I Heart My Souless Robot
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Carlos
Sci-Fact, There Is Hope, Cool Technology // Have your say »Courtesy of Wired:
A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments.
I’ve written about humans getting pretty attached to their robots before, so I have to say this doesn’t much surprise me. […]
The Bionic Man Is Also an Iraq War Veteran
Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Carlos
Cool Technology // Have your say »Really and truly. This man’s computerized hand and arm read the electrical impulses coming from the muscles in his arm that would have moved his biological hand, and duplicates the action. In other words: his mind makes the robot hand work.
Watch the video, courtesy of AP.
The Best Use Yet for Second Life
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Carlos
Culture, Cool Technology // 1 FeedbackThis little piece of machinima by artist Robbie Dingo is literally one of the most moving things I’ve seen published on the InterWebs. And, on a different note, it also displays Second Life at its best. I was frustrated by Second Life because I tried to use it in my Comp. II class in […]
Robot Pic of the Moment
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Carlos
Hilarious Technology, Cool Technology // Have your say »Courtesy of Wired magazine: “General Dubris” here is guarding the entrance to the 2007 Robogames. You can see more pictures here, including a frightening robo-clone of a mild-mannered Asian man, but this was by far my favorite. Just looks cool. Would make a good web banner. I could see basing a whole web concept around […]
