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Aaaaaaand one final guest comic for Mr. Hallbeck. Check out my Book of Biff guest!

When astronaut Koichi Wakada heads up to the International Space Station in August, he’ll have with him a little friend— a 13 inch tall robot named Kirobo. The robot will be able to carry on conversations with the astronauts on board to a certain extent. Or it, may gain self-awareness, realize the hopelessness of its predicament and murder everyone on board. Flip a coin.

According to its website, the Kibo Robot Project‘s goal is to “help solve the problems brought about by a society that has become more individualized and less communicative,” by giving people robots to talk to. The model that will go into space is called Kirobo, a play on ‘robot’ and ‘kibo,’ which means ‘hope’ in Japanese. The small robot can speak Japanese, recognize facial features, and learn from past recorded conversations to improve its communication.

When Wakada takes his position as the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, he will have Kirobo to talk to in his own language. Barely more than a foot high and weighing only 2 pounds, the robot won’t be doing any physically demanding tasks, but it can be used to relay messages to Wakada from the control room, according to its creator Tomotaka Takahashi. A second robot, Mirata, will be stationed on Earth to monitor problems with its space-bound buddy.

Takahashi said that he was inspired by Astro Boy, and wants to create more human-like robots. He also talked about creating a robot that people could carry in their pocket like a smartphone.

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I wonder what society’s threshold is, on average, for willingness to pick up change off the street?

Hahahahaha. Alright, see ya.

E3 2013: ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’

This game looks insane, has tons of attention to minor detail.

Maurice Moss Wants To Be The 12th Doctor. We Are Perfectly Okay With This.

Maurice Moss from The IT Crowd addressed a recent post on his Facebook page to the BBC.

Dear BBC,

I am writing to inform you that I am available to take over immediately as the next Doctor. I’ll even bring my own sonic screwdriver (mine actually works).

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Maurice Moss.

I’d personally love to have Richard Ayoade play The Doctor if only to give us brown-skinned folk someone cool to cosplay as at conventions.

Do the right thing, BBC. Do. The right. Thing.

This is a real, street legal bumper car. 

Using resonance and sand to create beautiful art

The Penis Machine is a machine that draws penises at the push of a button

David Neevel has created a robot — aptly named “The Penis Machine” — that can draw penises or spell out the word “PENIS” at the push of a button. THE FUTURE.

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