RoboCop
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Normal Was Never Cool: Inception of Perception [Aimee Mullins]...children who are afraid to meet me and in fact, I haven't recently met any child who, when I'm sporting obvious prosthetics like the RoboCop legs, wasn't drawn like a magnet to them, accompanied by a list of very astute questions. For the... In this article: Amputation, Surgery, Star Trek, Arthur Clarke, Zac Efron, God, and Tribeca Film Festival |
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Popular Science | November 12, 2009
When the DoD's Fantasy Projects Get Real: DARPA Monitors Student Minds, SOCOM Wants Robo-Go-Fast Boats, And More
...sees the student drifting off, it adapts, changing its teaching methods until the student reengages with the class. Thus, the computer instructor becomes as responsive as the human teacher. Basically, this is Dead Poets Society meets Robocop.
In this article: DoD, Darpa, Sarin, Nerve agent, DTRA, Get Real, United States, Small business, and Oxygen
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | November 11, 2009
Me and My Exoskeleton: The Trick to Super Strength [Robots]
...as my foot touches down. Reeee-ker-thump. Reeee-ker-thump. "Drop the gun," I say. "You are under arrest." (Yes, that's a Robocop joke, and it is hilariously funny.) After the practice run, it's time to hit the hallway. I...
In this article: Oxygen, Daniel H. Wilson, Titanium, History Channel, University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Doubleday, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, General Electric, and Forrest Gump
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Idolator | November 11, 2009
Fergie Calls Kanye West Gay Friendly (But Not a Gay Fish)
...West at the moment (and neither am I - he can interrupt all the doe-eyed, angelic teenage singers he wants, I'm still gonna jam out to "Robo Cop" on 808s & Heartbreak). Fergie had an interview with gay mag The Advocate and had wonderful, nice...
In this article: Kanye West, Fergie, Lady Gaga, 808s & Heartbreak, 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, and Robo Cop
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Boston Globe -- Books | November 10, 2009
Colored by farce, exalted by characters
...neighborhood called Devil's Pocket. Soon after, when Spooner finds himself in the hospital with almost as much metal in his body as RoboCop, Calmer is at his bedside. There is more, much more, in this long, episodic, delightful novel, but the...
In this article: Pete Dexter, Margaret, Milledgeville, Ga, 1949 Ford, The World According to Garp, E.L. Doctorow, and John Irving
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | November 10, 2009
Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of Glasses? [Aimee Mullins]
...of those things are important only some of the time. In my functional daily arsenal, I have a general rotation between what I call the "Robocop" legs (Re-Flex VSP Legs made by Ossur) and my cosmetic, very life-like legs (by Dorset...
In this article: Carbon, Guinea pig, Dog, Kevlar, and IPod
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USATODAY.com | November 05, 2009
A glimpse of the future: Robots aid Japan's elderly residents
A glimpse of the future: Robots aid Japan's elderly residents By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY TOKYO It looks like a scene from Robocop or one of the Terminator movies: A human steps into a sleek robot suit and is miraculously...
In this article: HAL, Japan, United States, and Tokyo
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Popular Science | November 05, 2009
Wearable Artificial Intelligence Could Help Astronauts Troll Mars for Signs of Life
Not since RoboCop has being a cyborg seemed so very cool. University of Chicago geoscientists are developing an artificial intelligence system that future Mars explorers could incorporate into their spacesuits to help them recognize signs of...
In this article: Mars, University of Chicago, and Utah
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Western Herald | October 28, 2009
It's a monster mash at Monaco Bay!
...have some kind of angle, relevance, originality and also a sense of humor. " The winner of last year's contest was dressed as a Robocop, which can be seen at Block of Terror's Web site: www.blockofterror.com. Other Block of Terror...
In this article: Halloween, Filed, and Monster Mash
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BBC News | October 19, 2009
'Robocop' arrests 434 in a year
...Jane's Police Review magazine. He detained a total of 434 people between April 2008 and March 2009. Pc Brown, who has been nicknamed Robocop by local people, said: "I have always wanted to lock up the bad guys and help the good guys."
In this article: Motherwell, UK, Ipswich, Wishaw, and Coatbridge
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | October 17, 2009
Roger Graef: Police dressed up as Robocop act like him too
...moves used at G20 were not exclusive to rogue officers out of control, but were in the Acpo manual. The reason officers are dressed like Robocop - and sometimes act like it - is based on a legacy of violent protest. G20 was one of the...
In this article: Democracy, Dispatches, Climate change, Channel 4, and RBS
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Description from Wikipedia:
RoboCop is a 1987 "cyberpunk" themed film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is murdered brutally and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop". RoboCop includes larger themes regarding the media, gentrification and human nature in addition to being an action film. It has spawned merchandise, two sequels, four television series, video games and two comic book adaptations.
The film features Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer and Ronny Cox.
- Name:
- RoboCop
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- July 17, 1987
- Directed By:
- Paul Verhoeven
- Produced by:
- Jon Davison
- Written By:
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- Michael Miner
- Edward Neumeier
- Editor:
- Frank J. Urioste
- Cinematography:
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- Sol Negrin
- Jost Vacano
- Music By:
- Basil Poledouris
- Distributed By:
- Orion Pictures
- Length:
- 103 Min
- Language:
- English
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