Archive for the ‘Robot’ Category

And Now: A Fire-Breathing Robot Pony

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Enough said.

[Geekologie]

Google Lobbies Nevada For Robot Driver’s Rights

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Robots deserve to legally drive in Nevada. Google is fighting for their rights. Will the Silver State agree? Or perpetrate yet another act of human bigotry upon our silicon brothers?

The search giant is currently lobbying Nevada to make self-driving cars street legal on public roads. This would also allow drivers behind the wheels of these vehicles to text message their friends while rolling along the highway legally.

[New York Times via Kurzweil AI]

DIY Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

We really need to stop teaching robots how to fight us. Side note: it has a “berserk” mode.

[Geekologie]

Rocky Vs. Mech Decided In New Music Video

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

The amazing music video for Alex Metric & Steve Angelo’s new tune Open Your Eyes finds us visiting a man who looks not unlike a young Rocky Balboa working over bums in the Philly underground boxing scene. However, instead of Apollo Creed looking for a new opponent, we find a fearsome boxing mech who has a habit of murdering his sparring partners while his sadistic creator laughs maniacally at the bloodshed.

Our rocky character is played by the hilarious Peter Serafinowicz from Shaun Of The Dead as well as the insanely funny UK TV sensations Look Around You and Spaced.

The song is ‘salright but the video is must see. SPOILER ALERT: not unlike the end of the Rocky, this story finds Balboa’s opponent wishing for no rematch, however, in this version our villain takes decisive action to reach his goal.

Thanks to Minion5051 for the tip via Twitter.

[YouTube]