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...However, deeply intertwined with these gains will be profound new risks. New concerns will include such questions as "Who is controlling the nanobots?" and "Whom are the nanobots talking to?" For example, organizations (e.g., governments, extremist groups) could distribute trillions of undetectable nanobots that could then monitor, influence or even control our thoughts and actions. Nanobot self-replication run amuck could have the potential to create a nonbiological cancer. And as for intelligent robots, how can we be sure they will remain our faithful servants, or even our friends...
...disappointment, but it is the nature of the industry. Mahaffey's case was not unusual. Consumers have to do their homework." She says that of the 5,324 clients the company represented from 1997 to 1999, only 11 had made more money than they invested. Consumer advocates say even that number is inflated. While no one questions the risks inherent in developing a new invention, experts say the odds shouldn't be that low. In 1996 federal authorities forced ISC, which has more than 70 offices worldwide, to return $1.2 million to clients for allegedly making false claims to them...
...everyone who contacts these firms with dreams of riches will in fact end up poorer. The vast majority of these invention-promotion companies, the experts charge, are nothing but massive scams aimed at often naive and sometimes desperate backyard tinkerers, many of whom have more hope than business acumen. Even the companies that operate within the law rarely provide inventors with the tools necessary to market their inventions...
...Even with these changes, getting a patent isn't exactly like following a cookie recipe. Though it is possible to get a patent without a patent attorney, USPTO still recommends that you get legal assistance. And even with an attorney, applicants can save money by doing a lot of the legwork and research themselves. Here's what you should know going...
From a physical standpoint, Kismet isn't much of a robot. It can't walk and grab things, as many robots today can. It doesn't even have arms, legs or a body. What sets Kismet apart is that it has been built with drives and equipped to engage in an array of interactions with people to satisfy those drives. In social terms, big-eyed, babbling Kismet may be the most human robot ever built. And it may be the closest we have yet come to building the kind of robots that populate science fiction and interact with humans...