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IF, as sci-fi writers have been warning us for decades, robots are plotting to rise up against humans, this week presents them with a prime opportunity. Androids, bots and cyborgs from all over the world, along with the people who build and love them, are converging on the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend for Wired magazine's NextFest.

On some pictures of Earth taken from outer space, you can actually see the Bingham copper mine. My backyard is a green-and-yellow spot about the size of France right next to it.