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more about #robots more comments → veronykah: But how will people ask it to put more Jack than coke? Or less ice? Or c'mon can't you put more in there? -sorry I'm a bartender... more » OMG! Ponies!: I had enjoyed your posts until now, Miss Hannaford, but it's beginning to sound like you're a godless robosexual. That sort of behavior goes against ... more » Panzer23: I bet the worse you do the stronger the drink it makes you. Its a slippery slope. more » fuchikoma: Am I mistaken, or was this the same technology suggested in the Ghost in the Shell manga in the late 80s? more » Curves: Other than being Freakin Adorable, I can see no practical use for it. more » Coolmodo: This is a dream come true for many men. "Sorry babe, I wanted to call but I couldn't, the phone wouldn't let me get near it" more » Pessimippopotamus: So it's like the old one, but newer? more » Poop Cooper: I'm glad to know that the good people at Ghent University are building my future body, as it's no hidden fact that my ultimate goal is immortality. My... more » The Lab: That Bjork video is amazing. I saw the making-of video and it is surprisingly low tech. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: The phone really likes when you hold it up to your face and rub the *, 0 and # keys against your jawbone.. more » -
#robots
Drink Cocktails Mixed By a Robot Based on Your Mario and Tetris Gameplay
To me, a festival is a field, a few musical acts, pair of rain boots, and heaps of mud. But then, I do live in England. Roboexotica, on the other hand, is robots and cocktails. Much more civilized. More » -
#madrobotics
A Robot Who Can Be Your Real-Life Avatar
One of the dreams of robotics has been to create a machine that can act as a remote version of its operator - like the movie Surrogates, only cool. Now a group of Korean engineers have brought us closer to this goal. [io9] -
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Robo Theater: Mobile Projector, Or Projector Mobile?
People take movies on the road all the time; it's why so many minivans have TVs, and why PMPs play video. What people don't do, most of the time, is put movies on the road. Most of the time. More » -
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Freaky Singing Animatronic Heads Part of $75K Art Work
These creepily realistic face molds are attached to servos controlled by computer. They come from the twisted mind of artist, Nathaniel Mellor, and are part of an art piece being sold at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 for $75K. Watch: More » -
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Optical Sensor-Laden Skin Gives Robots a Softer Touch
As robots become more involved in delicate tasks such as autopsies or surgeries, we need their touch to be as precise and sensitive as possible. To have that, we'll need to give them a skin-like surface full of optical sensors. More » -
#phones
I'd Call This Phone Cute, But I'm Afraid That It'll Hurt Me
I don't really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7, but I'm certain that I've never seen another cellphone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer. More » -
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Robot Dance-Off
Last week, the greatest dancers of the biped robot world assembled to battle on the dance floor. More » -
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Wind-Up Salt and Pepper Bots Put an End to Dinner Table Shame
While reaching for salt shakers, I've managed to set tablecloths on fire, knock glasses over, and, in one case, flash a dinner companion. No more of that though, because these across-the-table marching, wind-up salt-and-pepper bots are here to help. More » -
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#humor
Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
Snitch and Langford are about to find out whether they've got what it takes to survive the Robot apocalypse. The answer might surprise you! More » -
#robots
Autonomous BB-Shooting Mini Mech Is Too Violent For Its Own Good
Just look how excited this "X-Brat" mini mech gets when it acquires a target. Clearly, it is consumed with the urge to kill. In the end, this proves to be his undoing. More » -
#robots
Alien Fembot Killer Found, Invasion Imminent
OK, to hell with everything. I'm not going to stick around watching how the world is liverwursted by a race of chromed alien fembots. I'm fcking off to an island near Brazil. Enjoy Armageddon! I'll be sipping cocktails. More » -
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Ping Pong Terminator
Vietnamese robot Topio is a master of ping pong. He also has an ab regimen that effectively distracts from his receding hairline. [Pink Tentacle] -
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Now They're Teaching Robots to Use Lightsabers
The International Robot Exhibition 2009 is underway in Tokyo, and Yaskawa is again showcasing its Motoman robots. We've seen how dexterous previous models were in robo chef demonstrations, but it seems they've now got a taste for the Force. More » -
#cake
Cylon Cake: I Got Dibs On The Working Red Eye
Kudos to the talented chefs behind this Cylon cake with a working red eye. Of course, I wouldn't want to be the one cutting this thing up with a knife. [SciFi Wire] -
#blockquote
Obama to Robots: I'm Watching You
I don't know about you, but I like a President who can throw a funny, geeky sci-fi reference once in a while. Clearly, el Comandante en Jefe has watched his Terminators and scary Big Dogs a few times. More » -
#wine
Robot Wine Rack Isn't Fooling Anyone with That Disguise
The designers say the mustache on this Robot Wine Rack is optional, but let's be honest with ourselves, shall we? We all know one does not in good taste forgo the donning of a mustache when one is readily available. More » -
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Robot Polar Bears: Less Dangerous Than Real Bears, For Now
Instead of replacing the St. Louis Zoo's deceased polar bears with live ones, zoo officials put robots up in their place. This slightly-better-than-average yard display will surely be remembered as the humble beginning of the robot bear uprising. More » -
#weapons
Insane Weapons, Robots and Spy Gear from the Paris Military-Police Expo
The Milipol exhibition in Paris is where all the pros play with the military-industrial complex's hottest toys. I used special commando skills (and a press badge) to infiltrate the premises and show you the world's freshest, most mind-blowing security tech. More »
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#michaeljackson
Michael Jackson's 3D Body Scans on eBay for $1.5 Million
This just seems wrong. A U.S businessman claims he's been sitting on 3D scans from 1996, when MJ was aged 37. It's rumored the singer wanted a virtual or robot double, and this data, if real, would enable just that. More » -
#robots
The Ten Best Videos Of Man (and Creature) Fused With Machines
A spillover from last week's Cyborg-a-thon, Wired has put together a list of the top ten cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine. More » -
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Swarm of Cheap Open Source Robots Set to Take Over the World
How can we fear the robot revolution when it's our own DIY handywork and GPL? Each of these swarm robots costs less than €100 to build and has a mind powered by open source software. [Hizook via Engadget] -
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Say Hello to Your New Local Power Guy
Helmeted workers in cherrypickers, or precariously tethered to a high voltage lines, are as much a part of our power infrastructure's aesthetic as towers and transformers. In the next few years, these iconic silhouettes will become a little more... mechanical. More » -
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Robot Practices Tai Chi And Swordplay In Preparation To Kill Us
The first HUBO robot innocently rode a Segway. The HUBO 2 looks like he's ready to turn into a killer ninja-bot as he practices tai chi, hones his swordsmanship, and still has time for a drink. More » -
#ocean
The Seaglider, Hunting
This microphoned submarine glider has been collecting ocean sounds for a few weeks. When it is plucked from the sea in a few more, researchers will use software to parse its audiofiles for rare beaked whale songs. [Wired] More » -
#questionoftheday
At What Point Would Our Cyborg-selves Cease To Be Human?
Yes, it's the RoboCop question. How much of your body would you have to replace with machines before you could no longer be considered human? Let's break it down into percentages. More » -
#tgif
10 Human Functions We've Already Handed Over To The Machines
One idea behind a "cyborg life" is that we look to machines to take on critical, physical roles. These 10 machines illustrate how we have already begun passing the torch on tasks we are getting to lazy to do ourselves. More »
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#questionoftheday
What Ability Would Be Your First Choice For Cyborg Enhancement?
If you could enhance one ability with a machine implant what would it be? Before you say something about sex, consider all of the other amazing possibilities. -
#robots
Police Robot Negotiator Ends Standoff With Armed Man
Sensorial telepresence is a fancy name for sending robots with sensors to remote places, generally to perform dangerous tasks. Last Saturday, one was used to negotiate with an armed 61-yo man holding a hostage, barricaded into a home. More » -
#thiscyborglife
Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
I can't lie; I've been waiting for an excuse to post a picture of a bacteriophage*, the microscopic spider virus that lands on bacteria to inject its own DNA, for a long time. This Cyborg Life gives me an excuse. More » -
#robots
Me and My Exoskeleton: The Trick to Super Strength
When I first see the Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC), it is hanging limply from the ceiling by a strap attached to its neck, dangling over a treadmill. I can't wait to try it on. More » -
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Unit 33 Is The World's Tallest Two-Legged Robot
You would think that a 7 foot robot would be into basketball but, apparently, soccer is his game. He can also walk, turn, twist and take a bow. Hmmm...I think I have the perfect application for this technology: More » -
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A.W.E. Robotic Wall Automatically Creates The Workspace You Need
Think about your workspace and imagine if your furniture or your desk or cubicle could automatically reconfigure for different applications with a simple wave of the hand. Now check out the reality of Clemson's Animated Work Environment (AWE). More » -
#fashion
Vitruvian Voltron
If only Leonardo da Vinci had 1980s cartoons as his muse, it would be Voltron representing Man's innate tie to geometry and architecture. Live in that better world by purchasing this $18 t-shirt, or sniffing more Crayola. [ThinkGeek via RedFerret] -
#thiscyborglife
Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine
It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine that's available today—Connect-a-Desk. More » -
#thiscyborglife
This Cyborg Life
This week, we're celebrating the human body: the ultimate machine, 4 billion years in refinement. More » -
#robots
How Much Power Does It Take To Simulate The Human Brain?
Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, believes that it would require 10 megawatts to power a processor as smart as the human brain. His new "Neurogrid" supercomputer might be able to do it on only 20 watts. More » -
#safety
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 »
