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[VIDEO] Self-Folding Robots
A team of engineers at Harvard and MIT have designed and built a flat-packed robot that assembles itself and walks away. Learn more at http://hvrd.me/A2mM9 [...]
Magazine Cover Illustration of the Week
Exquisite work by illustrator Diego Patino. [...]
Pulp Fiction Cover Art of the Day: Black Room Murder in Los Angeles ‘The Lady Regrets’
“Black Room Murder” (by alittleblackegg) sloth [...]
GLOBAL PANIC OF JULY 2014 STRIKES SEATTLE: Space Needle Still Standing After Reported Drone Strike
For Seattle Police Blotter, Jonah Spangenthal-Lee reports: Seattle’s famous sky-high tourist attraction is still standing after police received reports of a drone crash Tuesday at the Space Needle. Space Needle security called police just [...]
First Superman Comic Book Expected to Fetch Millions When it Goes Up for Auction on eBay
A purportedly pristine copy of the first Superman comic book could fetch millions of dollars when it goes up, up and away in an auction at online marketplace eBay. A copy of Action Comics #1 in which the Kryptonian superhero made his debut in 1938 [...]
OUT: 3D-Printed Guns. IN: 3D-Printed…
My nomination for headline of the week, from Reason.com (read [...]
MakerBot in Home Depot: 3D Printing’s Mighty Move to the Mainstream?
For Popular Mechanics, Darren Orf reports: To the tech-obsessed or the well-informed DIYer, MakerBot is a name synonymous with additive manufacturing. Despite the rapid growth of 3D printing, however, it can still seem like a far-out future [...]
Japan: World’s First Android Newscasters Are Here to Replace Cable News Hosts
For Gizmodo, Casey Chan writes: In the future, we’ll get the news from fair and balanced android newscasters that’ll somehow terrify us more than the cable newspeople we have today. These android newscasters are frighteningly [...]
Neurobridge: Paralyzed Man Becomes First to Use Power of Thought to Move Hand
Ohio doctors insert microchip into Ian Burkhart’s brain allowing him to move hand for first time since accident For the Telegraph, Rosa Prince reports: A young American paralysed in a swimming accident has become the first patient to move his [...]
[VIDEO] ‘Air Champagne’: California Hotel Uses Drone Delivery Service
SAUSALITO, Calif. (CNN/KRON) — A swanky California hotel is offering decadent, high-tech accommodation in the hopes of luring high-end guests. “I think the drone is currently not part of everyone’s life, but as technology moves forward, we [...]
This Day in History: First Mouse in Space
Mickey Mouse and his Space Ship A Little Golden Book Simon & Schuster (USA) 1952 Fortune [...]
[PHOTO] Fredric March, director Rouben Mamoulian and Miriam Hopkins: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Have a Tea Break, 1931
Fredric March, director Rouben Mamoulian and Miriam Hopkins take a break from work on DR. JEKYLL & MR HYDE, 1931. Silver [...]
[IMAGE] Comic Panel of the Day: HULK
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Vintage Pop: Astro Boy Manga, Japan 1965
Astro Boy Manga Japan 1965 Fortune [...]
Sci-Fi Image of the Day: ‘Robot Space Trooper’
Robot Space Trooper Yoshiya/Cragstan (Japan) [...]
Neo-Vintage Poster of the Day: Inequality, King of Fictional Monsters
AmericanPowerBlog – Inequality Godzilla h/t Dead Citizen’s Rights [...]
Hyping Artificial Intelligence, Yet Again
Gary Marcus writes: According to the Times, true artificial intelligence is just around the corner. A year ago, the paper ran a front-page story about the wonders of new technologies, including deep learning, a neurally-inspired A.I. technique [...]
[VIDEO] Google’s Next Frontier: Robots
Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot named WildCat can gallop at high speeds SAN FRANCISCO — John Markoff writes: BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google’s growing robot menagerie. Google confirmed on Friday that it had [...]
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