14, Jul 2014
Smart Bullets = Scary

Sure our government runs huge deficits and has an unsustainable debt load.  But we always find money for weapons.  One of the scary ones coming out of DARPA is the exact thing that was portrayed in Angelina Jolie's movie, Wanted.  Yep, bullets that can turn in mid-air. DARPA's Extreme Accuracy…

2, Mar 2009
Cyborg Moths… Paranoid Yet?

Here you go folks, your taxpayer dollars at work – DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) sponsors Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) project, which is currently in its THIRD(!) year. I wonder if the lads at DARPA were inspired by the cyber roach from Fifth Element… The HI-MEMS program’s goal…

12, Aug 2008
Another Robot Dog, Only Smaller

First came the Boston Dynamics “Big Dog”, then came the hilarious “Big Dog Spoof”… now there is the Boston Dynamics “LittleDog”. The little dog is smaller (duh) and quieter than the original. These robots are starting to worry me a bit… all of those old “robots taking over the world”…

27, Mar 2008
Boston Dynamics Big Dog Spoof

Remember the freaky cool robot dog by Boston Dynamics? Well some clever folks made an absolutely hilarious spoof of the video. Watch this one first them in order.

17, Mar 2008
Boston Dynamics Big Dog

This is one freaky cool robot dog. I have not seen a robot move as well as this one does. The motors on the unit make it sound like a thousand bumble bee’s attacking, but the robot walks like a dog (seems more like a deer to me however). Amazing…