Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » robots http://www.blogadilla.com The Tijuana of the Internet Sun, 15 May 2011 02:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 2006-2007 blogadilla@gmail.com (Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet) blogadilla@gmail.com (Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet) posts http://www.blogadilla.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet » robots http://www.blogadilla.com 144 144 The Tijuana of the Internet Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet Blogadilla.com: The Tijuana of the Internet blogadilla@gmail.com no no AT-AT Day Afternoon http://www.blogadilla.com/2010/07/02/at-at-day-afternoon/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2010/07/02/at-at-day-afternoon/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:46:23 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=6164 More than anything else, Patrick Boivin wanted a real dog and a Kenner Star Wars “AT-AT Walker” when he was a kid . . .

AT-AT day afternoon from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo.

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]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/12/06/psa-robot-safety-awareness/feed/ 0 Quote of the Day: Obama v. Robots http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/11/25/quote-of-the-day-obama-v-robots/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/11/25/quote-of-the-day-obama-v-robots/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:05:59 +0000 Heywood http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=5361 “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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(via Portal-A Interactive)

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/08/20/ian-pfaff-best-demo-reel-ever/feed/ 1 Neill Blomkamptacular http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/07/28/neill-blomkamptacular/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/07/28/neill-blomkamptacular/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:05:37 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=4179 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!”

]]> http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/06/25/we-are-autobots/feed/ 2 Two Haiku Movie Review: Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/06/24/two-haiku-movie-review-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/ http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/06/24/two-haiku-movie-review-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:33:43 +0000 timbotron http://www.blogadilla.com/?p=3705 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
transformers-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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ternimator-salivation

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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Check out this video of the MTRAN3 modular robot – the change from 6:30 to 7:30 will make you poop your pants.

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