If you have never seen the Fritz Lang classic film, Metropolis, I would normally tell you that you had to see it immediately. It is that important and influential. But now it looks like you might be okay waiting a little longer.
Seems that a huge amount of footage from the film, lost for 80 years, has been discovered in Buenos Aries. The original film was 210 minutes long (that’s Lord of the Rings length, kids), but it was only screened at that length for a short while in Germany. For international distribution, it was cut considerably, and the longest length it has been seen since is about 118 minutes. That’s a LOT of footage that no one has seen for 80 years!
Apparently many scenes are much more dramatic and the pace and arc of the story are quite different. I should hope so with almost 100 minutes more footage!
Read more from the German magazine ZietOnline, that got the original story. (Don’t worry, it’s in English)
There are certain games made for guys just sitting around and drinking. Air hockey might be the most dangerous, if you lose your focus and put your fingers over the rail, that disc/puck is going to get you. Well, if you fancy yourself a decent air hockey player, now you have a worthy opponent.
The guys at NuVation won an award over the weekend at some nerd technology convention/ summit/ expo/ whatever. They designed a robot that is pretty effing awesome at air hockey. It doesn’t look that great on the offensive attack, but it’s going to be harder than hell to get one by robot. Watch the video for the details and nerd-speak to understand how they did it.
Below are just a few of the winners from theforceintheflesh.com’s list of the top 10 craziest Star Wars tattoos. There is nothing like a little Yoda Santa to get you into the holiday spirit. One of the thumbnails below involves R2D2 doing something to a naked Princess Leia that I didn’t even know robots could do which makes it kind of NSFW so block your screen.
Can anyone explain the thought process to me that leads up to someone deciding to get a tattoo of a stormtrooper railing away on Captain Kirk? It has to involve at least a fifth of whiskey, right?
The MacArthur Foundation has announced their grant winners today, and they are both: a) awesome, and b) from Seattle.
Yoky Matsuoka is combining robotics with neurology to create some pioneering work in the area of human prosthetic limbs, controlled by thoughts alone. Pretty soon you too can be Luke Skywalker!
Mark Roth is a biologist best known for discovering new ways of preserving laboratory mice in a state of suspended animation, without killing them. The mice are brought into a state of metabolic torpor where their breathing, metabolism and core temperature are reduced to what is more or less a standstill. The mice can then be revived with absolutely no ill effects. The potential application for humans, treatment of disease, surgery, etc. is endless. But who cares? It’s FUCKING ZOMBIE MICE!! That’s awesome.
They each get $500,000, no strings whatsoever attached. Play on, geniuses!
You have heard of the feud, you have chosen sides, you may even have already voted with your wallet (or your bit torrent) and gotten the CD…
…In honor of 50 Cent and Kanye West both dropping their new albums today, we here at tastybooze decided to drop a little video of our own. That’s right, original content, kiddos! Inspired by CuteWithChris.com and the T-Pain goodness, we decided a little performance piece was in order.
Enjoy it! And if you want more of this kind of stuff, drop us a line and let us know. Or better yet, send it along to your friends…everyone loves 50!
Back in May Hank posted a video of a sweet ass beer pouring robot. Now the little bastard is finally for sale. Sure the little guy takes almost three minutes to get said beer poured but that is a small price to pay for a perfectly poured glass of beer from a ROBOT. The Beerbot isn’t going to be replacing bartenders anytime soon but he would definitely elevate your Super Bowl party to the status of legendary and give you enough beer related street cred to last a lifetime.
Features:
• Stores and refrigerates 6 cans
• Programmable voice (male, female, or custom)
• Cleaning mode
• Child lock
If you have ever seen The Terminator you know that at some point a robot uprising will be upon us. Forntunately, tastybooze is here for your edification on survival (for much more, check out this website) .
- Survival Method 1: Pose as a Broken Humanoid Robot
This is in hopes that the robots just pass you by during their destruction, thinking you are one of them. Some of the key’s to this method include: making noise such as an occasional “beep” or “boop” sound and moving like a robot, i.e. very abrubtly while constantly maintaining perfect 90 degree angles. The latter of course only works because you are broken. Contemporary robots are more dexterous. Pretend you are either damaged machinery or a well-oiled break-dancing machine, and pop and lock your way into the heart of robot territory.
- Survival Method 2: Hand-to-Hand Combat
If you find yourself in a brawl with a robot, your only hope is to escape. A robot foe won’t trade insults and it can’t be intimidated. You should fully expect a swift pincer-clamping attack without warning. The key is to destroy or disable all exposed “sensors”. Sensors are by far the most vulnerable, exposed parts of any robot. A handful of dirt, mud, or water will suffice. It is hard for a robot to wipe mud from its eyes when it has whirring buzz saws for hands.
This guy has obviously put a lot of thought into this. Personally, if our robot enemies look like this, I’m down for whatever.
The 80’s and robots go together like Jack Bauer and a H&K USP Compact. They are always kicking ass and you can never get enough. This article on Cracked.com has a run down on the top 10 80’s robots that still don’t exist.
I haven’t seen the movie in years but I have to say that Johnny Five is definitely my number one followed closely by KITT. KITT has got to be the Jack Bauer of cars.
If you have never seen the Fritz Lang classic film, Metropolis, I would normally tell you that you had to see it immediately. It is that important and influential. But now it looks like you might be okay waiting a little longer.
