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DARPA has chopped $7 million out of its budget for program it’s is calling “Avatar.” Yes, DARPA is talking about that Avatar.… Rather than growing the towering blue aliens that James Cameron had in his awesome science fiction movie, DARPA wants robots. Which obviously makes DARPA’s fiendish plan more like
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February 20th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun
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Clearly, the dude that designed this flying rotorcraft has been watching some Avatar.… This helicopter style device has the duel rotors on top that are surrounded by fan-like rings that the movie’s flying machines sported. It also reminds me somewhat of a refined version of that M.A.S.K. motorcycle that turned
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January 14th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun
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The OriHime robot was developed in Japan by Kentaro Yoshifuji, an engineering student at Waseda University, and it attempts to takes the robotic form to a sexy new level. While it has a more feminine form than the typical ‘bot, it definitely won’t be putting Victoria’s Secret models out of…
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December 27th, 2011 by: Range
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Movies like The Planet of the Apes and The Rise of the Planet of the Apes… just freak me out sometimes. I mean, so we’ve been told that our closest ancestors are these primates because apparently, we’ve got a lot in common with these animals. For one, they’re really smart
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October 6th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua
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I really liked the flick Avatar…. I ended up seeing it twice, which is very rare for me. It was a cool film and I am really looking forward to the next inevitable installment. One geeky chick, Laura Hadland, has taken about 4,000 Blu-ray discs and used them to
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November 18th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun
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While the technology to make your own genetic or robotic Avatar isn’t yet available, you can turn yourself into the image of an Avatar by using a handy new website from the guys at McDonald’s. Impress all of your friends with your own custom-made Avatar…!
The website is called
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June 1st, 2010 by: Range
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While this is just the first step towards giant blue genetically engineered avatars, it’s still kind of creepy to think that you can just log onto this skinny little ‘bot, take control of it and make it do what you want from afar – seeing what it sees through its…
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May 18th, 2010 by: Range
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3D is going to be everywhere this year, thanks to James Cameron’s Avatar…. I recently read that even Mars would be filmed in 3D on those Pathfinder drones. Now, it looks like Sharp came up with a new and cute little add-on that will allow you to film 3D
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May 13th, 2010 by: Range
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Sure, sure, the Na’vi people are kind, nature-loving folk. But they also have quite a dark side if you know what buttons to push. Clearly, this cute Avatar-inspired Na’vi cake was created before the RDA came along and knocked down Hometree.
This chubby little Na’vi was created for the That…
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March 4th, 2010 by: Technabob
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If you didn’t already have enough of James Cameron’s Avatar…, you can get more of it thanks to this awesome LEGO Avatar Battle Helicopter. Before you start drooling, there’s more to it than meets the eye, so read on!
This thing has got doors that open, a sort of
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March 2nd, 2010 by: Range