Hurrah! It’s finally 11/11/11, which makes it Binary Day. I’ve already seen a whole host of folks hitting social media channels to point this out. Relatively few of them are pointing out that they’re wrong, though. More »
Forget suicide booths—this $US25 Bender-esque robot can decapitate himself so that you can hide 4GB of your secret files in his body. [Gadget4all via Craziest Gadgets]
One day, robots will whiz by us one one wheel at 1000kph while solving absurd equations that would take us lifetimes to calculate. But that day has not yet come. So when a robot with coordination no better than a toddler starts trash-talking its humanoid accomplice, you know we’re in for a painful and degrading future. Here’s the clip:
Looks like the day when we all hang out with robots that smoke cigars, throw back drinks and win all our money in poker is edging closer, now that programmers at the University of Alberta have created a Hold ‘Em-playing software that can beat poker professionals. The Polaris software was pitted against Poker pros like Nick Grudzien and Ijay Palansky in six games of limit Texas Hold ‘Em–it tied on one, lost two and won three.
The second Futurama DVD hasn’t even stopped spinning in our drives and we’re already looking forward to the third one. It’s a much geekier affair than even Futurama fans are used to, as they’re delving into the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Will this Ender’s Game Futurama movie be any good? We’re pretty sure it will, seeing as the Kirk and Spock heads are back, and that was probably one of the best episodes ever.
Reader Matt heard my pleas when I saw the Mr. Burns webcam and decided to take it upon himself to create a one of a kind Bender webcam from scratch. Well, not exactly from scratch—he used a pre-made Bender and a pre-made Creative Live! Video cam—but he did somehow shove the two together to make one insanely great peripheral. What would make this even better than it already is is if Bender could respond to whatever you were doing, ordering you to bite his shiny metal arse or exclaiming that he’s back, baby. Nice work, Matt. [EBAY]
