More on the coming robot uprising

The robots are learning humor. Perhaps in an effort to catch us all off-guard? Regardless – don’t be fooled by friendly utterances from robots! How do you stop a robot from destroying you and the rest of civilization? You don’t. Little Susie tosses a clock out the window. A robot inquires, “Why did you do … Continue reading “More on the coming robot uprising”

French firm promises humanoid robot in 2007

(via Engadget) Hoping to be known for more than their expertise in raising the white flag, the French announced information on coming humanoid robot Nao, to be available in 2007. The project has been launched in the early 2005 and aims at turning available to the public, for an affordable price, a humanoid robot based … Continue reading “French firm promises humanoid robot in 2007”

Ricoh working to invalidate the next-gen format wars

(via Engadget) Not wanting to let the petty squabbles of two industry consortiums get in the way of letting people take advantage of new technology, Ricoh has skipped past the “we’ll make a Blu-Ray player and a HD-DVD player and let the losers, erm, consumers pick” idiocy and produced a device that could potentially play … Continue reading “Ricoh working to invalidate the next-gen format wars”

Star Wars, miniaturized

(via Engadget) Reagan’s Star Wars program never really took off. That doesn’t mean it was a bad idea – it just wasn’t technologically feasible at the time. Time marches on, technology gets better, and some smart cookies come up with less-ambitious projects with similar goals. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Northrop Grumman forecast Wednesday a potential “very … Continue reading “Star Wars, miniaturized”

MAKEzine blog link dump

Here’s a big collection of projects from MAKE that I’d love to have time to do. Make your own ceiling-mounted home gym and climbing wall – Build a small-scale home plating machine – for those of you working on making your own PCBs at home. This is some pretty techie stuff, really. The Bling binary … Continue reading “MAKEzine blog link dump”

Pr0n industry may be the big provider in HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray

This isn’t some amazing insight.  I’ve told plenty of people I think that winner of the next-gen DVD format wars will most likely be heavily influenced by the providers of adult entertainment.  Now, Computerworld has an article making that same claim.  Suddenly, I feel like a genius.  That might be because I am, but one … Continue reading “Pr0n industry may be the big provider in HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray”