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more about #robots more comments → RoofCoffeeCup: I'd love to get a DVR for the cars I ride on. I want to be able to post peoples reaction to me. #cars more » Gordonium: My alma mater, UMass, has a hell of an agriculture school, and I can guarantee that they'll buy at least one of these things. All crude (but funny) jo... more » dry-roasted-peanuts: Ok. All the farm/ranch folk, raise your hands if you ever got talking into reaching in during preg testing season. /raises hand. #hapticcow more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I'm kind of concerned that she seems to be wearing a full body rain coat... and no mask. more » Hobolicious: Horses? Really? Where's the challenge? Wake me up for Haptic Hamster. #hapticcow more » Margatron: Now on sale, the FleshCow! Sex toys for Bulls! Now your bull won't need a cow to have his fun. Great for the whole family! Brought to you by the make... more » Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo: E-I-E-I-Ohh more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: The cow says, "Whoa! Using the whole fist there doc?" #hapticcow more » switchblade saints: that horse was polite and shaved its tail. Cant beat a bald one #hapticcow more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Look, it's the new Fleshlight Bovine. Now you can bring your love of Farmville to a whole new level... #hapticcow more » -
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Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
Technological progress is amazing. Case in point: When I was learning to drive, my safety monitor was a "mom." It barked orders at me as I navigated Massachusetts streets, oftentimes recklessly at high rates of speed. In the future? Computers! More » -
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Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes
The ‘Haptic Cow' recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It's for learning. Don't get any ideas. More » -
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Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot
Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. More » -
#photoshopcontest
Create the Ultimate Bionic Human Upgrades
In the not-too-distant future, we'll be able to upgrade our bodies with real hardware. But what exactly do you want grafted onto your body? The world is your nanomachine-powered oyster! More » -
#remainders
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton...10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings...AT&T's Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong...Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More »
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Someone Stop The Fastest Robot Packager in the World at Once
For some reason, I can't stop looking at the frenzy Adept Quattro robopackager, which reaches more than 300 cycles per minute. Go to 1:30 to see it running at full speed. Must. Close. Window.[Adept via RobotBuzz via Botjunkie] -
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Cold, Lifeless Robot Shreds Blondie In iPhone Rock Band
This little homemade robot takes all of those impressive no-look Dragonforce-on-expert Rock Band/Guitar Hero YouTube videos and destroys them with a cold, clockwork efficiency. Updated. More » -
#halloween
The Great Gizmodo Halloween Roundup
Since I'm feeling festive evening, I thought I would leave you with some of our Halloween posts. OK, really I just can't pass up a chance to put up these masks of Chen and Blam again. Happy Halloween everyone! More » -
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MIT's AIDA Robot Is Going To Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver
Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won't be riding in the backseat, it's mounted right on the dashboard—but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More » -
#diy
A Spider-Bot Pumpkin Is the Scariest Way To Dispense Candy On Halloween
If I wasn't so worried about traumatizing the kids in my neighborhood, dispensing trick or treat candy in this creepy spider bot pumpkin would be awesome. More » -
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The Muralizer Draws Art on Your Wall Automatically
The Muralizer is a device that hangs on a string, automatically drawing the design of your choice on your wall. And hopefully, it'll be a kit you can get yourself in the near future. More » -
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The ROPID Robot Jumps And Runs Like An Excited Kid
This cute, lil' Japanese robot is like a kid after too much candy, but somehow it's got better balance than most of us after a long day of writing posts. Check out how it lands gracefully after some high jumps. More » -
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Mr. Wake Robot Alarm Clock Is An Untouchable Morning Menace
What if Clocky the alarm clock didn't just run away from you in the morning? What if he could sense your presence and evade capture with an IR sensor? That's the annoying idea behind Mr. Wake. More » -
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With Robot-Performed Virtual Autopsies, Your Corpse Gets a Stunt Double
Virtual autopsies (yes, "virtopsies") are the newest in cause-of-death forensics. Robots surround a body, creating 3D imagery inside and out. When ready, the real body rests in peace while the stunt corpse gets chopped apart. Goodbye, CSI-induced nightmares! More » -
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Petman Walking/Balancing Robot Is Like BigDog's "Human" Master
I'm sure you are all well acquainted with the crazy quadrupled BigDog robot, but if it had a master to walk with, it would probably look something like the Petman. More » -
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Robot Bricklayer Flawlessly Builds 7000 Brick "Infinite Loop" Without Mortar
If you happen to be on Pike Street In New York's Chinatown between now and November 14th, you might catch a glimpse of "R-O-B" the bricklaying robot building a 7,000 brick "Infinite Loop" sculpture along a pedestrian island. More » -
#toys
Pleo Lives!
The manufacturing company that heroically snatched the Pleo from the edge of oblivion has finally gotten around to re-releasing the curiously expensive plush robot. To preempt any reticent Pleo fans, don't worry: it's exactly the same as it was before. More » -
#retromodo
Computopia: A Future Where Computers Teach, Then Beat, Then Heal Japanese Kids
Welcome to Computopia—a 40-year old Japanese vision of how robots might become a part our everyday lives. Complied by Shōnen Sunday magazine, these illustrations depict robots performing surgeries, teaching in a classroom and beating kids for their insolence. More » -
#rubiks
Transformers AllSpark Rubiks Cube Really Needs a Robot To Solve
Unfortunately, you won't be able to easily transform this Rubiks cube, and there are no robots around to help. You are on your own buddy. [Entertainment Earth via Gearfuse via Crunchgear] -
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When Robots Attack, They'll Also Come by Ski
Even though it's not technically an android, the skiing robot looks remarkably like a small child on the slopes, a short figure carving through turns with no real reaction to the experience whatsoever. [boingboing] -
#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Apple Second Only To Google In Social-Network Buzz...70mph Robot Runs Like Cheetah—on Paper...Drunk on Ego, NPR Brands Its Own Internet Radio...San Diego Finally Puts All That Sunshine to Good Use More »
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Three Robot Motion Control Mayhem Will Make You Wanna Fanta
I've never had a Fanta in my life, but this demonstration of ridiculous motion control from ABB robotics has hypnotized me into wanting whatever the hell "Exotic Thrill" flavored Fanta is. More » -
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Dishwasher Robot Ensures Our Future Selves Will Have Zero Personal Responsibility
My elaborate plan to take out years worth of repressed childhood dish washing memories on my own children some day has hit a Panasonic robot-sized snafu. More » -
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MIT’s Autonomous Helicopter: What if Big Dog Could Fly?
The latest Micro Air Vehicle from MIT does an incredible job of balancing itself in-air. Not to mention that the helicopter models its surroundings so well it could probably fly over to the fridge and make you a sandwich. More » -
#wtf
Wii Nunchuck-Controlled Robotic Tail is the Ultimate Accessory for Furry Fetishists
Regular Giz readers will have seen countless crazy homebrew inventions powered by the DIY Arduino platform—but this could be the strangest yet. How about a robotic tail that's controlled by RFID "mood cards", or a Wii Nunhuck? Yep. More » -
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Army of Scarabs Can Keep Streets Clean
Designer Olga Kalugina defines her Scarab as a "robot-harverster for pedestrian areas." I define it as a potential catastrophe of planetary proportions, to happen when they become sentient and start cutting legs and chopping fallen human bodies. More » -
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Cockroach-Inspired Robot Survives 8-Story Fall, Will Outlive Us All
DASH, a UC Berkeley-designed, cockroach-inspired robot, manages to take what makes cockroaches so resilient and even retain the cockroach's singularly creepy movement. This thing is near-indestructible. More » -
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The Barbot Uses Blood Pumps to Pour Your Drink
Sure, we've seen bartending robots before, but isn't anything that makes a drink for you worth a mention? The guys at NYC Resistor built the Barbot out of old recycled Barbot parts, Arduino controllers, and blood pumps. More » -
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Dental Training Mannequins, Or Venom During His Teenage Years
We can't come up with anything much more horrid than these dental training mannequins, complete with braces. As Adam commented, they look like a "teenage Venom." But don't worry, we're sure that braces were adorable on you. [RadioGuy via MAKE] -
#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
If Robots Killed People, Soldiers Wouldn't Have To...Sweden Disappears from the Internet For a Day...Over 95% of People Screw Up Username and Password...Founder of Jedi Religion "Intimidated" By Shopkeepers More »
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iRobot Makes First Version of T-1000 or Number Six—We Will All Die Anyway
Gizmodo's bullpen five minutes ago. Me: "Holy f*ck. Check this." Matt: "We're all dead." Me: "We're so f*cked." Wilson: "Soft robotics. That's a scary phrase." Jason: "You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots." Wilson: "Now, jamming skin... More » -
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10 Robot Halloween Pumpkins Provide Artistic Inspiration
I got my pumpkins the other day, but I've been debating about what to carve. Botropolis may have provided the answer—robots! The 10 pumpkins on their list are ambitious, but you might find something that inspires you. [Botropolis] -
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Animatronic Dinosaur Puppets Would Scare the Beeheyzeus Out of Me
When I first saw these dinosaurs, I thought they were the perfectest live 3D animations I've ever seen. Then I saw how they interacted with the fog and realized they're real. But animatronics can't be that perfect, can they? More » -
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Hello Smoking Space Man
Before they banned smoking in robot bars, Zed was such a prick, constantly blowing smoke in everybody's face. More » -
#robots
An (Animatronic) Eye Is Upon You
Disney's newest animatronic eye should give you the williest willies ever. It uses electromagnets for the most realistic eyes motions yet, despite having no actual moving parts, meaning it can be creepier for longer before wearing out. [Disney via BoingBong] -
#concept
Zaojun: The Personal Assistant You Won't Flirt With
It just isn't appropriate to bring your personal assistant home with you, but Zaojun doesn't mind. The concept Wi-Fi gadget can do lots of things, including read you your email, messages and be programed to turn on appliances. More » -
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Girlbot Sings, Looks Better than Britney Spears
Yes, that's right: The HRP-4C girlbot with Yamaha's Vocaloid voice synth software is way better than Britney Spears. But then again, that's not saying a lot, except that I will never do the Zoltan with Britney. [Network World] -
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Care BEAR
We've written about the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot before, but this shot from Newsweek's "Weapons Porn" gallery was just too tempting. The BEAR lifts 500lbs—enough to get a wounded soldier off a battlefield, or me out of a Shoney's.[Newsweek] -
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Gigantor Lives!
Free from the planning and the scaffolding, the $1.5 million Gigantor (or Tetsujin) statue is now complete. More » -
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Vstone Robovie-PC Is a Real PC and a Real Robot
Programming hobby robots from a computer is far from new, but what if the robot was the computer? Powered by a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, Robovie-PC runs Windows or Linux, and comes pre-assembled with 20 degrees of super-expensive programmable maneuverability. More »
