Remember Rufus Terrill and his BumBot? Well, the crazy bastard is running for mayor of Atlanta now on an anti-bum platform. And yes, he still has that robot. [The Awl]
It looks like Microsoft is saving a few cents by no longer including a HDMI cord when you purchase an Xbox 360 Elite. Call it cheap (which it is), but the penny-pinching manoeuvre goes along with rumours of the Elite dropping from $US400 to $US300. Nothing softens the blow of a $US100 price drop like hoarding a giant stash of cords, after all. [Kotaku]
This is the Antonov An-225, the world’s largest operational aircraft, going to beat the world’s airlifting record. After a complete overhaul, it just carried a colossal 172-tonne, 16-metre long generator from Frankfurt to Armenia. More »
While we’re waiting for Sony to announce a cheaper, slimmer PS3 during a press conference later today, K-Mart has this announcement on their front page…now. It looks like we get a new model and price drops on old PS3s. [Kotaku]
At Australia’s Tourism Futures conference, futurologist Ian Yeoman (of New Zealand’s University of Wellington) forecast artificial resorts with robot staff, and yep, even robot prostitutes could become a reality. More »
Anyone who’s ever crawled along at a snail’s pace on a freeway should relate to this guy hilariously busting out his iPhone, firing up the iGun app, and totally losing his shit. Is it real or a viral? You decide: More »
