Archive for July 8th, 2008

Over at Impress they’ve posted a review of a recent show titled Anima Machines by artist Choe U Ram that showcases some bizarre robotic exhibits. And I mean bizarre. Choe’s work includes things like glowing robotic flowers that respond to each other’s behavior, whirling organic sculptures that are amazingly complex and spin when people are detected nearby. Click the link for images and videos for a look at what words can’t describe.

[Robotwatch]

Tired of digging and enlisting friends and family just to get story on it’s way to fame? Just use a Digg arm like this one. I’m not sure if this is fake or not, but a cool idea anyway. It refreshes a page, detects Digg badges on the screen, then moves the cursor over them to “manually” Digg the stories. Supposedly the bot can Digg 1500 stories in a day. Watch the video below. Definitely a fake. I’m gonna need more evidence on this one.
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I Robot may have been a crap movie as far as robot movies go. It didn’t resemble any of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, but Sonny at least looked kinda cool and different.

Now you can own Sonny’s head. And the way I see it, the more robot heads you decorate your dwelling with, the safer you will be come the day of robo-reckoning. They’ll see all your trophies and go kill someone else.

This head features the same opaque outer housing as the NS-5 robots from the film and you can remove the back of Sonny’s head to see his brain which glows with a set of blue LEDs. It’s powered by a 9-volt battery and is available for about $130.

[Funshop]

Here’s a great way to spruce up your old Gamecube. Convert it into a WALL-E case mod. The modder did a pretty good job. The next logical step is to make Eve out of your Wii.

[Playgroundtop]