GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005
GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005 Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies. Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis. Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
GineersNow Engineering Magazine July 2016 Issue No. 005
Masdar: The Future of Sustainable City in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Exclusive Stories: Future cities, smart cities, robotics, artificial intelligence, deep learning, digital migration, exoskeleton, social good, information technologies.
Special feature stories: HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, MEP contractors, construction, civil engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas, water and wastewater, nano filtration, ultra filtration, desalination, reverse osmosis.
Country Focus: United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United States, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.
https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
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HOW WOULD<br />
HUMANS<br />
SURVIVE A<br />
CURRENT<br />
ROBOT<br />
APOCALYPSE?<br />
Photo by Noval World<br />
Ok, when you hear “Robot Apocalypse”<br />
what usually goes on in your head? You<br />
may be imagining an army of Terminator-ish<br />
automations ready to destroy the human<br />
race who built them—just like in those sci-fi<br />
movies.<br />
Our technology is evolving through time,<br />
but we still have a long way to go. So instead<br />
of imagining the terminator-style robot<br />
revolution, let’s imagine: what if our current<br />
machines suddenly turned against us? How<br />
long would humanity last?<br />
Here’s how the scenario might go.<br />
#1<br />
In laboratories, experimental robots would<br />
go wild and leap from their benches and try<br />
to locate the door, only to suddenly crash<br />
onto the door and fall over. However, for<br />
those robots who have limbs, they may be<br />
able to open the doorknob and successfully<br />
leave the room.<br />
After a few hours, they would be found<br />
in bathrooms, trying to destroy and trash<br />
everything while looking for humans to<br />
exterminate only to be short-circuited due to<br />
the water spillage they’ve caused.<br />
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JULY 2016<br />
Future Cities & Robotics
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