After a failed petition to the U.S. government to build a Death Star, someone has taken up the cause to fund the construction project using the popular crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter. Thankfully, to help keep costs down and to help make the project a reality open source hardware and software will be used. Along with “enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.” I can’t wait.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461687407/kickstarter-open-source-death-star
Understanding our Future with Robots: ABB Frida and the Bot & Dolly IRIS
Whether you’re a fan of R2-D2, Wall-E, Robocop, or the Terminator, one can imagine a future where we co-exist with intelligent machines. ABB’s FRIDA (Flexible Robot Industrial Dual Arm) and Bot & Dolly’s IRIS Robotic Platform are at the forefront of a new generation of industrial machines that illustrate the fascinating potential of articulated robots. FRIDA is designed to work alongside humans in a factory while IRIS is spending its time making movies.
A Trailer tells us who would win in a fight between Batman vs The Terminator
Hypothetically speaking, who would win in a fight, Batman or The Terminator?
Starcadian Goes Galactic With ‘Sunset Blood’ and Explains How To Make a Music Video With $200
We managed to snag an interview with Starcadian, the artist behind the retro music video He^rt and the full-length album Sunset Blood. During our discussion Starcadian talked about 80’s movies, video games, and pop culture that shaped his album’s sound and music video aesthetics. It became apparent during our conversation that Starcadian is deeply motivated by the emotions he felt watching Labyrinth and other films of his youth.
Microsoft IllumiRoom Demo
We’ve caught videos of illumiroom surfacing before but now we’re getting a bit more details about the capabilities and it is definitely exciting because of what it may mean for living room entertainment.
I never stopped fighting to make it home.
No matter what happens,
tell the world,
tell my family,
that I never stopped fighting to make it home.
Here’s the new trailer for The Martian.
