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A terrifying glimpse into the AI world of the future: Eerily realistic humanoids, cyborg dogs and spooky bionic faces are among creepy creations unveiled at the World Robot Conference

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From the creepy to the downright bizarre, the world’s most ingenuous robotic creations are on display at the eighth World Robot Conference in China this week. 

The annual event, a platform for promoting business in the robotics sector, is taking place at Beijing’s Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center.

Among the machines on show are realistic humanoids with synthetic skin, four legged ‘dogs’ and hospitality robots serving customers food and drink. 

Meanwhile, agile robotic arms with multiple joints for use

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The eerily deserted Victorian fort is being left as a ‘living ruin’ by new owners | UK | News

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Stack Rock Fort has been inhabited only by seagulls and weeds over the past decades.

And its latest owner has decided the historic bastion will remain a “living ruin” – albeit works will be done to it to make it secure enough for people to be able to visit it.

The deserted fort was built on rocks off Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire, and can be reached only by boat.

While the fortification was created between 1850 and 1852 to protect

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What a ‘twinkling’ star sounds like: ‘Eerily fascinating’ noise caused by rippling waves of gas inside a stellar core is similar to a ‘warped ray gun’, experts say

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Twinkling away in deep space, it’s hard to imagine that some stars may sound like a ‘warped ray gun’.

But state of the art technology suggests that’s the case, after scientists created simulations which reveal the ‘eerily fascinating’ noises for the first time.

Researchers at Northwestern University unveiled what ‘twinkling’ stars sound like after converting the rippling waves of gas inside stellar cores into sound waves.

You may be surprised to know that these luminous spheres often blast noises like

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