Just when you thought it was safe to sleep soundly, Only in Japan returns to fill your head with the neon nightmares and frightening futuristic… Read More »Only in Japan! Meet Kenshiro – The Musculoskeletal Humanoid Robot
A most unusual business has opened in Shinjuku catering for Japan’s enthusiasm for massive machines & fantasy females!
A statue in tribute to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has appeared outside Google HQ ahead of this week’s developer conference.
Meet the Sand Flea. It’s a rolling robot that weighs in at 11lbs (just under 5 kilos) and races along at 4.4 miles per hour… Read More »Robotic “Sand Flea” Leaps into Action Besides U.S Armed Forces
The awesome new trailer for Prometheus has dropped this week and the Ridley Scott directed precursor to his 1979 classic Alien is shaping up to… Read More »REEL TO REAL ► Prometheus Viral Surfaces – Androids Will Walk Among Us!
The topic of this week’s Only in Japan could be considered a crossover with another of our regular Gadget Helpline features – Reel to Real.… Read More »Only in Japan! “Real Steel” Inspired Motion-Controlled Boxing Robot is the Real Deal!
The New York Toy Fair is now over, delivering a whole host of licensed movie and TV cash-ins to make parents everywhere nervously anticipate the new wave… Read More »NYC Toy Fair: SketRobo & DiscoRobo – Bieber’s Bot Buddies Recognised with Tech Awards
The New York Toy Fair is now over, delivering a whole host of licensed movie and TV cash-ins to make parents everywhere nervously anticipate the new wave… Read More »NYC Toy Fair: SketRobo & DiscoRobo – Bieber’s Bot Buddies Recognised with Tech Awards
A robot said to be the beginning of the real life world as seen in James Cameron blockbuster Avatar is being developed by scientists and… Read More »Only in Japan! Keio University Makes First Steps Towards “Avatar” Tech With Motion Control Robot!
Do you ever get freaked out by those über-realistic looking mannequins in trendy shop windows? You could have sworn that it looked at you as… Read More »Only in Japan! Lonely Lady Android Seeks Valentine’s Date in Tokyo Department Store!
Those troublers of the copyright high seas may have recently run aground, but that hasn’t stopped The Pirate Bay from taking their illegitimate bounty sharing… Read More »The Pirate Bay Sets Sail into New Dimension – Bootleg Site Now Offers 3D Printable Downloads!
If turning the human society into social networking whiners wasn’t enough – now even the robots are at it with a new website called MyRobots.com… Read More »MyRobot.com is “Facebook for Robots” – Social Site Allows Droids to Share & Learn