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Kinect Star Wars’ “I’m Han Solo” Dance… I Have a Bad Feeling About This Game

Ever since the Kinect Star Wars… game’s Galactic Dance Off mode was announced, we’ve had reason to worry about this title. While I love the idea of tearing up the streets of Tatooine as the Rancor, I knew that it would be bad after I saw Slave Leia dancing and

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April 3rd, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Robot Pole Dancers Shake Their Money Makers

At this years CeBIT consumer electronics expo in Hannover, Germany, you’d expect there to be lots of cool innovations. A pair of pole-dancing robots was not what I was thinking, though. These are life-sized humanoids, with camera-shaped lights as heads that gyrate suggestively to music, which is played by a third DJ robot,…

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March 7th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Robots Dance in the Chinese New Year

Celebrating the Chinese New Year is a big deal in China. They go all out like it’s Christmas and New Years rolled into one, and millions of Chinese citizens tune-in to watch the Big-Show… on TV. This year is the Year of the Dragon, so the show really poured it

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January 26th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

DiscoRobo Busts a Move on Your Desk

Dancing is all the rage right now what with those popular network dance competition shows and all. Turns out robots are getting into the act too. The new Tosy DiscoRobo toy is all about shaking its groove thang and has heart shaped LED eyes to let you know that it…

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January 17th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Personal Keepon Robot Gets a $40 Price Tag

Keepon

Ever heard of the Keepon Robot? I’m sure that at some point during your exploration of the Internet, you’ve come across this adorable little yellow robot called Keepon. It looks like two yellow puff-balls with eyes and a nose. The magic happens when you turn on some music and it…

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February 3rd, 2011 by: Chris B.

Male Dance Moves That Attract Women: It’S All in the Neck

motion capture good male dance moves

…and the trunk, and the left shoulder, and the left wrist. And the right knee. You got that? Let’s back up a bit and cover the basics first. The study, which I bet was performed in all seriousness, was performed by psychologists and researchers at Northumbria University in the UK.…

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September 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Japanese Dancin’ Stormtrooper – the Special Edition With Pointless New Special Effects

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The latest update to the popular Tokyo Dancing Stormtrooper video features a bunch of pointless new special effects! It follows the George Lucas’ tradition of filling classic Star Wars… flicks with stupid and unnecessary CGI effects.

Personally, I hate the “Special” versions of Episodes 4, 5, and 6. I’ve seen

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August 19th, 2010 by: Range

The Darth Vader Disco Ball: Dancin’ to the Dark Side

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This über-kitsch disco ball is fashioned after our favorite Star Wars …villain, Darth Vader. You’ll be rockin’ and dancin’ underneath this floating effigy of Anakin Skywalker.

I haven’t been able to find out much information about it, but it certainly looks cool. I wonder what it looks like when lasers

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March 4th, 2010 by: Range

Magic Music Monkey: Dance Monkey, Dance

Here’s something everyone needs more of – dancing musical monkeys. No not that kind of monkey dance, Steve Ballmer.

Thankfully, this dancing monkey won’t fling poo all over your house, rip your face off, or make you buy Windows ME. Nope, the fantastically named Magic Music Monkey… simply plugs into

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December 21st, 2009 by: Technabob

Flower Rock 2.0: Dancing Flowers Get a Makeover

flower rock 2.0

Back in the late 1980s, a sensation swept the streets of Asia called the “Flower Rock”. The desktop gadget did one thing, and one thing only — it danced to any music that you played near it. Flower Rock 2.0 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the original Flower Rock, giving…

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November 11th, 2008 by: Technabob

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