This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including:

• Robots from the Victorian era
• Buildings get nerve systems
• AI helicopters
• BOINC for distributed computing
• Running robots

…and more.

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Bridges and other constructions are increasingly being built with a “nerve system” of their own.
Engineers Work on ‘Smart’ Bridges, Roads

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This article gives a little insight in several applications of “grid technology”.
British government backs grid technology

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BBC series from Professor Vilayanur Ramachandran on the brain and the latest advances in brain sciences.

The Emerging Mind (via Kuro5hin)

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Sony’s QRIO robot is a 58cm tall, bipedal humanoid robot that can jog at speeds up to 14 meters a minute.
Sony unveils world’s first ‘running’ robot QRIO

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Beware of the traffic police automated helicopter army!
A.I. Helicopter?

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Immunizing the right individuals – the nodes in social networks – may be more efficient and far less expensive than current means.
‘Six Degrees of Immunization’ Strategy Proposed

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Yet another story on how IT security companies are mimicking immune systems to protect agains viruses, worms, etc.
Mother Nature Recruited for War on Cyber Terror

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Venture capitalists are looking to nanotechnology for their next bets.
As nanotech gains visibility, venture capital follows

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BOINC: A new environment for distributed computing systems
Software shares out spare processing power (via Slashdot)

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A brilliant site about “pre-historic” robots
History of Robots in the Victorian Era

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2003: More viruses, worms and other plagues than ever before
The Internet Is a Very Sick Place