2009 Jun 12, 9:16"This ad from the March 9, 1931 Simpson's Leader-Times (Kittanning, PA) is in no way subtle. The consequences of using recorded music at theatre performances rather than live musicians are, "Monotony
in the theatre - corruption of taste - destruction of art." Yikes."
via:ethan_t_hein music advertising technology robot copyright 2009 Jun 11, 3:16Humorous science merit badges. "The 'I build robots' badge (LEVEL IV): In which, technically technically, the recipient is not in the business of world domination (as dictated by membership rules),
but has built a robot that is.", "The 'non-explainer' badge (LEVEL I): Where the recipient can no longer explain what they do to their parents", And other humorous badges.
humor web science math nerd badge via:boingboing 2009 Apr 13, 10:17If the face drawn onto the robot hadn't been as cute I doubt as many people would have helped =). "Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they
encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to
reach their goal."
tweenbot video social map robot cute nyc society humor 2009 Jan 19, 3:14Researchers make another dancing robot. Its sort of owl like.
keepon robot dancing music humor video 2009 Jan 13, 12:30A swarm of robots drag a child across the floor. The future is now! "In the meantime, the video below shows that an army of swarmbots belonging to researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne in Switzerland can work together to pull off quite a feat - transporting a small girl across the floor."
video humor robot robots drag 2008 Nov 13, 10:30"There was bittersweet news for Keepon fans last month. The funky fuzzy yellow robot - pictured - is to be released commercially. But it won't come cheap - it carries a $30,000 price tag."
keepon robot dance humor video 2008 Oct 23, 2:07Thoughts on how an army of robot soldiers can be made to act more ethically than humans: "One of the fundamental abilities I want to give [these systems] is to refuse an order and explain
why."..."For those situations we have very clear cut guidance from the Geneva Convention, the Hague and elsewhere about what is ethical."
robot army ai ethics 2008 Oct 13, 2:35"The robotics community outdid itself once again at DARPA's 2007 Urban Challenge. This contest featured all the challenges of the original Grand Challenge, along with a few new ones: the vehicles
navigated a simulated urban environment and were required to interact with human-driven vehicles while obeying all traffic laws. Six teams successfully completed the course, with Boss, a car
developed at Carnegie Mellon, claiming the prize." Sure, sure but when will they fly?
article robot car science technology transportation ai 2008 Aug 21, 5:13Suited deathbots drinking coffee in a diner. This is nice and also I'd like one.
tshirt shirt deathbot robot wishlist purchase 2008 Jul 2, 3:41A java scene of a robot building a smaller robot building a smaller robot building ... . Zoom in as much as you like? OK!
3d java animation code recursive fractal visualization programming 2008 Jun 24, 10:02
sequelguy posted a photo:
I thought the phrase 'Im seein robots' was funny.
canada graffiti victoria robots 2008 May 5, 1:45Old Glory Robot Insurance. Now the video straight and legal from NBC. "And now, Sam Waterston for Old Glory Insurance."
snl humor video robot robots insurance 2008 Mar 25, 11:05A trunk with a button. When you push the button the trunk opens, a robotic arm comes out and pushes the button again to turn itself off.
via:ethan_t_hein art robot trunk machine humor 2008 Mar 23, 3:39A cool clock that is essentially a robot operating an Etch-a-Sketch. Zang!
angela-yuan clock build diy art etch-a-sketch humor robot 2007 Nov 1, 1:25Video of people at Maker Faire including a cute dino robot.
make boingboing cute dino video 2007 Aug 16, 8:47More from Keepon the yellow blog dancing robot.
robot robots dancing video music youtube keepon 2007 Aug 13, 3:15Article and video on Mr. Woo a Chinese farmer who creates robots from scavenged materials. Very cool.
robot robots video china diy article humor 2007 Aug 12, 2:50Thanks to
Netflix I've been able to enjoy several movies that I'd never heard of.
Brick is a classic PI film set in a modern high school. Its fun figuring out which high school students correspond to which film noir archetypes.
Primer is a sci-fi movie but it doesn't focus on action or effects. Its like watching an excellent Twilight Zone episode. I hate to describe this any
further for fear of giving something away.
The Amazing Screw-On Head is an animated version of the
one shot comic. It feels like
the 1800s precursor to the
The Venture Bros. and stars Screw-On Head, a steam-punk robot head thing and Abe Lincoln's top spy for occult
matters.
The Quiet Earth is the movie version of the book about a man who awakes one day to find himself alone(... or is he?) It was made in the 80s and in
Australia but don't hold that against it.
scifi primer movie amazing screw-on head personal netflix brick the quiet earth 2007 Aug 7, 1:33A review from ArsTechnica of a backup storage device named Drobo.
article review purchase backup storage hardware
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