Robots
Weapons
Weapons, Robots And Spy Gear From The Paris Military-Police Expo
1:00AM Apoorva Prasad | The Milipol exhibition in Paris is where all the pros play with the military-industrial complex’s hottest toys. I used special commando skills (and a press badge) to infiltrate the premises and show you the world’s freshest, most mind-blowing security tech. More »
Robots
8:30AM Kyle VanHemert | Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. More »
Fly Away
8:30AM Kyle VanHemert | Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. More »
Robots
Michael Jackson’s 3D Body Scans On eBay For $US1.5m
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 »
Design
I Just Can’t Get Enough Of These Robolamps
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Croatian artist Robert Matysiak has a really awesome thing going with his Robolamps. It’s just a bunch of plumbing supplies and green light bulbs, but I want to collect them all. More »
Robots
Cheap Open Source Robots Set To Take Over The World
8:05AM Rosa Golijan | How can we fear the robot revolution when it’s our own DIY handiwork and GPL? Each of these swarm robots costs less than €100 (about $160) to build and has a mind powered by open-source software. More »
Science
This Cyborg Life Gets Unplugged
7:06AM Mark Wilson | It’s time to wrap up last week’s theme, This Cyborg Life, a look into the future of the machine called Man. More »
Robots
Say Hello To Your New Local Power Guy
2:28AM John Herrman | Helmeted workers in cherrypickers or precariously tethered to high voltage lines are as much a part of our power infrastructure’s aesthetic as towers and transformers. In the next few years, these iconic silhouettes will become a little more… mechanical. More »
Robots
Robot Practices Tai Chi And Swordplay In Preparation To Kill Us
12:20PM Rosa Golijan | The first HUBO robot innocently rode a Segway. The HUBO 2 looks like he’s ready to turn into a killer ninja-bot as he practices tai chi, hones his swordsmanship has a drink when he’s finished. More »
Science
