A toast to Rod

[Aaron Adler <cadlerun@>]

As Rod is enjoying his last few days as director of CSAIL, it was 
announced that iRobot and TASER 
(http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=86&id=344) are teaming up to make a 
new robot that can "incapacitate and control dangerous suspects." 
Supposedly this new tool can be used in "dangerous scenarios" and will 
be demonstrated at the annual TASER Tactical Conference in Chicago.

There aren't any plans (supposedly) for robots to have lethal force, but 
will we see Roombas roaming around zapping obstacles in their way? Will 
the robots take their revenge on the people who toy with them and 
purposely block their path to see if they can navigate around them? Will 
people regret giving Rod a hard time over the last 10 years?

I'm sure the answers to these and other questions will be forthcoming as 
Rod settles into "the nose" and plans to "burn [his] fingers with a 
soldering iron."

Come celebrate Rod at this week's...

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             girl scout benefit -+-  5:30 pm  -+- 32-G9 lounge
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              For those coming from elsewhere: Building 32 is
               <http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32>
          Once you are in 32, just take the G-elevator to the 9th
      floor and we will be in the lounge that you will be looking at
                    <http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb>




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