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.
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#2<br />
What about the machines in our offices,<br />
and our cell phones? Well, they could<br />
attack us but their options are limited. They<br />
could start annoying us with ringtones and<br />
irritating noises. Our desks would start to<br />
rattle because all our phones would be set<br />
on vibrate. In the end, the only physical<br />
damage our cell phones could do is if it falls<br />
off the desk (because of the simultaneous<br />
vibrations) and fall on our toes. Ouch!<br />
#3<br />
Most modern cars have computers now, so<br />
they’ll join the revolution. This would be way<br />
more dangerous, but mostly to their drivers<br />
and passengers. But there are options to fight<br />
back, drivers could still control the steering<br />
wheel, which has a direct mechanical link<br />
to the wheels. The driver could also pull the<br />
parking brake.<br />
#4<br />
What about industrial robots found in<br />
factories. Most factory robots are bolted<br />
to the floor, so they won’t be able to hurt<br />
humans if they suddenly fled the area. All<br />
they can actually do is assemble things.<br />
#5<br />
Photo<br />
Military Robots would be the most dangerous<br />
of them all, but there are very few of them in<br />
the world. Most of them are kept in storage<br />
lockers, and if there were machine-gunarmed<br />
military robots on the loose, they can<br />
be easily subdued by a couple of military<br />
men.<br />
Military Drones on the other hand is the<br />
closest to the terminator description, and<br />
they are dangerous. However, they easily run<br />
out of fuel and missiles.<br />
by Corbett Report<br />
With all these scenarios, there is still a part of<br />
the story that gives us hope. We still have our<br />
nuclear weapons to counter their attacks. In<br />
addition, nuclear explosions cause powerful<br />
electromagnetic pulses (EMP’s). EMP’s<br />
overload and destroy sensitive electronic<br />
circuits which in turn could destroy the<br />
robots. A few more strikes from us and the<br />
human race will be able to eradicate them<br />
completely.<br />
JULY 2016<br />
Future Cities & Robotics<br />
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