You’ve watched plenty of videos of cats, now get ready to watch videos taken by cats. Kitty Cams is a joint project between National Geographic and the University of Georgia aimed at finding out what exactly our cats are doing …
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Yeouch: Video Games Programmed to Zap Players via Shock Collars
Years ago, my parents put in an invisible fence to keep our family dog from running away. The dog wore a shock collar for a while in order to get used to where the boundaries of the yard were located. Within minutes of the …
Climb into the Cockpit of This 13-Foot Robot for Only $1.28 Million
Get ready to fulfill all of your Robotech-related fantasies — provided you have $1.28 million on hand. That’s how much it will cost you to buy Kuratas, the 13-foot tall humanoid robot on wheels unveiled at Tokyo’s World …
10 Classic Toys That Deserve a Second Life
Favorites from our youth and how we think they could be improved — with technology!
Think You’re Good at Rock-Paper-Scissors? This Robot Always Wins
Is nothing sacred? It appears robots have moved beyond beating us at bar games to dominating the sacred games of our childhood — in this case, rock-paper-scissors.
There is absolutely nothing you can do to beat this robot. …
A Brief History of Cats on YouTube
According to the New York Times, scientists at Google’s X lab have been hard at work creating a “neural network” of 16,000 computer processors. Once switched on, this virtual brain did what any reasonable human would do: it …
‘Blade Runner’ at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott’s Dystopian Vision
Three decades after its release, Ridley Scott’s movie of the Philip K. Dick novel remains an icon of knotty science-fiction film mastery.
via Blade Runner at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott’s Dystopian Vision | Entertainment | TIME.com.
This Bed Makes Itself – We Shall Call It ‘Smart Bed’
Back in my day, we didn’t have fancy computers in our pockets or robots that vacuumed the floor. Nowadays, kids don’t even have to make their own beds — as long as they have the new OHEA Smart Bed.
This is how it works. …
Play-A-Grill: Bling That Plays Music Through Your Teeth
Lil’ Wayne sporting a grill is cool. Lil’ Wayne listening to Lil’ Wayne through his grill is even cooler. Presenting the Play-A-Grill, a device that uses bone conduction to transmit sound from an MP3 player through the teeth, …
Synchronized Robots Dance to ‘Thriller’
We shrugged when they learned how to use the microwave. We gave a collective “Meh” when they mastered darts. But this is something mankind can’t ignore — robots can now dance in unison to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”
This …
Most Necessary Invention Ever: DIY Commodore 64 Bass Keytar
Many moons ago, man invented the wheel. In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell invented the modern telephone. Now, in this year, 2012, electrical engineer Jeri Ellsworth has invented the next revolutionary piece of technology: the …
Google’s Moog Doodle: Play a ‘Mini-Goog’, Celebrate the Life of an Electronic Music Pioneer
When I woke this morning to find a funky-looking 24-key Moog synthesizer staring at me from just above Google’s homepage search box, I knew exactly what I’d be writing about. I’ve played the piano since I was four, growing up in …