Looking for a quick dose of interesting facts? Discover magazine has a feature called "20 Things You Didn't Know About _____" and you can subscribe to it on their website so that you receive new editions. Here's a sample:
Number 7 and 9 in 20 Things You Didn't Know About Robots:
by Sean Markey, Corey S. Powell
7 The United States’ military corps of 4,000 robots includes reconnaissance Talon bots that scout for roadside bombs in Iraq and PackBots that poked around for Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Afghanistan. Apparently without much success.
9 Low tech vs. high tech: Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have reportedly used ladders to flip over and disable the U.S. military robots sent to scout out their caves.
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