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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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Guy Spends All his Money Building a Female Android, Swears It's Not a Sex Robot

Guy Spends All his Money Building a Female Android, Swears It's Not a Sex Robot

There is some guy in Ontario named Le Trung that has maxed out all his credit cards building a $20,000 android named Aiko. As you can see from the picture, it looks like one of those Hentai sex dolls, but it’s much, much more than just a rubber vagina. (First of all, it’s a silicone vagina).


The android is advanced in unbelievable ways. Aiko sp...

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U. of Oregon Professor Loves to Play with Styrofoam

U. of Oregon Professor Loves to Play with Styrofoam

Michael Salter has been teaching at the University of Oregon since 2005 in the Architecture and Allied Arts school. Though he works in many mediums he has become most well know for his styrofoam robots. He used to have to beg colleagues and students to save styrofoam for him but now it regularly piles up outside his office. Salter transforms the...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

College Candy’s University of Wisconsin blogger put together an exhaustive list of guys women should never, ever date.

 

The Pre Req reported on a Tufts University research project that just might lead to a robot apocalypse.

 

TheDirty sent an open letter to ESPN’s Erin Andrews, a University of Florida alum, requesting that she respond to dispar...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

The College Football Guys describe each member of the Pacific Ten Conference in terms of fine wine.

 

Adam Estoclet, a Dartmouth student, was arrested after breaking into a home to use the phone and call his mother. He probably would’ve gotten away for it if it wasn’t for mommy ratting him out.

 

UW-Madison blogger EG weighed in on George The Gi...

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