“As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering.

And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything.”

– President Barack Obama

(via Kris; via Gizmodo)

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Too bad Blogadilla isn’t hiring – this guy is awesome!

(via Portal-A Interactive)

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Neill Blomkamp’s debut film “District 9” comes out August 14. Here’s a peek at some of Neill’s prior works.

Alive in Joberg (the Blomkamp short film that was expanded to become “District 9“)

Tetra Vaal (”Third World Robocop”)

Yellow (for Adidas “Adicolor” shoes)

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Behold WeAreAutobots: via webcam, it turns live video of you into a Transformer by way of facial recognition.

It is pretty cool, even if only for a few minutes.

Let the experiments begin:
• It doesn’t transform two people at a time.
• It works on my neighbor Rachael when I duck out of the way.
• It does not work on my neighbor Rachael’s dog.
• Oddly, it does work on a drawing of a face on my stomach!

“Autobot Belly! Transform and roll out!”

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Gruesome robot deaths!
And an hour-long ad for
the U.S. Army:

“An Army of One . . .
That Turns Into a Sports Car
and F*&%s-up Egypt.”


Movie Pluses:
• The boombox Transformer Soundwave is re-envisioned as a communications satellite.
• The gigantic Transformer Devastator (composed of seven smaller Transformers).
• An unnamed razor-thin Transformer (camouflage: it can’t be seen head-on).

Movie Minuses:
• The film is 150 minutes long.
• Shia LaBeouf doesn’t die.
• Megan Fox’s bad collagen and tanning salon choices.
• Although I’m a big supporter of robot violence, this isn’t a good film for young children.
• About an hour of the film is dedicated to the American Armed Forces and little else; awkward, bordering on annoying.

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Terminator Salvation

Big explosions and
motorcycle robots!! Sweet!!
One-point-five thumbs up!

Good visuals and
mediocre plot. Nearly
Schwarzenegger free.

Totally Unrelated Note:
Hobo-Fighting Robots

Totally Related Note:
Terminator 2: Judgement Day Sweded edition

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