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Timeline: Key milestones in space exploration

October 1, 2007 CNET News.com takes a look at some of the key events that brought humans into space and brought valuable information that will guide where we go next. TAGS: exploration, spacecraft, human, milestone, flight, Del.icio.us, Digg, Pioneer Electronics, space, U.S.

Figs were likely humans' first crop

June 5, 2006 You may not eat figs on a daily basis today, but 11,000 years ago it was the hot new food--and may have been a first step toward modern agriculture. TAGS: human, crop, Middle East, food, professor

Why do humans walk on two legs? To save energy

July 23, 2007 Chimps on treadmills may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.Images: Humans vs. chimps at the gym TAGS: leg, energy, treadmill, human, patch management, researcher

The future of intelligent machines

September 9, 2007 Technologists and investors gather at the Singularity Summit to discuss what to do in the event that machines one day outthink humans. TAGS: human, Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco

'Tagging' gives Web a human meaning

November 16, 2005 A growing number of Web sites are implementing tagging systems as a way to bring order and organization to information. TAGS: tagging, folksonomy, Flickr, human, search engine, blog

Xerox's smarter search tool: Don't look for it

June 25, 2007 With its FactSpotter, company wants computers to "understand text like a human being." But Xerox isn't making it available to the public. TAGS: Xerox Corp., Steve Jobs, human, search tool, document, Google Inc.

Why robots are scary--and cool

April 12, 2005 Theologian Anne Foerst says we're a lonely species, and robots have a lot to teach us about who we are. TAGS: ambiguity, robot, human, researcher

Hate talking to your PC? Nuance gets users heard

July 18, 2006 Nuance Communications' new software improves the accuracy of speech recognition as Microsoft eyes the market. TAGS: speech recognition, Nuance Communications Inc., accuracy, mobility, human, voice, training, handheld, Microsoft Corp., PC

Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips

February 12, 2007 RFID chip company gets ho-hum response to its initial public offering, partly because only 222 people have gotten chipped. TAGS: VeriChip, RFID chip, RFID, IPO, patient, microchip, human, agreement

Robots ready to rumble

March 25, 2005 RoboGames in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer. Photos: Let the robot games begin TAGS: robot, robotics, San Francisco, human, professor, goal, event, knowledge

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, bot, spam, database, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Coming to grips with intelligent machines

September 7, 2007 Technologists head to San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of AI and how to deal with computers that are smarter than humans. TAGS: Artificial Intelligence, human, nanotechnology, co-founder, vice president, San Francisco, event

Will humans mine for gold on the sea floor?

December 6, 2005 Mining companies study the possibility of extracting valuable metals from volcanic vents found under the oceans. TAGS: sea, ocean, field, human, metal, scientist, possibility, San Francisco

Baby steps for Dexter the robot

April 10, 2007 Start-up Anybots sees a day when robots will do many things that humans now do. For now, though, they're just working on staying upright.Photos: Meet Dexter and Monty, the AnybotsVideo: Humanoid ro... TAGS: robot, robotics, iRobot Roomba, human, researcher, work, video

Gene researchers find more clues to human individuality

August 10, 2006 Scientists develop new type of genome map that could one day lead to breakthroughs in personalized medicine. TAGS: genome, variation, scientist, building block, human, map, researcher, research, C, letter

NASA tests lunar robots in Arctic crater

July 21, 2007 Researchers headed north to simulate a lunar environment. Unfortunately, the weather has been a little too nice.Photos: Lunar rovers on a test drive TAGS: robot, moon, weather, terrain, human, manufacturing, GPS, scientist, researcher, 3D

NASA concocting robots for space flights

October 10, 2005 The wisecracking robot from "Lost in Space" won't go on a mission soon, but you could see vinelike creepers and a two-handed helper. Photo: A new NASA space 'bot TAGS: robot, flight, Segway, human, leg, agency, light-emitting diode, camera

Are we getting smarter or dumber?

September 21, 2005 Mike Merzenich, a neuroscientist, investigates whether intelligence in the Internet age is really on the upswing. TAGS: intelligence, brain, human, scientist, TV

Shuttle makes stop to study humans in space

July 28, 2005 During an eight-day stay at the International Space Station, Discovery will contribute to a study on sustained human life in outer space. Photos: Hotel for space travelers TAGS: crew, exploration, human, station, object-oriented, flight, space, researcher
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