We, Robot

The robots are coming.

By 2013 there will be 1.2 million industrial robots working worldwide — that’s one robot for every 5,000 people, according to Marshall Brain, founder of How Stuff Works and author of Robotic Nation.
Robots are currently analyzing documents, filling prescriptions, and handling other tasks that were once exclusively done by humans.
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They long ago replaced autoworkers, are being tested as surgeons and Google has them driving around to make interactive street maps.

The South Koreans have now taken it a step further with soldier robots that patrol the border between North and South Korea, the most heavily militarized border in the world.

The Samsung-made, $200K automatons are armed with machine guns, grenade launchers, video recorders and surveillance cameras.

I can’t decide whether or not I want one…

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Jenise Uehara Henrikson

CEO, Partner at Alpha Brand media

As CEO, Jenise manages Alpha Brand Media's long-term strategy while overseeing workflow performance and operations. She also manages select Alpha Brand Media ("ABM") properties and contributes content to ABM publications such as SearchEngineJournal.com.

Jenise graduated from Cal State Los Angeles (BA Sociology). In 1996 she joined Pointcast, a push technology startup where she was promoted to program manager for sponsored channels.

In 1999, Jenise joined Phone.com, a pre-IPO mobile Internet startup. After merging with Software.com in 2001, Phone.com changed its name to Openwave Systems. In 2005 she was promoted to Director, reported to the CFO and managed the Deals Desk, a sales and business ops team that manages a complex sales contracting process.

In 2007 she became CEO of Henrikson Media, a web publisher that was acquired by Alpha Brand Media in 2010.

Jenise has been quoted in ABC News Online, Investors.com, and internet marketing blog Shoemoney.com.