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DARPA Stops Trying Not to Be Terrifying, Funds Chainsaw-Wielding, Flesh-Eating Robot

You don't have to be tinfoil underwear type to get uneasy about some of the bizarre projects that DARPA throws its weight behind. But the organic matter-consuming EATR robot? Oh. God.

12:00 PM on Fri Jul 10 2009, by John Herrman, 10,106 views, 53 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5311824/darpa-stops-trying-not-to-be-terrifying-funds-chainsaw+wielding-flesh+eating-robot

Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the "first real robot for girls." It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles:

6:40 PM on Thu Jul 9 2009, by matt buchanan, 2,814 views, 30 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5311069/bossa-nova-penbo-the-first-real-robot-for-girls-is-a-pink-waddling-penguin-with-a-baby

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits

What's special about Bossa Nova's Prime-8 robot—a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute's $20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It's the fastest bipedal toy robot ever. Just watch.

5:40 PM on Thu Jul 9 2009, by matt buchanan, 6,265 views, 28 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5310979/bossa-nova-prime+8-robot-walks-runs-on-his-hands-smashes-aibos-to-bits

Pentagon's Robot Hummingbird Christened "Nano Air Vehicle"

The Pentagon's wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They're not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream.

8:00 PM on Fri Jul 3 2009, by Dan Nosowitz, 22,378 views, 48 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5306679/pentagons-robot-hummingbird-christened-nano-air-vehicle

iRobot's Tiny Ember Robots Scout Terrains in Swarms

A tiny version of iRobot's Packbot reconnaissance machine, the Ember, was made to scout hostile environments in swarms, compiling feedback from multiple machines instead of risking a single, bigger robot for the mission.

3:00 PM on Tue May 19 2009, by Andi Wang, 8,588 views, 27 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5261348/irobots-tiny-ember-robots-scout-terrains-in-swarms

Boeing Goes The Marvel Route With Naming Of New Stealth Drone

Boeing's experimental unmanned "Phantom Ray" drone is scheduled for testing in 2010. Either Boeing is out of military-sounding code names or it, too, is caught up in the comic book craze that's seized Hollywood.

8:00 PM on Sun May 10 2009, by Jack Loftus, 23,049 views, 36 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5247956/boeing-goes-the-marvel-route-with-naming-of-new-stealth-drone

The Orion Project: A Hotel-Sized Nuclear Spaceship

Here's a classic TED talk by George Dyson, where he shares his father Freeman's notes on reclassified Project Orion: A Cold War spaceship as large as a Marriott hotel powered by 20 kiloton nukes.

8:56 AM on Tue May 5 2009, by Brian Lam, 18,232 views, 54 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5240629/the-orion-project-a-hotel+sized-nuclear-spaceship

Obama Pledges 3%+ of GDP—as Much as Defense Spending—to Scientific Research

This morning, Obama made a huge pledge to focus more money on scientific research—more than the US spent during the space race. In fact, it's almost as much as we spend on defense.

12:40 PM on Mon Apr 27 2009, by Adam Frucci, 14,013 views, 219 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5229614/obama-pledges-3%252B-of-gdpas-much-as-defense-spendingto-scientific-research

OK, But Will The Inevitable Robotapocalypse Be Green?

While scientists all over the world strive to create a mechanical equivalent to the human brain, one guy is getting kind of concerned about these posthumans' power bills. They're pretty high! At least, at first.

3:52 AM on Wed Apr 22 2009, by John Herrman, 4,306 views, 15 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5222470/ok-but-will-the-inevitable-robotapocalypse-be-green

Scientists Demo Living, Remote-Control Flying Cyborg Beetles

Berkeley University scientists demoed a remote-control Rhinoceros beetle at a conference this week, repeatedly flying the cyborgian creature into observers' faces while screaming "WE ARE GODS! WE HUNGER FOR BLOOD SACRIFICE!

7:08 AM on Thu Jan 29 2009, by John Herrman, 15,349 views, 65 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5141750/scientists-demo-living-remote+control-flying-cyborg-beetles