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Junkyard Robot PC Case Mod Dares You to Ask if It Can Play Crysis
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Believe it or not, this sculpture of a robot actually houses a working computer in its body. While this doesn’t dethrone the weirdest or the prettiest case mods that I’ve seen, the man who made it says he finished the whole thing in just 2 days. I can’t even finish a… |
May 25th, 2012
Robotic Fish Patrols Harbors for Pollution
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Scientists and researchers are constantly looking for ways to monitor the pollution in harbors around the world. This week, scientists moved a special robotic fish from the lab to sea trials. The robot fish is going to be used to patrol harbors autonomously in the search for pollution. The goal… |
May 23rd, 2012
Robot Can Use the Microwave, Begun These Hot Pockets Wars Have
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Robots can do all kinds of crazy things. They can save our lives in disaster situations, they can clean our homes, they can kill in wartime and now they can use microwaves. No, not as sensors or weapons. They can use the microwave to cook a meal. That they can’t… |
May 20th, 2012
Robot Bird Perches on a Human Hand
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If a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, what is a robot bird in the hand worth? I have no idea, but this is a robotic bird that is not only capable of flight, but it can also land on a human hand. I guess falconry has… |
May 18th, 2012
Clothbot Robot Climbs Pants with Ease
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We’ve seen some unusual robots around here over the years, but this is definitely one of my favorites in recent memory. This little guy is designed to be able to easily climb cloth surfaces.… |
May 17th, 2012
2012 Wall-E Toy Controlled by a 1983 Portable Computer
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Old technology meets new technology here, and in this case they can actually interface very well despite their age difference. YouTuber Aliencurv modified an old 1983 TRS-80 portable computer with 20kb of memory to control a 2012 Wall-E robot. I hear ya. That’s crazy and pointless you say. I agree. And it’s… |
May 17th, 2012
Russian Researchers Build Creepy Android to Make Humans “Immortal”
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A Team of Russian researchers are thinking big, as in science fiction premise big, building a conceptual mind-transfer android. The ultimate goal is to help mankind achieve immortality by using humanoid robots and interstellar space travel to get away from this dangerous and overcrowded blue orb we call Earth.… |
May 16th, 2012
Japanese Robot Guy Creates an Amazing Transforming Car
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Watch below as Kenji Ishida’s transforming car changes from a car to a fully working robot just like in the kids cartoons – with no help from Michael Bay’s effects team. We’re not quite sure if it is a Autobot or a Decepticon, but it is 100% awesome.… |
May 10th, 2012
G.I.A. Interactive Robot Gives You Creepy Face Time
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The G.I.A. (Gestural Interactive Automaton) is a robotic sculpture that was created by Daniel Jay Bertner. It is mounted on the wall and it is basically a projection sphere and a webcam attached to three servo-controlled articulating arms. A human face is projected onto the sphere, and that face that… |
May 9th, 2012
LEGO Tachikoma Can Be Official, but It Needs More Than Eleven Individuals to Vote for It
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Peer Kreuger put his motorized LEGO Tahickoma tank up on Cuusoo and needs your support for the powers that be to notice it. If you’re a Ghost in the Shell… fan that should be all that you need to know, but in case you still need more motivation, here’s a |
April 27th, 2012
