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Bots High en Español

June 23, 2011

This week has been pretty interesting. Some popular geek websites in Spain posted about Bots High, which in turn led to a lot of retweets – in Spanish! Here are some of my favorites (correct me if my translation is off): Bots High: a documentary where robots fight to the death. ROBOTS that FIGHT, enough [...]

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Bad Astronomer’s Best Astronomy Photos of the Year (No Robots)

December 14, 2010

Bad Astronomy has just published their best astronomy photos for 2010. They’re all breathtakingly stunning. Check all 14 out here.

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Bots High in Robot Magazine (And Welcome to Robot Mag Readers!)

September 22, 2010

For those that are subscribed to Robot Magazine, check out the November/December issue for a four page article on Bots High! If you’re not subscribed, the issue should be hitting newsstands soon (along with an excerpt online – I’ll post the link when it’s up). If you’ve found yourself here because you just read the article, then welcome! Bots [...]

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This Was the Last Time We Walked on the Moon

July 27, 2010

It’s been too long since we walked on the Moon | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine.

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137 Years of Popular Science for Free!

March 30, 2010

Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science. Check it out! Get 137 years of PopSci for free online now.

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Top 10 BattleBot Moments | Robotworld

March 2, 2010

Top 10 Battlebot Moments | Robotworld I wish HD existed back then.

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Score a Free Robot (Looks Like Spawn of WALL-E and Eve)

January 26, 2010

PR2 Beta Program: The Call for Proposals is Out! | Willow Garage Don’t really know much about this PR2 Beta robot, but if you can prove that your institution would put it to good use, you can apply to get one for free. Personally if WALL-E and Eve had a baby, I think it would [...]

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Nickelodeon Aims to Teach Preschoolers Math

January 12, 2010

“Everybody’s trying to teach preschoolers how to read and nobody is trying to teach them how to do math”… In some ways the new program is standard children’s fare. The main characters are miniature superheroes — a boy, a girl and a break-dancing robot — who zoom about fixing simple crises in their city, whether [...]

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Fighting Robots as Sport [Article]

January 6, 2010

The construction and competition of combat robots is a hobby for all but a select few builders. Robots builders may be middle-aged engineers, or enthusiastic teenagers. Robot building can teach young people a great deal about technology, and some schools use the construction of combat robots in their courses. via Everything You Wanted to Know [...]

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More Concept Robots by Brian Despain

December 21, 2009

More cool concept illustrations. I love the colors and renderings in this collection, plus the 40s throwback. concept robots: Concept robots by Brian Despain.

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