Today I discovered — joy of joys — a new, sweet indie bookstore near my office, Clerkenwell Tales, in London’s Exmouth Market (02077138135). The stock is still filling in, but as a former bookseller and confirmed bookstore junkie, I was delighted by what I saw. … Read More
Originally posted 2009-08-19 07:16:23.
Remember Big Dog? Well there is a new walking robot king in town. Cornell’s Ranger Robot has just broken the record for distance for a bipedal robot. It took over 65 thousand steps before the battery died! … Read More
Originally posted 2010-08-11 08:39:04.
Asmita Prasad:
For parents who just don’t wanna end up taking care of the dog that their children so lovingly brought home, a robot dog can be the perfect alternative. From the first automated dogs that came out of Japan to the RC dogs available at most airport gift shops, robot dogs are just the kind of pets most parents are happy buying for their kids. And now there is a new robo dog model which is all set to capture the hearts of people who find taking care of a living dog too much of a chore. Full of electronic life, the puppy-sized tiny robot from Japanese company Takara-Tomy is called i-SODOG and the silicone, plastic and metal-based companion is as charming as they get.
Robotics design is continually making all those creepy robot-takeover concepts part of our future reality. Check this thing out. It’s a ‘robot’ that imitates the actions of a worm but has the uncanny creepy factor of a maggot when you continue to watch it move. As soon as someone attaches some kind of weird syringe-probe thing? We’re done. … Read More
