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Robot Will Harvest Your Crops
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| 08/10/12
| Elizabeth Montalbano
Posted on 08/10/2012 11:34:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
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An artist's rendition of how the intelligent robotics platform developed by the Clever Robots for Crops, or CROPS, project will function. The project, a collaboration between universities from a number of countries under the larger FP7 EU program, aims to design a robot that can identify and pick ripe crops, as well as target the correct plants for spraying with liquids. (Source: CROPS)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/10/2012 11:37:29 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
To: wastedyears
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08/10/2012 11:39:29 AM PDT
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longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Red Badger
But what if the crops are PEOPLE! (stupid red pill).
To: DaveInDallas
Parts is pieces parts. Protein is protein..............
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posted on
08/10/2012 11:42:26 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
Notice that Mexico isn’t involved with this............
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08/10/2012 12:02:58 PM PDT
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datura
(Democrat = Socialist, Progressive Democrat = Communist)
To: Red Badger
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08/10/2012 12:03:18 PM PDT
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NonValueAdded
(Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
To: Red Badger
So, if zer0 gets re-elected, does this mean we don’t even get jobs working the rice paddies?
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08/10/2012 12:05:44 PM PDT
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C210N
("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
To: Red Badger
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08/10/2012 12:07:39 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(Normalcy results in the creation of life, Sodomy results in AIDS)
To: Red Badger
Put them on welfare and they won’t show up for work.
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08/10/2012 12:14:17 PM PDT
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unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: Red Badger
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08/10/2012 12:14:17 PM PDT
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MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Red Badger
This news will surely be taken well by foreign invader workers.
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08/10/2012 12:18:16 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Stopped reading at “sustainable”. = agenda 21
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08/10/2012 12:21:10 PM PDT
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bicyclerepair
( REPLACE D-W-S ! http://www.karenforcongress.com)
To: Red Badger
But can it keep my garden weed free?
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08/10/2012 12:22:18 PM PDT
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bgill
To: Red Badger
Will they need green cards???
To: Uncle Chip
No, just circuit cards...........
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08/10/2012 12:39:43 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: datura
Notice that Mexico isn’t involved with this............
The threat is developing ...
But the Mexicans' jobs are probably safe for the time being. At present, the machine takes nine seconds to pick a ripe berry, which works out to what? about 15 pounds per hour? It takes a Mexican 15 minutes to pick a "flat" (12 pounds of strawberries). At $1.50 per flat, the Mexican makes $6/hr. Of course, technology is made to be improved. What if the machine only took one second per berry?
I suppose it's not strange that the Japanese would be developing such a machine, given the Pacific is so much wider than the Rio Grande.
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08/10/2012 12:51:45 PM PDT
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cynwoody
To: NonValueAdded
Ohhh! SILENT RUNNING! Saw it at the theater back in the dark ages. Parts of it was used in one episode of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (the blowing up of the greenery ships).
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08/10/2012 1:40:18 PM PDT
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
To: KC_Lion
If the unit is behind on its tithes, its soul may be disabled.
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08/10/2012 1:40:18 PM PDT
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GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
To: KC_Lion
If the unit is behind on its tithes, its soul may be disabled.
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08/10/2012 1:40:57 PM PDT
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GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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