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Japanese Robot Can (Almost) Run – We Are So Doomed

Japanese Robot Can (Almost) Run – We Are So Doomed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXqUjiNw8fo Am I the only one who finds this terrifying? Like, sure, it's not quite as immediately scary as Boston...

Gesture-Controlled Robot is Possibly the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have With Kinect

Gesture-Controlled Robot is Possibly the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have With Kinect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRPEns8MS2o Alright, so maybe I'm being a little cheeky by claiming that this robot is the most fun you could...

Your Halloween Costume Will Never Be As Ambitious As This. Ever.

Your Halloween Costume Will Never Be As Ambitious As This. Ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pucbRCRHxk Oh, hey, I just realized I'm an inconsiderate jerk, and never asked you how your Halloween was. How'd it...

ASIMO Tears Up the Dancefloor at His 10th Birthday Bash

ASIMO Tears Up the Dancefloor at His 10th Birthday Bash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShhatJB8xyk Morning, all - or, afternoon, as it were. I trust your Halloween was both hollow and weeny? Mine sure...

Mad Scientist Dooms Us All With Self-Replicating Lego Menace, Or Something

Mad Scientist Dooms Us All With Self-Replicating Lego Menace, Or Something

This is just downright threatening. Software engineer Will Gorman has seen fit to play god and create a robot out...

Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science

Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science

Six Slovenian volunteers have been undergoing a bizarre test: being punched in the arm over, and over, and over, and...

No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

What's your kid wearing for Halloween? He's not going as Batman, is he? I see, like, a trillion child Batmans...

Because There’s Always Room For More Gundams

Because There’s Always Room For More Gundams

I have a couple friends who are big into building scale models of Gundams. I've never really understood the appeal...

A Retweeting Twitter Bot That Knows It Serves No Actual Purpose

A Retweeting Twitter Bot That Knows It Serves No Actual Purpose

One of the great things about Twitter is that it's actually pretty easy to control and inhibit spam. SEO people...

German Researchers Take Gaming Peripherals to Their Logical Conclusion

German Researchers Take Gaming Peripherals to Their Logical Conclusion

Microsoft's Kinect would have you believe that no controller is the way of the future for gaming. Microsoft's Kinect would...

When Digital Distribution Becomes Art

When Digital Distribution Becomes Art

You know what's too cool? This is. In an exploration of digital content delivery, record label Ghostly International is debuting...

Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot – No, Really

Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot – No, Really

If you're not good and rested, take a nap before continuing with this article - because you're never gonna sleep...