http://www.sfrobots.com The blog with a love/hate relationship with technology Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:19:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taking a classic franchise from years gone by and turning into something entertaining and relevant for audiences today has proven nearly impossible. Not even George Lucas could do his own work justice in the final three Star Wars movies. So you know that the new live action G.I. Joe film ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/04/18/gi-joe-is-going-to-suck/ It seems everyone these days is piling on the criticism of Microsoft and making outlandish claims about The Borg's imminent demise. I won't go so far as the headline-trolling Gartner conference and declare Windows to be collapsing, but I will say the news coming out about Redmond's future product development ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/04/12/microsoft-is-writing-apples-ad-copy/ If you take two turds and mash them together, how likely is it that the result won't end up resembling something turd-like? Not very it seems, but that's exactly what Yahoo! and Time Warner are discussing in heated, desperate meetings right this hour. If news reports are to be believed, the ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/04/10/aol-yahoo-wtf/ The commercialization of space has always been one of the goals of the space program and our science fiction is littered with lunar bases and colonies in orbit, but more than 45 years after Alan Sheppard flew on Freedom 7 into low orbit the space business is still largely the ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/04/06/putting-business-in-space/ A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the need for high-priced hookers. A robot must protect its own political existence ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/03/10/three-laws-of-robotics-according-to-elliot-spitzer/ Sarah Lacy Geeky? Yes. Sexy? Well, maybe that's in the eye of the beholder. Ms. Lacy is definitely a looker, and she knows how to get a crowd going. I'm not totally convinced she's not a robot, though it is very possible that she is both real and cyborg. I would ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/03/10/five-sexy-geek-girls-who-may-or-may-not-be-robots/ If dancing and performing robots on stage is a means to an end for the technocratic cabal of robot lovers, then the arts can also be a tool for the marshaling legions of the meat-freedom rebellion. The Open Circle Theater in Seattle is running a production of RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots), ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/03/01/the-robot-play-is-the-thing/ You want evidence of the robot uprising? Look no further than the current issue of Columbus Alive!, the weekly arts and entertainment paper serving the capital of Ohio. The cover story is called "Robots Attack!" and comes complete with a whole section of robophile content. A big chunk of the edition, ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/02/22/robots-attack-columbus-alive/ For your lunar eclipse viewing pleasure, here's a clip of the opening sequence to the 1970s TV series Space 1999. It was an incredibly cheesy sci-fi show from the mind of Gary Anderson (Thunderbirds) that supposed the moon has been blasted from its orbit by a nuclear disaster. For it's ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/02/20/lunar-eclipse-video-pick-space-1999/ In their never-ending quest to augment the human form with metal and hydraulics, researchers in Japan have developed a powered exoskeleton designed to help carpenters hang drywall. The wearable device provides lifting power and strength to assist in the arduous task of putting up ceiling panels and other heavy-lifting activities. Having ... http://www.sfrobots.com/2008/02/19/mobile-suit-carpenter/