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    Isaac Newton In this essay the life of Isaac Newton is uncovered. It goes into depth about where he lived‚ where he moved‚ his family and who he lived with. Within the first few paragraphs you will learn about his education‚ lifestyle‚ and family. He had a challenging childhood as his mother was in and out of his life and was widowed two times. He also went in and out of school although he never stopped learning and excelling himself. In the second set of paragraphs his multiple accomplishments

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    narrative and find themselves wanting to know more about what is happening next. They discover new ideas in order to satisfy their curiosity. Science fiction’s desire to create life by unconventional means goes back a long a way (Gilks 1). In 1976 Isaac Asimov wrote The Bicentennial Man‚ about a robot that wanted so badly to be human‚ it did what humans’ do-it died (Gilks 1). Robots owe their existence to thoughtful‚ curious‚ and probing scientists. There is a profound respect for human beings and the

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    Isaac Newton

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    Sir Isaac Newton William Tyler Seal 4th Famous Scientist Ms. Bass May 1‚ 2013 Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4‚ 1963. In his early years‚ he attended school in Lincolnshire at King ’s School. Briefly‚ his mother took him out of school with hopes of him becoming a farmer‚ but Newton failed miserably and went back to school to get his basic education. His uncle pressed his mother to allow Newton to go to college at Cambridge ’s Trinity College. At first‚ he was taught the standard

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    Robotics Timeline

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    [2] The term robotics refers to the study and use of robots; it came about in 1941 and was first adopted by Isaac Asimov‚ a scientist and writer. It was Asimov who also proposed the following “Laws of Robotics” in his short story Runaround in 1942. 1942 Isaac Asimov wrote the "Three Laws of Robotics”. A zeroth law was later added (law zero below). Law One: A robot may not injure a human (or humanity)‚ or‚ through inaction‚ allow a human

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    Three Laws of Robotics

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    THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS I‚ Robot by Isaac Asimov. 1941-1950. ORIGINAL VERSION 1. A robot may not injure a human being‚ or through inaction‚ allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. SECOND VERSION 1. No robot may harm a human being. 2. A robot must obey the orders

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    "The Machine That Won the War‚" by Isaac Asimov‚ is a story that teaches a valuable lesson about humanity and also has an ironic twist at the end. The setting is the future of Earth‚ and a great war had just been won against an enemy race. Two men‚ Swift and Henderson‚ are debating over who really won the war for Earth: the giant strategy computer known as Multivac‚ or the men in charge of making the maneuvers and programming the computer. John Henderson is an excitable man‚ while Lamar

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    AN INFORMATIVE SPEECH PRESENTED BY ONUMAH KALU SAMUEL ON ‘ROBOTICS: THE HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION’ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 2014‚ AT CHINUA ACHEBE LECTURE THEATRE. The Vice Chancellor‚ The Deputy Vice Chancellor‚ The Registrar‚ The Dean of Student Affairs‚ The Deans of Colleges‚ The Heads of Departments‚ Teaching and Non-teaching Staff‚ All Executive Members‚ Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Great Nigerian Students. Permit me to start with

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    The History of Robotics

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    Activity 1.1a History of Robotics   Purpose Most people think that robots are mechanical people of the future. Use the website below to investigate our history with robotics and what our future might look like.   Equipment •        History of Robotics handout •        Computer with Internet access •        Pencil   Procedure Go to the following website and read through the sections‚ answering the questions below.   http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/robotics/universal/index

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    I Robot

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    very long way in the last few years. With the development of new technology‚ science fiction becomes more and more believable and realistic. Many sci-fi books have been made into movies. This is the case with i Robot which was first a book by Isaac Asimov. This movie is very realistic and answers many “what if” questions. The movie begins giving background information on Del Spooner‚ a detective that is suspicious of the robots that have taken over everyday activities for humans. The movie begins

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    The fun they had

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    The text I`m going to interpret is written by Isaac Azimov. He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University‚ best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time‚ having written or edited more than 500 books he published influential sci-fi works like I‚ Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic

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