machines
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 »
Random Stuff
A Tour of McDonald’s Horrifying Mechanized Meat Factories
7:36PM John Herrman | If you’re curious about large-scale meat-processing machinery and sanitation procedures, definitely watch this video. If you ever, ever want to eat at McDonald’s (or for that matter, beef) again, don’t.
Vehicles
Defenseless Elderly Woman Held Hostage by Maniacal Scooter
8:45AM Dan Nosowitz | As predicted by Battlestar Galactica, machines are beginning their takeover. An elderly woman in Cornwall, England was seated peacefully on her supposedly-helpful scooter when the iron-hearted machine forcefully drove her onto a highway without permission. More »
Robots
