Tag: WTF
Robot Programmed to Love Traps Woman in Lab
by Gary on Mar.05, 2009, under Robot Attacks
After programming a robot to “love”, an unsuspecting female intern fell victim to another confirmed robot attack when the robot refused to let her leave and kept trying to hug her. True story.
Robots May Prepare Ground for NASA Moon Base, Discover Hidden Nazis
by Gary on Feb.27, 2009, under Robots
From the article: “NASA wants to have a lunar base in 2020, and they are teaming up with Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon University to design automated Tonka trucks that would do the groundwork. And probably find Nazis.” I swear, you can’t make this stuff up.
Microsoft Scrambling To Thaw Zune Freeze — Microsoft Zune — InformationWeek
by Gary on Dec.31, 2008, under Robot Attacks
Apparently all 30GB Zune MP3 players locked up at the same exact time. This reeks of a synchronized robot attack.
Man lives with female robot – The Sun -News
by Gary on Dec.10, 2008, under Robots
A Japanese inventory named Le Trung has created a real-life "Fem-bot" robotic girlfriend. Perhaps his girlfriend could be our first double-agent?
BBC NEWS – Asia-Pacific – Actor robots take Japanese stage
by Gary on Nov.26, 2008, under Robots
Apparently in Japan they have robots taking the stage as actors. This redefines weirdness.
RT – 24/7 English-language news channel : SciTech : Children become latest source of renewable energy
by Gary on Nov.11, 2008, under Robots
How long until you think the robots catch on to this concept?
RNA-based logic gates compute inside cells
by Gary on Oct.19, 2008, under Robots
As I understand this, scientists have figured out how to make RNA into logic gates, a building block of digital circuits. In other words, how to turn biological matter into computers. What. The. Fuck.
