Jun 24, 2009

Inside North Korea
These are some pics you don't get to see every day

Jun 19, 2009

The 7 Greatest Robots of the Pre-Modern World
Number 5 is my favorite, simply because of Voltaire's comment:
"Voltaire summed it up perfectly when he said, 'without [...] the duck of Vaucanson, you have nothing to remind you of the glory of France.'"
...read and understand, read and understand (LOL)

Jun 17, 2009

Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles
This is sad cause it's true -- but still, you gotta love the Onion
The Life of a Repo Man
Whether it's retrieving big planes from neo-nazis or big boats with the help of a witch doctor, the life of a repo man never seems to be boring.
(I'm glad we don't have organ repossession, yet!)

Jun 15, 2009

First Real Cyborg - Honest-to-goodness robot controlled via a living rat brain.