"By the 2010s, Korea is expecting to see robots assisting police and the military, patrolling the neighborhoods and going on recon missions on the battlefield."

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200601/kt2006011617112710160.htm

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/robot_cook_pate.html

"Personalized Medical Monitors"

http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id%3D6542

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen#See_also

http://www.communistrobot.com/bboard/viewtopic.php?t=252