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In The Future, Robots Will Fetch Our Beer

In The Future, Robots Will Fetch Our Beer

Meet Willow Garage PR2, a distant cousin of Short Circuit's Johnny 5.

 

Developed by Willow Garage, a team of robotic researchers and "experts in robot, design, control, perception and machine learning," the PR2 is a glimpse into the not-so-distant future of simple A.I.-driven robotic companions. The goal of the project, at a very basic level, i...

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The New Facebook Movie Trailer: As Melodramatic As An Emo Kid's MySpace Page

The New Facebook Movie Trailer: As Melodramatic As An Emo Kid's MySpace Page

The second trailer for The Social Network, an upcoming film about the founding of Facebook, is now live, and it’s even more melodramatic than the actual website.

 

Ominous, Dark Knight-esque music scored by Nine Inch Nails’s Trent Reznor? Check.


A cacophony of overwrought, dramatic acting sped up to sound much more intense? Check.


Justin Timbe...

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Apple Fanboys Find Love On Cupidtino, Android Acolytes Remain Loveless

Apple Fanboys Find Love On Cupidtino, Android Acolytes Remain Loveless

Every person—whether man or woman—keeps a detailed checklist of desired traits that they use to evaluate potential mates. On that wholly unrealistic, yet meticulously crafted list, one often finds strict specifications for height, weight, cup size, intelligence, eye color, hair color, religion, music taste, blood type, foot size, hand size, smel...

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Slurp: A Digital Eyedropper That Injects Futuristic Awesome Into Your Otherwise Mundane Life

Slurp:  A Digital Eyedropper That Injects Futuristic Awesome Into Your Otherwise Mundane Life

Apple envisions a future where users will only interact with computers through touch-based displays, a la the iPad and those badass 3-D holograms in Iron Man. However, Jamie Zigelbaum, a former student at MIT Media Lab, sees it differently.

 

Before users completely abandon the mouse for touch, Zigelbaum hypothesizes that stopgap technologies, s...

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The 13 Best Custom-Made Videogame Sneakers Ever

The 13 Best Custom-Made Videogame Sneakers Ever

Warning: The following post contains gross levels of awesome. Proceed with caution.

 

Videogame apparel is typically tacky and poorly constructed from the cheapest materials one can find at a shanty factory somewhere in Hong Kong. What’s worse, in spite of their abhorrent build quality, they consistently fetch premium prices online, because they...

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Chasing The Golden-Horned, Rainbow-Striped Unicorn Known As The Verizon iPhone

Chasing The Golden-Horned, Rainbow-Striped Unicorn Known As The Verizon iPhone

Breaking News: the iPhone is coming to Verizon in January.

 

Wait, why are you laughing at me? I’m serious this time!

 

Okay, okay. So, this rumor—and that’s all it is at the moment—is about as tired, beaten and battered as a Las Vegas call girl, but eventually, it has to come true, right? Right?!

 

Citing two sources “familiar” with the matter,...

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Hulu Plus: Good For Students, Bad For Everyone Else

Hulu Plus: Good For Students, Bad For Everyone Else

The long-rumored Hulu premium service, dubbed Hulu Plus, was announced yesterday, and armchair analysts across the Internet aren’t happy.

 

For $10 a month, subscribers will gain—or rather, retain—full access to Hulu’s ever-expanding catalogue of television shows and movies. This includes: first-run, current season episodes from popular shows, s...

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Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

In the age of Twitter, nothing remains a secret for very long. Nothing.

 

Citing a very credible source, Kevin Rose, the founder of the ever-popular news aggregator Digg, tweeted over the weekend that Google was preparing a Facebook competitor called "Google Me." The post itself disappeared shortly after, leaving many questioning its validity, b...

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Guess Who's Back, Back Again. OTR's Back. Tell a Friend.

Guess Who's Back, Back Again. OTR's Back. Tell a Friend.

Do not adjust your monitor or vision. This blog post is real and not a figment of your imagination spurred on by some wild, fever-induced dream nightmare. Nor is it a blatant advertisement posted by a shady individual looking to make a quick buck off of OTR's once-loyal fan base.

 

No, this is a rebirth.

 

Much like the phoenix, OTR has risen up...

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For a good time, party with Lance Lohan

For a good time, party with Lance Lohan

Campus Gossip with Lance Lohan is the ultimate party-blog that allows YOU to post anything and everything pertaining to the college experience. Interact with other users on a more personal level and talk about the hottest girls at your school, the guy you hooked up with that had a less than stellar package, and tell us about your favorite frater...

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