Tiny Robots Move Like Humans for TED Talk Dance
They're emotive, expressive and well-choreographed dancers. They're also tiny robots. read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day, CultureInfographic: The Illustrated Timeline of Robots
From Talon to WALL-E, we took the best from myth, literature, film, television and comics and illustrated them in a timeline to show their evolution. read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesThe 10 Best Cyborgs in Pop Culture
Humans have been dreaming up cyborgs for as long as we've had mechanical objects. In light of this never-ending cultural fascination and last month's release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, here are the 10 best fictional cyborgs. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAt Long Last, a Creepy-Realistic Humanoid Robot
For decades, we’ve seen movies depicting futuristic robots that are nearly-identical to human beings. But we haven’t actually seen a machine that could truly be mistaken for a person. That is, until now.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayThe 40 Best Robots of All Time (Fictional and Real)
Yesterday, the word "robot" celebrated its 90th anniversary, first appearing in Karel Capek's play R.U.R.. What better way to toast the machines than with a list of our favorite robots—past, present, future; real, fictional and Daft Punk. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayScientists Create a Beer-Fetching Robot
June was a bad month for our non-blooded, mechanical friends when a four-ton robot in the employ of BP “bumped into the ‘top hat’ cap and damaged one of the vents that removes excess fluid,” temporarily increasing the rate of oil flowing into the gulf.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayRobots We'd Send To Stop The Oil Leak
Last week, a robot collision derailed the otherwise-awesome cleanup effort in the Gulf of Mexico... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAwesome of the Day: Spike Jonze's I'm Here
Spike Jonze released a new 30-minute short film March 19, available from Absolut at imheremovie.com. It’s your typical boy-robot-meets-girl-robot story, where the band Lost in Trees (fronted by L.A. musician Aska Matsumiya) will change your life. Jonze’s last film was based on one children’s classic, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and the new one owes much to another one—Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. It’s a beautiful film about waking up to life and human (er…robot) connection. You can watch the trailer below or watch the full film here.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityAwesome of the Day: Spike Jonze's I'm Here
Spike Jonze released a new 30-minute short film March 19, available from Absolut at imheremovie.com. It’s your typical boy-robot-meets-girl-robot story, where the band Lost in Trees (fronted by L.A. musician Aska Matsumiya) will change your life. Jonze’s last film was based on one children’s classic, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and the new one owes much to another one—Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. It’s a beautiful film about waking up to life and human (er…robot) connection. You can watch the trailer below or watch the full film here.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayBT
It’s now longtime producers, rather than artists, who hold the tools necessary to push the sonic envelope. In BT’s latest offering, such experience has proved handy. At-times-cacophonous tech noise is offset by surprisingly sustainable undercurrents of melody that tend toward melancholic—but in no way sleepy—ruminations on a universe where robots are hardly second-class citizens. Sensitivity to jazz and orchestral techniques make This Binary Universe stand out from its electronic cousins, though claims that it marks a new era in modern music are overstated. The album is accompanied by a DVD, which consists of the same tracks set to video. The... read more
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