Sunday, July 11, 2010

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

This project has been posted on Vimeo for the past two years, and somehow has just entered my radar now. Get this: A robot is manned by a Madagascan hissing cockroach. Each movement the roach makes (perched atop a trackball type ping-pong ball) controls the movement of the robot.

See it in action: Dually amazing and creepy. Read about the project in great detail here.

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Barf to Beauty

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Ok, the word "barf" may be a little strong... but, c'mon, would you put a dead rat on your scanner bed?

British artist and photographer Steve Poxon's statement:

"The objects are scanned at a high resolution preserving a density of detail that is beyond the limits of the human eye. This places them almost into a hyper reality where the viewer feels like they can almost reach out and touch them. T ...more

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HowTo: Read Your Own Mind

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT

The days of trundling hoops, hopscotch and painted wooden rocking horses are long since past. The latest trend in toys? Biofeedback. Electroencephalography. A decade into the 21st century, the toy market is awash in products that incorporate functional neural sensors.

One such contraption is Uncle Milton's Star Wars Force Trainer (~$80), a toy which challenges players to levitate a ping-pong ball ...more

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Spain WILL Win World Cup (Says Mathematical Geniuses)

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 10:00 PM PDT

If you're a believer in the power of logic, may as well skip the game tomorrow. Two math professors at the University of London have supposedly determined who will win the World Cup, and have displayed their findings as a sophisticated infographic:

The short and simple explanation? Spain will win because they pass 40% more than The Netherlands, resulting in a better "network" for domination, expl ...more

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