machines
Robots
The 10 Best Videos Of Man (And Creature) Fused With Machines
1:40PM Sean Fallon | A spillover from last week’s Cyborg-a-thon, Wired has put together a list of the top 10 cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine. More »
Robots
10 Machines That Have Taken On Important Human Roles
8:00AM Sean Fallon | The idea behind a “cyborg life” is that we look to machines to take on critical, physical roles. These 10 machines illustrate how we have already begun passing the torch on tasks we are getting to lazy to do ourselves. More »
Games
Matchboxes And Beans Make A Noughts-And-Crosses Opponent
2:20PM Rosa Golijan | It’s tough to find a partner who’s always ready and willing to play, so James Bridle attempted to build one. Several bags of beans and 304 matchboxes later he had MENACE, a noughts-and-crosses playing machine capable of learning and improving. More »
Design
Turn Your Food Into Poop With A Cloaca Machine
2:00PM Joanna Stern | Why bother digesting, when the Cloaca machine can do it for you? More »
Robots
Self-Charging PR2 Robot Travels Between Rooms In Search Of Power
1:30PM Andi Wang | Unlike Roombas and the ASIMO that require specific charging docks to refuel their power, the PR2 uses the standard 3-pronged electrical outlet for its power source. More »
Robots
Feed Me, Aero Blue Robot
9:00AM Andi Wang | It’s no secret that machines are taking over the world, starting with our menially laborious jobs. We’ve got cooking robots, vacuuming Roombas, and now there’s the Aero Blue Robot—a force-feeding droid. [Japan Times via DVice] More »
QOTD
Gort vs. Caprica 6: Which Machine Is Deadlier? (Championship Round)
3:30AM Sean Fallon | Gort and Caprica 6 pulled out victories in the final round of the Heavyweight and Humanoid division battles. Just for fun we are pitting them against one another in a final, championship round. Which machine is the deadliest of all-time? More »
Robots
Survival Research Labs’ Most Dangerous Machine
11:13AM Brian Lam | Survival Research Labs has been re purposing hardware into giant, deadly displays of machine power since 1978. They say the plank hurling Pitching Machine is their most dangerous made during all that time. More »
Entertainment
One Stupid Thing Out of the Many Stupid Things in Terminator: Salvation
3:40AM Matt Buchanan | There were a lot of stupid things in Terminator: Salavation. Mark’s review was, in fact, too kind. But there is one really stupid part that bothered me from a gadget perspective. SMALL SPOILERS AHEAD. More »
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