This is an outrage! I thought Obama was going to restore America’s focus on science and technology!
Obama Axes Pentagon Plan To Build Billion Dollar Tank In Shape Of Dragon
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President Obama Cuts Vital Funding for Robotic Dragons
Pulp Science: Real (Scary) Transformer Tech
By now most of us have seen Michael Bay’s sequel to Transformers – and can agree that it’s the legion of cool looking robots that steal the show, right?
There’s a point in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are hiding out in an adobe hut from a host of Decepticons, [...]
Pulp Science: Super Soldier Suits
The trailer for the upcoming G.I. Joe film includes this piece of titilating action flick dialogue:
“Standing in front of you are Delta Six Accelerator Suits.”
“What’s it accelerate?”
“You.”
Cue the DARPA stiffy.
This got me wondering if there’s any super soldier suits being developed now that can increase human strength, speed, and endurance… Because I always wanted to be a frakkin’ G.I. [...]
Robots Fighting with Medieval Weapons? Yes, Please
Screw going to Medieval Times to see a bunch of Ren Faire teabags “joust” for my next birthday party. I want to go wherever this video was shot (Japan, of course — where else?) I have no idea what kind of demonstration this is, I just hope it one day leads to gladiator-mech arena combat. Hoozah!
Robot Clarinetist Wins Music Competition
I promise you, you’ve never heard Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee performed this fast. And you’ve probably never heard it played by a robot.
This master clarinetist was built by NICTA, and won first prize at the Artemis Orchestra Competition, “honoring scientists who could best lash together computers, machines, and musical instruments.”
via dvice
