We took one of our many robots out into the world today, into the bright sunshine and lovely weather. Enjoy!
B9’s Day Out
Category Archives: Robots
Walk It Off, Picard
For all you geek whiners out there who complained that the holodeck on Star Trek: The Next Generation could never work because if they walked a mile in simulated reality, they’d bump into a wall after three feet, I give you the plucky Japanese robotic answer to this conundrum:
Crazy Cantina Chili
I haven’t mentioned that my Valentine’s Day was low key and romantically quiet. I was told no gifts but still got one when I woke and surprise surprise, I somehow got SharkBoy one too. Without knowing. Or remembering wrapping it. It’s why I love him!
Anyhoo, SharkBoy got me a copy of Wookie Cookies – The Star Wars Cookbook. This evening we tried the Crazy Cantina Chili and invited some guests over:
And like all parties, it got kind of out of control…
Eerily enough, The Electronic Replicant posted a funny video of Eddy Izzard waxing humourously about the cafeteria in the Death Star.
He Created Eve
Well, “Eeeevah!” if you’re a fan of Wall•E. Sexybrilliant Jonathan Ive is the Chief of Design over at Apple and has a stint in the industrial design documentary Objectified.
And that’s what I’m doing here. To him. In my mind.
Am I That Pathetic
…that the last Gizmodo guest post from the Phoenix lander makes me well up with emotion?
Poor little robot.
WiiMan’ Birthday Card
My nephew had his b-day the other day. His sisters made him this card and I’m, of course, seething with jealousy.
StudioYVR Is Now Obsolete
Sorry Don. You’ve been replaced.
Through the Mail Slot
Rushed morning. Upon leaving the apartment and hoofing it down the hallway stairs to the front door, SharkBoy finds an envelope at the foot of the mail slot:
A “ransom” style note on the front announces:
ROBOT
Opening this envelope may change your life!
Inside is B.E.N. the robot from Disney’s peculiar Treasure Planet.
I could be creeped out but I am sure it’s andrew (I recognize the NOW Toronto font on “RO”) giving me a belated b-day gift.
Delicate Plastic Skin
(Via Gizmodo, of course. Check out the minibar sized computer she’s plugged into. We’re still decades away from the Robot Uprising.)
Asimov’s 30 Laws of Robotics
Why didn’t I think of expanding on those flimsy, unfunny laws?
One of my faves:
14. A robot must harm my ridiculous hooker ex-wife, Brandi Asimov, whenever possible, because she does not count as a human being because she has no soul.
(Via Boingboing to SomethingAwful)