The blog with a love/hate relationship with technology
With all the success and popularity of the Wii Sex video a few weeks ago, you just knew there would be a sequel. But unlike Wii Sex, which was a fun riff on technology and its effects on the relationships between women and men, Wii Sex 2 is a deep and introspective piece on the [...]
Everyone tells me that the new Battlestar Galactica on Sci-Fi Network is the best thing since sliced bread, but I’ve been reluctant to go down that road. Then I saw some pics of Tricia Helfer, who plays a Cyclon robot on the show, and who posed nude for this month’s Playboy. I have to say [...]
You’re single and swinging, but when you entertain friends you don’t want to have to do all the serving yourself. What do you do? Turn to mechanicals, of course.
From UNIX Co. of Japan comes Hai-mochi Doll, a hand-crafted wind-up doll that serves sake. The mech is made from birch and chery wood, is dressed in [...]
According to this article at Eureka, your best bet to survive the robot uprising may be to move to the UK, as they trail much of the world as far as industrial countries that have embraced robot technology.
About 40% of the world’s robots are in Japan and 2% in the UK. ABB estimates that, by [...]
Here’s some handy intelligence for anyone serious about protecting us from the eminent robot uprising.
According to Pink Tentacle, several Japanese and international corporations are building an industrial campus in Osaka which should become ground zero for the world’s robot research activities. Panasonic, Murata Manufacturing, and Citizen plan to conduct research in such areas as artificial [...]
Back in 1938, and again in 2006, New Jersey was the stage for an invasion by Martians bent on destroying the world. Now in 2007 the Garden State is getting ready for a different kind of invading force: Robot dancers.
According to an article in the Newark Star-Ledger, Montclair State University will be hosting a performance [...]
So the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has a plan. A grand plan. Make robots a centerpiece of Japanese life and integrate them into all facets of human interaction, hopefully countering a declining labor pool, declining birth rate, and aging population,
METI apparently distributed literature at the 2007 CES to this effect:
Indeed, Kalb [...]
While 2007 might not be the Year of the Bot, things seem to be picking up in the world of consumer robots, as there was lots of creepy robot on robot action to be found at CES this year.
iRobot (maker of the Roomba and Scooba) unveiled its iRobot Create, which is basically a Roomba but [...]
Now that we know Canada poses a threat to our American way of life with its money that can spy on us, it’s good to see that the government is doing something to protect us.
According to a report from the AP, the department of Customs and Border Protection is getting ready to deploy unmanned drone [...]
There are a lot of things in this world that I fear, chief among those being robots and monkeys. But the one thing that I fear above all others, the thing that steals into my dreams and wakes me up in the middle of the night in a cold, cold sweat, is the idea of [...]
