The Eccerobot
September 5, 2009 at 6:09 am | Posted in Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentTags: eccerobot, Robotics, Technology, uncanny valley
Carnegie Mellon’s Modular Robotic Snakes
July 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Posted in Robotics | Leave a commentTags: carnegie mellon, howie choset, robot snakes, Robotics, robots, snakes
Best feature: leg climbing!
The DIY Jansen Walker
July 27, 2009 at 9:42 am | Posted in Crafts, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentTags: Crafts, DIY, engineering, Robotics, strandbeest, Technology, theo jansen
Build your own Strandbeest (as previously described here)
The Wooden CD Changing Robot
October 31, 2008 at 7:44 am | Posted in Crafts, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentTags: Crafts, Robotics, Technology, treepunk
Increase the efficiency of your CD duplication operation with the power of treepunk robotics!
The Robot Jellyfish Of Festo
May 10, 2008 at 7:55 pm | Posted in Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentTags: festo, jellies, jellyfish, Robotics, robots
Charting The Uncanny Valley
April 28, 2008 at 8:18 pm | Posted in FutureTech, Psychology, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentTags: familiarity, FutureTech, futurism, lectures, Psychology, research, Robotics, Technology, uncanny valley, videos
Karl MacDorman walks through his research into the disturbing gulf of unpleasantness that near-human robots seem to occupy. (Seven-part Youtube presentation).
In Vestimentim Ursum
April 25, 2008 at 8:08 am | Posted in Art, Robotics, Sculpture | Leave a commentTags: Art, automatons, Robotics, robots, Sculpture, the creature inside, toys
A bored designer dissects a host of motorized plush toys and reveals their strange inner workings, giving them a new, much creepier identity.
Evolving Clocks
November 4, 2007 at 1:57 pm | Posted in Biology, Propaganda, Robotics, Science, Software, Technology | Leave a commentProof that, if clocks could breed and reproduce, evolution would make a fine watchmaker.
Kuka the Robotic Bible Scribe
October 29, 2007 at 8:45 pm | Posted in Books, Crafts, Religion, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentContinuous calligraphic biblical inscription by an industrial robot.
Useful Items You Can Print
September 13, 2007 at 5:45 pm | Posted in Crafts, Robotics, Sculpture, Technology, Weapons | Leave a commentKeepon in Spoon’s “Don’t You Evah”
August 20, 2007 at 6:41 pm | Posted in Music, Robotics, Sculpture | Leave a commentCelebrity rhythm robot Keepon has made his music video debut!
Matryoshkus
August 15, 2007 at 1:59 am | Posted in Crafts, History, Robotics, Sculpture, Software, Weapons | Leave a commentDragon Bags
August 14, 2007 at 10:45 am | Posted in Commerce, Crafts, Fantastic, Fashion, Kinesthetics, Robotics | Leave a commentHow To: The Droste Effect
August 9, 2007 at 8:59 am | Posted in Art, Crafts, Dance, Eye Candy, History, Mathematics, Photography, Robotics, Software, Television, Vehicles | Leave a commentMake your own infinite loop, then share it along with all the others.
The Concept Art of Niklas Jansson
July 13, 2007 at 10:34 am | Posted in Art, Drawing, Esoterica, Eye Candy, Fantastic, FutureTech, Games, Kinesthetics, Painting, Propaganda, Robotics, Sculpture | Leave a commentAnyone willing to devote time to reimagining old video games with modern concept art is a class act in my book.
Brass Goggles
July 1, 2007 at 7:04 am | Posted in Art, Crafts, Esoterica, FutureTech, Politics, Robotics, Sculpture, Weapons | Leave a commentThe Art Of Stephane Halleux
June 20, 2007 at 5:05 am | Posted in Art, Esoterica, FutureTech, Robotics, Sculpture, Weapons | Leave a commentTake-G’s Wooden Robot Toys
June 15, 2007 at 10:12 pm | Posted in Crafts, Esoterica, FutureTech, Robotics, Sculpture, Weapons | Leave a commentInscrutable Japanese Super-Cuteness! Made from wood!
Chechen Home-Made Weapons
June 7, 2007 at 9:12 am | Posted in Crafts, Fantastic, Robotics, Weapons | Leave a commentSeized by Russian and Chechen authorities, these firearms leave little to the imagination, apart from how they can misfire!
DIY Catnip Extract
June 6, 2007 at 3:08 am | Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Crafts, Drawing, Robotics, Statistics | Leave a commenta.k.a Kitty Crack
The Robots of Mr. Woo
June 3, 2007 at 5:48 pm | Posted in Film, Journalism, Robotics, Sculpture, Television, Weapons | Leave a commentAn eccentric rural Chinese man compulsively build scrapyard robots.
37 Sources of Inspiration
May 29, 2007 at 12:33 am | Posted in Advertising, Books, Crafts, Literature, Photography, Robotics, Software, Television | Leave a commentLOLCODE
May 29, 2007 at 12:31 am | Posted in CG, Crafts, Gratis, History, Humor, Robotics, Software, Technology | Leave a commentHAI CAN HAS STDIO? VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!" KTHXBYE
The Art of Nina Katchandourian
May 17, 2007 at 6:42 pm | Posted in Art, Biology, Cartography, Crafts, Photography, Robotics, Sculpture, Statistics, Television, Weapons | Leave a commentHer art plays on the intrusion of the unexpected. Whether repairing spider webs, distributing parasitic climbing handholds, or remaking a map, or capturing an unexpected friendship on film, it’s certainly food for thought.
The Candyfab 4000
May 10, 2007 at 9:43 pm | Posted in Crafts, Esoterica, FutureTech, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentEvil Mad Scientist Labs has developed a 3D fabber that uses sugar as its building material!
Socially Responsible Design
May 4, 2007 at 3:25 am | Posted in Crafts, Economics, Fashion, Health, Journalism, Robotics, Technology | Leave a commentCondom + Water = Fire
April 25, 2007 at 2:23 am | Posted in Crafts, Legal, Painting, Physics, Reference, Robotics | Leave a commentHow to start a fire with a condom and some water. No, really.
Keepon, The Dancing Robot
April 13, 2007 at 3:57 am | Posted in Astronomy, Dance, Music, Robotics, Sculpture, Technology | Leave a commentBet you didn’t know one could dance this well with no arms or legs! It’s simply adorable.
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