Sometimes, getting drunk is just too much work. Thank goodness someone has finally invented a product that allows you to sit back, spray some liquid into your mouth and bam! — instant drunken stupor.
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Transforming Robot Is More Than Meets the Eye, Turns into a Car
Remember when playing with Transformers took something called “imagination?” No more! Soon Transformers — err, I mean Brave Robots — will do all the work themselves.
According to the above YouTube video, this is Kenji …
Move Over, Roomba: Multilingual Cocorobo Can Vacuum and Talk
Roomba is great, I guess. I mean, it can vacuum your floor while you sit on the couch watching Perfect Strangers. But can it talk to you?
Cocorobo can. It’s the new robot from Sharp that will finally allow you to become …
LaserSabers: Like Lightsabers but No Whooshing and No Hitting People
Yes! Watch the above video!
Real lightsab—sorry, LaserSabers! They’re “not affiliated with Lucasfilm or Star Wars,” according to the product page, even though they’re “harnessing the power of the force.” And the music in the …
Videoconference like a Sith Lord with 3D Hologram Telepods
Skype? That’s so 21st Century. In the future, we’ll all communicate like Darth Sidious, ordering our minions around in the form of three-dimensional holograms.
The technology is called TeleHuman and it’s being developed by the …
Sharks with Laser Beams Attached to Their Heads: Dr. Evil’s Dream Comes True
Dr. Evil had one simple request to properly arm his lair – he wanted “sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.” While his right-hand man Number Two couldn’t deliver on this rather simple setup (instead, …
Meet HERB, the Robot Butler That Knows How to Use a Microwave
People, we’ve been microwaving our own Hot Pockets for too long. It’s about time we delegated that responsibility to machines, so that we might spend our time doing more important things like watching re-runs of Wings and …
Dog Owner? Turn Poo into Free Wi-Fi
We got our dog, Gil, a little over three years ago. I wasn’t sure I was ready for the responsibility of dog ownership, but my wife promised we could get a rough and rugged-sounding breed – he’s a Cockapoo, natch – so I …
College Freshman’s Automated Dorm Room Has Party and Study Settings
In most college dorms, the most advanced pieces of technology consist of a George Foreman Grill and a glow-in-the-dark Bob Marley poster. Not so for UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low, creator of the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated …
Fireworks of Your Own Face: Never Would $81.29 Go to Such Good Use
I’m not entirely sure you can put a price on a custom-built fireworks display of your own face made from up to 200 rockets that can be seen from almost 20 miles away. Even if it’s an aging April Fools’ joke that we can only hope
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No Need to Panic; It’s Just a Remote-Controlled Flying Robot Dragon
Here’s a video of a remote-controlled robotic dragon that also breathes fire. Why? Because as scary as dragons seem in fantasy novels, now we finally know that their aerodynamics pass muster in the real world.
Rick Hamel, an …
Man Builds 1:6 Scale ‘Star Wars’ Arcade Game
While I certainly remember Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, my earliest memory of an arcade game is of the 1983 Atari game Star Wars. Now, a man going by the name of “Le Chuck” has built a 1:6 scale version of the classic game and put it …
