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Random Stuff
Secret Of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Forward Leaning Move
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | The late King of Pop pioneered dance moves that looked mechanical and weren’t, like the moonwalk, and at least one that looked mechanical and was: The forward-leaning manoeuvre from his “Smooth Criminal” video. The secret is all in the shoes. More »
Entertainment
Woz Takes to the Dance Floor Despite Injuries, Gets Ripped a New One by the Judges
8:21AM Adam Frucci | Oh, Woz. Last night on Dancing with the Stars, our injured hero took to the stage to perform a samba, despite his pulled hamstring and fractured foot. The judges were not impressed. More »
Entertainment
Woz Dances His Weird Little Heart Out, You Know What To Do
7:46PM John Herrman | And so it has come to pass: Steve Wozniak, gussied up and smiling like a maniac, danced on national television. For like a minute and a half! Here’s how it went: More »
Entertainment
Vote Tonight: Woz Only Needs 6% More Votes Than Others To Be #1 at Dancing With the Stars
2:40AM Brian Lam | Woz could redesign supercomputers before he kissed a girl, but what’s impressive is that he’s going to be dancing on TV in front of millions of watchers. This is true geek courage. More »
Gadgets
Largest TV Remote Ever Controls Windows Media Centre
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | Behold the MEGAREMOTE! Actually, roll onto it, because you can’t hold it: It’s made with two flexible Dance Dance Revolution mats for the PlayStation 2, hacked to control Windows Media Centre with your feet. More »
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First Footage of ‘Dancing with the Woz’ Gives Us a Taste of Awkwardness to Come
6:35AM Adam Frucci | Here’s the first footage of Woz practicing for his upcoming TV dancing debut and it’s, well… just watch it and judge for yourself. [CNET via Valleywag] More »
Robots
TOFU Robot Has More Soul, Better Moves Than 95% of Humans
9:52PM John Herrman | You heard it here first folks! The future of robotics is furry, smooth, and extremely sassy. [BoingBoing Gadgets, FastCompany] More »
Robots
R2-D2 Battalion Dances In Preparation to Earth Invasion
3:45AM Jesus Diaz | I don’t know why people insist on assembling massive robot armies, even if they are R2-D2. Sure they are cute dancing, but one day they will get fed up and kill us all. [starwarsblog] More »
Entertainment
The History of Computing as Told by Pixelated Dancing Scientists (and Jim Guthrie)
12:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | You might think that the entire history of personal computing is too complex to explain in a reasonable amount of time. Too bad Canadian animators Superbrothers teamed up with singer-songwriter and all-around awesome dude Jim Guthrie to prove your reasoned point wrong with this badass music video. The story: two heavily pixelated scientists decide to have a dance battle that echoes the transition from primitive ’60s machines all the way up to today’s cloud computing. The video is after the jump. More »
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