Apple’s MacBook Air: The thinnest laptop money can buy

Apple just introduced the thinnest laptop known to man. The new super-thin portable computer is called MacBook Air and it is a 3-pound laptop with a dual-core Intel CPU and 13.3-inch screen. This computer is specifically designed to be portable so its CPU is not the fastest money can buy and it does not have […]

Companion robot iRobi

Check out this cute Korean robot from Yujin Robotics called iRobi. The robot is designed to function as an entertainment center on wheels including remote control, dancing, recipe database, news station, alarm clock and guard functionality; it can also work as a remote health monitoring station for elderly or any sick person. And it can […]

Femisapien: a female robot toy

The Artificial Intelligence and Robotics blog is reporting on a new female robot toy from WowWee designed to appeal to girls. The robot is called Femisapien and it is an upgrade of the popular Robosapien series of WowWee robots. Femisapien is a two-legged robot (see photo at the end of the post) designed to have […]

Hardest platform game ever made?

I know nobody plays platforms games anymore since the days of Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog among many other are long gone. Now everybody plays the most violent shooting games with state-of-the-art 3D graphics that need a small supercomputer to play on. Regardless, checkout the video below of a Super Mario platform game clone […]

Exoskeleton robot for soldiers

Sarcos, a robotics research firm in Utah, has spent the last 6 years developing a new exoskeleton for soldiers that gives them superhuman strength. In the not so distant future, the exoskeleton will be able to function as an autonomous robots, i.e., an autonomous robot soldier, and as a suit protecting and giving superpowers to […]

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

If your computer starts playing classical music at random, then you better take it to the computer store nearest to your house because the machine really needs to feel the touch of a computer technician. Believe it or not, I am not kidding you. According to one of Microsoft’s online support pages this is real […]

Save an alien Facebook application

While SETI is scanning the sky for a signal emitted by an alien civilization, Web 2.0 startup SaveAnAlien.com wants to give you a chance to do the right thing and save a cute little alien from certain destruction. Apparently, aliens live happily on some remote planet but they are all about to be crushed by […]

Household cleaning robots are here

Robots are not just for killing and defusing IEDs in IRAQ. They are also useful for keeping a house clean for the overworked American. The Boston-based iRobot has been marketing their low cost cleaning robots for years now having sold million of them to American households. The company produces a number of specialized robots that […]

Robots with guns

We are so fucked, it is not even funny.
Many companies have been developing robots for use in the military but their role has always been confined to IED removal or reconnaissance. Foster-Miller has just introduced the Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System (MAARS) that carries an M240B Medium Machine Gun and it can fire on […]

Sell your used gadgets hassle free

If you have some old gadgets that you no longer use and you don’t feel like going through the hassle of dealing with eBay buyers, consider using SecondRotation.com. Essentially, SecondRotation will pay top dollar for your used electronic gadgets including digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, game consoles, camcorders, and GPS devices. They also buy […]

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