Once you’ve creeped people out by building an Android replica of yourself, there’s only one way to up the eeriness ante: build a female version. That’s what Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, has done. He’s already known for creating the Geminoid HI-1, a robot built to closely replicate his own appearance. It’s even […]
USB ports. Multitasking. SD slots. Camera. $500. BAM! Take that iPad. [Slate vs. iPad Comparative Chart]
An awesome prank by a math teacher from Biola University that mixes a pre-edited video with live action. Check it out: Edit: Here’s another hilarious prank from Professor Matthew Weathers. [Via Buzzfeed]
I remember all the news about Biosphere, back in the early 90s when I was in elementary school. There was something so hopeful about it, so pioneering and unusual. We followed the stories of the people inside, and talked about self-sustaining ecosystems on the moon or planets not yet discovered. For a budding sci-fi geek, […]
Pharmaceutical CEO Michael Pacman is forced to take his own dangerous medications in order to survive a maze designed by a sadistic patient out for revenge.
As I noted last year, the Hugo is one of the two major awards given in the world of science fiction and fantasy writing (the other being the Nebula). This year’s nominees were just announced, and the winners will be announced at Worldcon in September (held this year in Melbourne). As always, these nominations are […]
One lucky cameraman happened to catch an unusual aquatic daredevil. What you’re about to see is a Channel News exclusive. His name is Nutty the Squirrel, and he’s three years old. How ’bout that? That squirrel can water-ski. – Man, that’s hilarious. – Yeah, that’s good. –Anchorman The world of the Internet is one where […]
The man who arguably inspired the creation of Microsoft has died at the age of 68. Ed Roberts launched the Altair 8800, one of the earliest home computers, and gave Bill Gates his first big break. Roberts and his company Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems marketed a series of electronics kits in the early 1970s, […]
It has been revealed that that a number of videos that popped up recently of Butterfly attacks are the responsibility of Qualcomm and their new IMOD display that uses biomimetrics to bend light like in butterfly wings. This shocking revelation of responsibility came from an “Emergency Press Conference”. During the conference, it was revealed that […]
Here’s why you need to be very, very careful about what you name your iPhone apps if your an app programmer. [Source: Failblog]