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Smart robot: Engineer Bruce Mack with Hector, a space robot with one more arm and a lot more brains than Canadarm.
Smart robot: Engineer Bruce Mack with Hector, a space robot with one more arm and a lot more brains than Canadarm.

Smart robot: Engineer Bruce Mack with Hector, a space robot with one more arm and a lot more brains than Canadarm.

Date9/23/1992
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Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
Bruce Mack, Robert Arm for space station
Bruce Mack, Robert Arm for space station
10/16/1995
Who took Randy?: Last weekend thieves stole Randy the robot, the prototype of a line of robots to be manufactured by Jack Becker's company, Robotronics.
Who took Randy?: Last weekend thieves stole Randy the robot, the prototype of a line of robots to be manufactured by Jack Becker's company, Robotronics.
2/9/1984
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
6/8/1980
Cyril Sapiro: Trustee says people's brains come unglued when they deal with credit.
Cyril Sapiro: Trustee says people's brains come unglued when they deal with credit.
1/16/1990
Brains Definitely run in this family. Totalled IQ is 639. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Haliburton, Gerry, 18, Vicki, 15 are first all-Mensa family.
Brains Definitely run in this family. Totalled IQ is 639. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Haliburton, Gerry, 18, Vicki, 15 are first all-Mensa family.
11/27/1966
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.
1/19/1988
Tick-tock man: Reeb the robot kept Aurora students enthralled as he strutted his stuff recently with the help of owner-creator Doug Fleishman, a student of robotics.
Tick-tock man: Reeb the robot kept Aurora students enthralled as he strutted his stuff recently with the help of owner-creator Doug Fleishman, a student of robotics.
2/1/1984
Booming robots: President of GMF Robotics, Eric Mittlestadt, reads the firm's annual report with the help of a mechanized friend
Booming robots: President of GMF Robotics, Eric Mittlestadt, reads the firm's annual report with the help of a mechanized friend
5/7/1986
Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
11/2/1983
Soul travel to outer space is encouraged by Eckankar, a philosophical -religious organization run by a retired couple, Fabian and Lillian Burbeck. This group believes souls can travel on several mystic planes to outer space and indescribable occult places. Burbecks lead classes - there are 15 courses that take more than 7 years of study to complete - and attract people of all ages. They urge self-improvement.
Soul travel to outer space is encouraged by Eckankar, a philosophical -religious organization run by a retired couple, Fabian and Lillian Burbeck. This group believes souls can travel on several mystic planes to outer space and indescribable occult places. Burbecks lead classes - there are 15 courses that take more than 7 years of study to complete - and attract people of all ages. They urge self-improvement.
4/10/1978
Popular toy: The Autobot Commander, a toy robot based on a character from television's Transformer series, gets a thorough testing by Toronto Star reporter Brain Dexter
Popular toy: The Autobot Commander, a toy robot based on a character from television's Transformer series, gets a thorough testing by Toronto Star reporter Brain Dexter
11/28/1984