Not that great TED-Talk from the future: Peter Weyland at TED2023: I will change the world (by Ridley Scott)

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The good thing about fiction is that it reminds us that we still create the now and the future. Scott’s (and hey, I’m a big fan) melodramatic and not-very-well-visionized setting (all you see is here today) makes me look forward to a movie that I will enjoy, but that most likely won’t ask new questions and may provide no answers at all. This is still up to us…

UPDATE: well, maybe I’ll REALLY will enjoy this movie… (http://io9.com/5906286/shot+for+shot-break-down-of-all-the-new-alien-monsters…)

A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors

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imagine what good – and bad – things you can do with these.
found by @BLugger

AlphaDog Prototyp – another frightening robot by Boston Dynamics

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Remember BigDog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ&feature=relmfu)? Here’s the update…

I am a unicorn. AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other. / RT @TEDchris

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‪Bird flight deciphered‬‏ by Festo SmartBird – genius and beautiful.

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I’ve watched the videos of SmartBird some time ago and simply loved it – but seeing it flying over my head yesterday in Edinburgh at TEDGlobal is something different. I admire the team and Festo for making this happen.

DIY robot is the brooding teenager you’ve always wanted to slap / Engadget

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found via Joshua Davis

NXT-606 LEGO Drum Machine by Peter Cocteau #DIY

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cool project, cool video, and coolest voice since Stephen Fry…

Craig Venter creates synthetic life form – Boing Boing

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“We’ve briefed the White House…”

Another proof of “the future is now”…

read it here: http://www.jcvi.org/cms/research/projects/first-self-replicating-synthetic-ba…

A robot showing off: High Speed Adept Quattro Robot handling steel balls on conveyor

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watch at least until 1:07 – lol – what a poser…

OK Go’s Rube Goldberg Machine

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great one!

Reminds me of the fun we had with IDEO’s Global Chain Reaction two years ago. Eight worldwide locations, six time zones, and roughly fifty people involved. It looked more like a blueprint for possible points of failure than a functioning Rube Goldberg machine designed to run sequentially across three continents:

http://labs.ideo.com/2008/10/28/the-incredible-ideo-global-chain-reaction-exp…

Gimbaled Air Jet – Video of a machine that can levitate objects in the air in three dimensions.

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Thanks Adam Glazier for sharing this. And hey it even peels your onions!

Exactitudes: Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity…

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If you have a chance – get this book.
All info about it here: http://www.exactitudes.com/
Thanks Lionel for reminding me…

PETMAN Prototype by Boston Dynamics

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remember their dogs? check them out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-AGWq0k_Mo&feature=channel

iRobot’s Soft Morphing Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps

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thanks martin.

Festo – AirPenguin

Festo – AirPenguin

Source: www.festo.com

autonom flying Robot Pinguines

tweenbots | kacie kinzer

tweenbots | kacie kinzer

Source: www.tweenbots.com

Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach t…

    would love to send it the right way… (Thanks Cameron!)