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« Previous Entries Next Entries »Stupid Missteps: Sony Is The New Legion of Doom
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Jewish Christmas has come early this year! Why? Because it looks like Sony is going to lose about $630 million in the fourth quarter.
So? Why am I as smug as Dick Cheney after he’s earned millions of dollars selling his memoir, Lying Liar and the Lies I Lied? ‘Cause nothing satisfies like [...]
The Super Big Toys of Comic Con
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Or, “The stuff I wanted to play with at home but wouldn’t fit in my suitcase.”
Click on the images for larger versions. Not that bigger is better. You certainly didn’t hear anything like that from me.
Shiny.
Hello, old friend.
Say hello to my new dining room chandelier. Now I just need a [...]
The Cost of Outfitting a Real Life Batman
Thursday, July 19th, 2007This is Part One in a three-part series on Real-Life Batman.
Part Two: Pimp your Bat-ride
Part Three: You can stop wondering what Batman looks like in real life
Does Batman’s backstory seem a bit fishy to you?
I don’t mean the part where a rich kid devotes his life to fighting crime in the city’s darkest alleyways instead [...]
For and Against Japanese Robot Pets
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Furthering Japan’s efforts to roboticize the world, Sega Toys has announced the latest additions to its successful line of lifelike, animatronic Dream Pets… a American Short Hair cat, an owl, and a Blue and Gold Macaw parrot.
In favor of somewhat-lifelike robot pets:
No more trips to the allergist. At least until ragweed season, you wuss.
Robo-cat [...]
RoboGames 2007: Crabfu Steamworks
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007I salvaged a few more images from my limited set of RoboGames 2007 pictures.
I-Wei Huang and his Crabfu Steamworks made an appearance. His booth was drawing a crowd the last time I saw him, too, at Maker Faire. Perhaps you saw coverage of him in today’s WIRED story about steampunk mods. (Way to be about [...]
RoboGames 2007: RoboBoxing
Sunday, June 17th, 2007This weekend saw the first-ever official robot boxing bout. And the first-ever robot boxing knock-out. (Thank Cracker Jack for the knock-out, because the boxing itself was a bit slower than expected.)
Keep your eyes peeled for more news from this burgeoning sport, this is only the… the…. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Ahem. Sorry, what?
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