Category: Technology

Movies, books, and other “sci-fi” writings have always inspired scientists and inventors (e.g. James Bond, Star Trek, etc.) We’ve seen portions of Minority Report become a reality, and now we get to see portions of I, Robot become a reality as well.
This is kind of creepy, yet cool at the same time.

Jules is an impressive animatronic puppet created by American robotics designer David Hanson, first presented at the Wired NextFest last year.

This one has camera eyes that can track human faces, can recognize speech, and is loaded with “conversational persona” software that gives him an uncanny realism.

via Gizmodo

This was developed by a professor at the University of Wisconsin, over 3000 valves are programmed to cycle through about 1000 gallons of water, similar to an inkjet printer.

Wires can be a real nuisance, especially when things are done improperly. Almost everything requires wiring, that’s why the big thing now is “wireless”.

Some of these are so bad it’s almost funny, unless you’re the one who has to untangle it.

Check out the rest of the bad wiring job images at Dark Roasted Blend