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man vs. beast

Chimpanzees Beat College Students at Computerized Brain Test

You know that game in Brain Age where you get a quick look at a batch of numbers then have to tap them in numerical order after they're hidden? In news that must please the good Dr. Kawashima to no end, scientists at Kyoto University have found that five-year-old chimps are able to perform a (very) similar feat much faster than a group of nine able-minded college students on a touchscreen test bed that resembles the best-selling DS game.
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9:55 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By dango
25,660 views, 71 comments

Latest by aamlg: Think your memory is better than the chimp's, or that it's just a matter of training? Try this replica of the memory test to see if you can beat a chimp's score: [games.lumosity.com] more »

robots

Chinese Robot Gallery

The Chinese are standing up and saying they to, like the Japanese, can make weird-ass robots that scare little children. Here's a gallery of robots made in China, including a robot waiter, a 330lb rickshaw-pulling robot made by a farmer, a four fingered piano playing robot, and that beauty robot we saw last week. More »

6:15 PM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By Jason Chen
1,700 views, 3 comments

gadgets

USB MyPet Puppy and Monkey Webcam

Lovers of cute things (and the Japanese) will snatch up this USB MyPet Webcam that comes in both monkey and puppy models. Supporting up to 640x480 at 15 frames per second, this webcam is perfect for the girlfriend that hates tech. More »

4:24 PM on Sat Apr 29 2006
By Jason Chen
1,940 views, 1 comment

gadgets

Spank This Monkey: He Really Blows


Do you want to touch my monkey? The Blow Monkey Nail Dryer is designed to dry your freshly-applied nail polish with the touch of a button that's positioned between the little guy s legs. Hey, whaddaya know, that button looks like a bunch of bananas! Don't get me started—stroke his banana and it turns him on? You've got to be kidding me. Straight from a British junk shop called BoysStuff, this little chimp runs on three AAA batteries and costs about $8. Next artifact from this purveyor of pathetic primate-like products? A piece of hand-crafted folk art known as The Suck Monkey. Not really. More »

8:50 AM on Thu Jan 19 2006
By Charlie White
1,642 views, 3 comments

Latest by justaj: I have absolutely no reason to own one, but because it's a monkey i really want one. more »

gadgets

Honda's Monkey Limited

Gizmodo Japan - Honda s 50cc leisure motor bike aka Monkey first appeared in 1967. It is small, but carries a 4 stroke engine is beloved by many and looks like something Yoshi would ride. This year, Honda is going to sell 3000 special model Monkey Limited (BA-AB27) . Most of it, like the tank and the fender, are chrome plated and engraved. It is equipped with solid "Monkey" emblem and two-tone seat in silver and black. It will sell for $2260 and I want one so I can flip over on it and make it onto America's Funniest Home Videos.

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11:11 AM on Tue Jan 10 2006
By johnb
15,416 views, 9 comments

Latest by xiLLeNtz: ^ me tooo! those sure do like fun. more »

entertainment

Kapo Super Monkie - It's a Monkey! No, It's a Radio! You're Both Right!

My favorite behavioral experiment was when they put baby monkeys in a cage with two people dressed like monkeys. There was the "hug" monkey/human that would hug and cuddle all the time and the "play" monkey that would roughhouse all the time. They found that the baby monkey would get scared and run to the hug monkey and then go play with the play monkey until it got scared again. This radio will be my hug monkey. More »

4:19 PM on Thu Aug 18 2005
By johnb
1,265 views