August 2011
66 posts
Non-human DJ gets radio gig →
futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com
People get angry when robots take the place of human workers in factories and service jobs, but since radio is a dying industry anyway we might as well put robots on the air.
Study: 96 Percent Of Humans Would Rather Be Animatronic Bear →
theonion.com
96 percent of respondents believe that performing a maximum of six programmed body movements and speaking in a limited number of prerecorded sounds must provide a comforting routine for robot bears
Need Some Stress Relief? Try Robot Rampage HD for iPad →
padgadget.com
“When you begin the game, you’re a robot. An angry robot.”
Uncanny Valley Vocalist
This disembodied robot head might not win on American Idol, but I have to say it is a bit more lifelike than Steven Tyler.
The Pathway Systematically Rejected →
mcsweeneys.net
a poem by Robot Frost (@ McSweeney’s)
“beware of androids that look like women because they are the most dangerous kind of robot.”
—Good Robot, Bad Robot
Bieber, Bono, Will.i.am TV Special Mixes Rock, Robotics →
pcmag.com
It’s great and all to have the Bieb voicing his support for math and science, but God help us if this leads to some kid building a 50-foot tall Mecha Bieber.
“classic Frankenstein plots so pervasive in Western narratives lack resonance in Japan, a country where the bond between an artisan and his tools has deeper, enduring roots. Tools are revered in Japan not because they are “alive,” but because they are an extension of the craftsman’s body. Through daily use, a worker infuses his tools with his soul so that they acquire a kind of life of their own.”
—Christal Whelan analyses Japan’s deep fascination with robots in The Daily Yomiuri.
