Have you ever watched a video and think, yup the end is Soooo much closer then I thought.
BostonDynamics has been releasing video of their various robotics design. Best known for the development of BigDog. Well they posted a video show that their latest creation can now open doors. Yup that is right, open a door. As Scott(writer on the blog) said, give that thing a machine gun and we are all dead.
Funny,right……………..RIGHT?????
Source: YouTube, Boston Dynamics
Netflix released two new featurettes from the upcoming series “Black Mirror” from the mind of Charlie Brooker.
Created and written by Brooker, Black Mirror taps into our collective unease with the modern world and each stand-alone episode is a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. The series has been recognized with an international Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, a Rose D’Or and been nominated for a BAFTA® award.
Source: Netflix, Environics Communications
Little by little, next thing you know you’re sitting in a massage chair, wearing an Oculus Rift, acting like you’re not in the middle of a crowded German trade show floor. You can let yourself go for a few seconds at a time, and for a few seconds at a time, it kind of starts…
via We become the people in ‘WALL-E’ one VR massage chair at a time — TechCrunch
Today Netflix released some photos from the up coming series Black Mirror. If you are not aware of this series it is based on a British TV series from creator and writer Charlie Brooker. I highly recommend that you find this series and give it a watch.
The series has a modern day look and feel of the classic American series, The Twilight Zone. If you are a fan of that series you will love Black Mirror.
Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. The series is created and written by Charlie Brooker, and executive produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones.
Source: Netflix, Environics Communications
It’s been less than a year since the consumer Gear VR was first shown off and it already seems as though Samsung and Oculus are regrouping to push out a new version of the mobile VR headset. A Dutch Samsung rumors site inexplicably found a listing from an Indian imports database that highlights a new model number…
via Signs of a new Samsung Gear VR are surfacing — TechCrunch
The mad roboticists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have produced another biomimetic mechanoid — this one based on the lithe locomotion of the salamander. “Pleurobot” imitates the amphibian’s ambulation with its own articulated vertebrae, allowing it to slither along on land or at sea. Read More
via The Pleurobot robo-salamander crawls and swims like a real amphibian — TechCrunch
Twitter has invested a reported $70 million into the audio streaming service SoundCloud. Read More
via Twitter tunes up SoundCloud with a fresh investment — TechCrunch
