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Blast from the past

Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:46 am

just out for a walk

just out for a walk

BotJunkie posted a great roundup of fabulous robots from the past, taken from Cybernetic Zoo. We could (and did) peruse these for hours.

We particularly like this baby being completely nonchalant about the giant robot taking it for a stroll. Not a care in the world.

Trash to treasure

Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:47 pm

sculpture by Ann P. Smith

sculpture by Ann P. Smith

Noupe recently posted a roundup of 40 terrific works of art made from trash. It’s like visual crack for trash-lovers like us.

Thanks to Brian Frolo for the heads up on this one.

Why can’t our robots do this?

Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 4:20 pm

This kind of makes our bots look lazy. Via Boing Boing.

Too awesome for words

Friday, April 2, 2010 @ 10:46 am

Giganta

If my parents had bought me one of these when I was little, I’m pretty sure I would have been the coolest kid in town, rather than the nerdiest. I’m an adult, and I STILL really covet this thing. Now I just need to figure out where to put it…

Via Museum of Robots.

Robot hands

Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 7:10 am

Pretty sure these awesome hands could help us build robots faster. And for only $600? Sounds like a pretty solid business investment. Via Boing Boing.

Spike Jonze “I’m Here” trailer

Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:48 pm

We really want to see this. It looks awesome! Thanks to Dylan for sending the link along.

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