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Entertainment
Woz in Flashdance Remake is Too Good to Be True
11:30AM Brian Lam | Woz doing the worm, robot, and more. I’d watch this movie. As long as he keeps his undershirt on. [Jimmy Kimmel, More on Woz Dancing] More »
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First Picture of Woz Primed to Dance Into America’s Hearts
2:08PM Adam Frucci | Oh, Woz. I want to tease you, but deep down I’ve got to respect you for doing whatever the hell you want and not caring what anybody thinks. Dance your heart out, Woz. More »
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Meet Ken, The Amazing Dancing Audiophile
12:20AM John Herrman | There are the snobby, deluded audiophiles who troll internet forums all day arguing about the merits of acoustic cryocoolers and adaptive spectral perceptual entropy coding, and then there’s Ken. More »
Robots
Hexapod Robot Dance-Off Is the Future of Bad Teen Dance Flicks
1:00AM Mark Wilson | What you are about to see is real footage of a real event. From the 3rd annual Austrian Hexapod Championships, watch robots dance it off in extreme competition, surprisingly, without a single tongue-in-cheek reference to the dance known as the robot. If one of these entrants looks familiar, that’s because he is. The…uhh…one in the hat does a routine to Mambo No. 5 that can be seen in full here. Otherwise, enjoy the freaky dance montage and the nightmares that will surely accompany it. [via MAKE] More »
Robots
Spooky Hexapod Dancing Robot Scares Ladies Your Way
11:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | This six-legged, pimp-headed robot dancing to Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5″ is all sorts of freaky. It’s been on YouTube for a few weeks, but I thought it was perfect for Halloween, as evidenced by that pins-and-needles feeling I get watching it. Remember that scene in Toy Story when the maltreated toys go after Buzz and Woody? Why the hell would someone want to replicate toys so scary? It’s enough to make me go running and screaming like a girl—wait, I totally forgot, I am a girl. Maybe you guys should show your lady friends this clip, so you can magically morph into Prince Charmings to protect and console them. [Geekologie] More »
Toys
Your Very Own Optimus Prime Can Dance to JT Too
9:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | I’ve seen quite a few R/C cars in my day, but I’ve never seen one that actually transforms the way Optimus Prime can. The RCRC (or Remote Controlled Robotic Car) offers four modes for your entertainment: robot, truck, sports car, and “hip-hop dance.” Yes, you just read that correctly. And I definitely hope I don’t meet whoever was controlling that RCRC out on the road someday. The RCRC also comes with a rechargeable battery, but unfortunately (or is that fortunately?) not Megan Fox. [Technabob] More »
Entertainment
Man Dances Passionately With a 5 Ton Digging Machine
9:00AM Sean Fallon | Sometimes we forget that diggers are more than just utilitarian machines. Inside their steel body beats a heart filled with passion…and lust. Behold the grace and beauty of the ‘Transports Exceptionnels’ performed by one 5-ton digging machine and a crazy guy from a French dance group. It just goes to show you—when it comes to art, there is no such thing as “too stupid.” [Reuters via Geekologie] More »
Design
Red Bull Gives Your DJ Table Wings (and Balls)
2:15AM Sean Fallon | Red Bull has teamed up with Canadian design company Cocoon to develop a functional DJ table that represents “Red Bull’s sponsorship of an actual nightlife experience.” The table features a backlit logo panel, ventilation for laptops and slots for vinyl records and large CD booklets. As you will see in the image after the break, it also features a curious cutout on the undercarriage where you feed your cords. I am shocked and appalled that a wholesome product like Red Bull could be the catalyst for such immaturity. More »
Robots
Dancing Keepon Robot Goes On Sale For Researchers, Cheap Version Soon
6:30PM Kit Eaton | Keepon has been robotically dancing his way into our souls for quite a while, though until now he’s been pretty much a hand-crafted one-off. But now his creators have started a company—BeatBots—to manufacture clones of the little guy. Keepon Pro will be the first product, weighing in with a hefty price tag of about $US30,000, and it’ll be aimed at research institutions for the purposes of investigating human-robot interactions. Fret not at that price, though: the company plans to simplify the mechanism and release a version with a cheaper price tag. And if you’re wondering what kind of human-robot interactions Keepon can do, click below to see a vid of him in action. More »
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