying licensing fee for each and individual robot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOOK! that one has stolen a euro coin and is using it as a wheel! they're thinking for and themselves!<br><br><br>*runs*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MattyG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[building themselves*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MattyG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I literally laughed out loud with that one! Good show!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 7:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Swarm of robots... *shiver*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lickwidrider4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Swarm of double posts... *shiver*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalid Shahin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[:/ comment system...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lickwidrider4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[*shiver* ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NeoJew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 1:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA["...which should come in useful..."<br><br>What the hell kind of proof reading is that Vladislav?  Seriously Engadget, if you're paying anywhere close to $50k/yr with benefits, give me a job.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/come+in+useful" rel="nofollow">http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/come+in+useful</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 25th 2009 5:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/16749-come-useful-handy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/16749-come-useful-handy.html</a><br><br>all right... must be a UK thing then.  I had honestly never heard that phrase spoken or seen it written until this post.  I suppose I'll allow it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 12:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I pity whoever is paying you $50k pa. to inaccurately proofread articles on someone else's gadget blog]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[j_g_puff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 12:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[@j_g<br><br>Noted.  Next time I'll remember the whole "global audience" thing.  It won't make it any easier to read though.  Flame on. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 12:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love when people try to be dicks and it backfires.<br><br>Much more entertaining than the article.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Premaximum]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure Ohio isn't part of the UK and I've heard people say it both ways here.<br><br>It's not a UK exclusive.  It could depend on the context though.  Sounds perfectly normal to me.  Handy/Useful are pretty interchangeable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andir3.0]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 4:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Full credit to Ross for being reasonable about it though. There's basically no-one else on the internet decent enough to admit to their mistakes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[j_g_puff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 6:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is worth noting that the SwarmRobot.org project has no aspirations (to my knowledge) to add wireless power to their systems.  Hizook was referring to separate work on wirelessly powered robot swarms done by Travis Deyle and Matt Reynolds:<br><br><a href="http://www.hizook.com/blog/2008/10/07/wirelessly-powering-swarm-robots" rel="nofollow">http://www.hizook.com/blog/2008/10/07/wirelessly-powering-swarm-robots</a><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Travis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great.  So humans are banding together in the spirit of cooperation, inadvertently helping to plot our demise.  Just great.....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 2:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[Our BEES will blot out the sun!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 11:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[sounds like a little GI Joe nanomite kinda think<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mansko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hate it when I get nanomites...  the burn!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jssteill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 16th 2009 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our kleptomaniacal swarm-bot overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[veltri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 17th 2009 1:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/swarm-robot-project-sounds-ominous-uses-open-source/</guid><description><![CDATA[It took this long for someone to belt this one out?  Because I was going to mention that I, for one, welcome stepping on our €1-sized robotic overlords.  But then I wouldn't look original (or, at least, as original as one can be with that tired, old meme) anymore.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OLight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 17th 2009 11:15AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
