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Maker of handheld games and electroincs, Excalibur Electronics, is showing off their talking Albert Einstein head.  The head shoots out facts and information, and is very entertaining to watch.  I’m not sure I needed to see quite that much detail on Eintstein’s face, but I commend the team at Excalibur… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Excalibur's Albert Einstein robot makes his appearance at CES

Many of the new electronics showcased this year at the CES in Las Vegas are focused on the need to start using less energy and relying on natural resources.  One of the many eco friendly products includes the Husqvarna Automower Solar Hybrid. This mower is outfitted with solar panels and… Continue Reading »

The Gibson Dark Fire is an electric guitar with lots of tech that will be released on December 15th.  So, what’s the big deal?  At first blush, the Dark Fire just looks like a damn cool Les Paul, but there’s more under the hood.  You can change tunings and the… Continue Reading »

If you didn’t already know, the Mars Phoenix mission came to a close yesterday.  You may remember the Mars Phoenix as the robot that found water on Mars over the summer.  When the Phoenix outlived the original estimates, those in charge pushed it a little further until it finally stopped… Continue Reading »

Christmas is for the kids, right?  Better get them crossed off the shopping list first.  I checked out a few of the wish lists floating around and thought I would share them with you.  Wouldn’t you know, they are filled with electronics.  We have plenty of shopping days til the… Continue Reading »

She’s not one of the fembots from the Austin Powers movies, but she’s the next best thing.  Her name is EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization.  The maker is Sega Toys, and the target demographic is lonely dudes.  That’s right, according to Reuters she’s being marketed in Japan as… Continue Reading »

Surely the holy grail for the engineering world is the ability to make a robot that is lifelike, and although the robots in question are not particularly lifelike in bodily form or in thought, they have some of the crucial things that will move us into the future. Festo, normally… Continue Reading »

For the technologies that fall into the catapult category, enter Robopult, the newest and most terrifying metallic sight since Godzilla crushed a city that got in the way of his last good will tour fifty some odd celluloid years ago. Robopult is unlike the others of its ilk; namely, the… Continue Reading »

If you have money to burn, you might be interested in purchasing this project, which is sure to excite and whelm all who behold it size and/or shadow (as Mel Brooks used to say). The larger-than-life Gundam robot is expected to stand 60 feet tall and the unbelievable price tag… Continue Reading »

Reuters had this great story and image I just had to share.  Japanese scientists from Waseda University in Tokyo demonstrated their biped robot WL-16RIII on Wednesday.  They are currently developing the two legged robot robotic chair to aid elderly and handicapped individuals climb dubious stairways.  While it may take 5… Continue Reading »