Amazing Bioloid Humvee Transformer (Video)

Built out of a Bioloid Humanoid Robotics kit, this amazing Humvee transformer robot can actually transform from its initial truck form into a fully functional, badass-looking robot. Not an average robot kit, the Bioloid Comprehensive Kit from Robotis allows you to build and configure over 26 robots! The Bioloid Robot Kits from Robotis are the […]



Apple iPhone 3G Hits that Magic $99.00 Number

By Will Sullivan, Contributing Writer, [GAS] Nope, contrary to some recent speculation, it’s not from Wal-mart (where the “discount” is currently only two bucks). It’s from AT&T… …the catch? It’s only the 8GB model…and it’s a refurb. (And there’s the obligatory two-year contract, natch.) Still…it’s under a 100 clams! (The 16GB model, also reburbed, goes […]

Patently ridiculous

While most of us think of this time of year as the season of giving, corporations seem preoccupied with keeping, or even taking — via outrageous patents. One current trend in graphical user interfaces these days is the use of live icons to indicate files, where the icon represents a mini-preview or thumbnail of the document […]



9 Year Old Becomes World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

I’ve always considered IT certifications as mostly worthless, but still, what this little girl accomplished is pretty amazing. This only goes to prove one thing: Anyone with an exceptional memory can succeed at those Microsoft certification exams. I wonder how she would manage to deal with real-life IT issues, such as rebuilding a corrupted Exchange […]

A Bit of Free Sci-Fi: “The end of Science”

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] As a scientist (or at least a scientist-in-training), I tend to think of the physical world and human curiosity as eternal bedfellows.  As long as there are other worlds to ponder, be they huge or microscopic, we will do what we have always done: “Seek out and explore new […]

Cell phone modded to detect diseases

If you’re a member of Generation Y, chances are you can do a lot of different things with your cell phone:  text, email, surf the web, pay for merchandise, take pictures and movies — oh, and even talk to people in real time!  But have you ever used it to test your blood for diseases?  […]

New Panasonic Dish Washing Robot

Researchers at Panasonic have developed a new robot designed to rinse dishes before stacking them inside a dish washer. Check it out: Our verdict? It looks like a useless piece of junk. I mean, have you seen how this thing rinses the dishes? It certainly won’t get food off the plates by simply dumping them […]

Amazing Mini Augmented Reality Ad

Created by Buzzin Monkey and die agentour GmbH, both German marketing agencies, the following MINI ad was created using a new advertisement technology named “augmented reality. The technology allows you to see a seemingly boring 2D ad in an all new light when exposed to the lens of a web cam. Check it out: [Via […]