{"582945":{"#nid":"582945","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Do androids dream of eating sheep?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDo cyborgs really need to eat? Granted, there\u0026rsquo;s no practical way to answer this question at the moment,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hansonrobotics.com\/robot-gallery\/\u0022\u003Ebut with robotics technology improving rapidly each year\u003C\/a\u003E, the question of fuel sources is a fascinating one. Is organic fuel for cyborgs a necessity? Couldn\u0026rsquo;t they just power up throughout the day by plugging in a USB or a charger? Ayanna Howard was one of the scientists\u0026nbsp;game enough\u0026nbsp;to lend their knowledge and experience to speculate on this topic; she is the\u0026nbsp;Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/do-androids-dream-eating-sheep-243687\u0022\u003ERead the article at the A.V. Club website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The very real question of organic fuel and advancing robotics technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDo cyborgs really need to eat? Granted, there\u0026rsquo;s no practical way to answer this question at the moment,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hansonrobotics.com\/robot-gallery\/\u0022\u003Ebut with robotics technology improving rapidly each year\u003C\/a\u003E, the question of fuel sources is a fascinating one. Is organic fuel for cyborgs a necessity? Couldn\u0026rsquo;t they just power up throughout the day by plugging in a USB or a charger? ECE Professor Ayanna Howard was one of the scientists\u0026nbsp;game enough\u0026nbsp;to lend their knowledge and experience to speculate on this topic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Do cyborgs really need to eat? Granted, there\u2019s no practical way to answer this question at the moment, but with robotics technology improving rapidly each year, the question of fuel sources is a fascinating one. Is organic fuel for cyborgs a necessity?"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2016-10-21 19:01:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-21 19:02:24","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"172551","name":"cyborg"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}