Bye Bye ASIMO: New Toyota Humanoid Robot Can Outrun You
In the following video, Toyota demonstrates how its new humanoid robot can keep its balance when pushed (a bit like the Big Dog robot), and run up to 7 km/h. [Via BotJunkie]
Category Archives: General
AT&T vs. 4chan
In just the last few hours, it seems that AT&T has gone looking for trouble in the one place it is guaranteed to find it. Reports are coming in from all over that the communications giant is blocking access to 4chan, specifically the /b/ board. Discussions are here and here. I’ve never been to /b/, […]
Offline Twitter Client [PIC]
[Via MUO]
Highlights from Comic Con 2009
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Comic Con 2009 is nearing an end, and though I am sadly not in attendance, the majority of my Twitter feed (and I’m pretty sure about half of the Internet) is busy partying down with what seems like every geek-friendly celebrity you can tick off on your fingers. However, […]
The Clone Wars – Season 2 trailer
I know that a lot of Star Wars fans think that the first season of the Clone Wars sucked pretty badly, but apparently, the upcoming one is supposed to be darker and much more violent. This might convince a few of you to give the show a second chance. Anyways, here’s a short trailer showcasing […]
The Wedding Party Has a “Wedding Party” Down the Aisle
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] All I can say is HATS OFF to this awesome group of young people. Not only can they all dance, but you can tell just how happy they are from their great attitude. If only all weddings went this way (or this well). What do you think of […]
Anakin Skywalker: 10 Years Later
Ten years after playing young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 20 year old Jake Lloyd explains how life has been for him since the release of the infamous Episode I. Unfortunately, it Looks like the role was more of a curse for him than anything else. Then again, is anyone surprised by […]
Who Needs Business Cards When You’ve Got Card.ly?
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Need a quick way to share your important deets without a lot of lengthy links? Having trouble printing up business cards because you don’t know what URLs to include? Card.ly provides an interesting solution. Card.ly allows you to quickly sign up and grab a unique “card.ly/username” address that […]
Browser benchmark update: Lunascape 5.1.2
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] On July 2, Lunascape (the browser that offers three different rendering engines) officially released version 5.1, and then followed that up on July 15 with version 5.1.2. We reviewed the alpha and beta versions earlier. Since we recently benchmarked JavaScript performance for the other major browsers, let’s catch […]
3D Short of the Day: Vice Versa
Realized by Animator Jacques Khouri, Vice Versa is a 3D short featuring the fight between twins who have a different point of view on their environment. Enjoy!