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From reading the io9 article, it sounds like this robot is designed as a replacement for the home phone. Why speak to someone far away with a stick to your face, when you can use a creepy moving blob robot instead. I like the idea, but it does look like a creature from Eraserhead.
"The silicon-skinned Telenoid R1 was designed to be entirely featureless so that people in its presence can project their vision of the Telenoid's user onto the little glob. Even Ishiguro and his team acknowledge that the Telenoid's appearance is a smidge disconcerting"-Io9
The video looks like their recording a promo for the robot or testing out how it works with people.From reading the io9 article, it sounds like this robot is designed as a replacement... more
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Ever wonder who is behind those Gawker Artists banners? Are you a creative type curious about how to get your work featured on Gawker Media sites? Come on in and learn all the ways you can contribute to the Gawker Artists community. [Art by Ryan Brennan]
Submit Your Art
Gawker Artists is a curated online art community and exhibition program promoting the works of artists in all media. Participating artists receive free profile pages and are eligible to have their work featured on Gawker Media sites and included in Gawker Artists exhibitions. Interested in getting your art the exposure it deserves? Submit your work to our curatorial team here.
Be An Exhibitor
But what's that you say? You're not an artist, yet you want your personal site to look as pretty as ours? By becoming an exhibitor, fans can show Gawker Artists' images on their own sites. All participating exhibitors are listed on Gawker Artists and are eligible to have their news published in the Gawker Artists Newsletter. Click here to submit your site, and we'll walk you through the process of becoming a Gawker exhibitor.
Learn About Our Exhibits
What's more, the Art@Gawker rotating series takes work from some of our favorite Gawker Artists and hangs it right on the walls of Gawker HQ. Our current exhibit ...In With the New, examines the evolution of communication via appropriated images, refigured media personalities (Gawker Overlord, Nick Denton, certainly isn't safe, nor are any of the 50 news anchors highlighted in Richard Blakeley's O-Face video) and takes a lighthearted look at what goes on in a world full of retumbld, tweetable, viral imagery.
Learn How Gawker Artists Gives Back
And as if that's wasn't enough to convince you, rest assured that we are also dedicated to giving back to New York's cultural community. Most recently, Gawker Artists, The Eames Foundation, Eames Office and Herman Miller have teamed up with the Public Works Department of New York to present an online auction featuring a unique collection of iconic Eames® Molded Plywood Chairs as re-imagined by some of today's most celebrated graffiti and street artists. As of yesterday, the limited edition "Eames Inspiration" collection will be on display in the windows of Barneys New York and auctioned online to benefit OPERATION DESIGN, a creative mentorship program that organizes architects, artists and related professionals to work with New York City public school students to create motivating and inspiring projects.
http://io9.com/5532657/gawker-artists-open-call-for-artists-and-exhibitorsEver wonder who is behind those Gawker Artists banners? Are you a creative type... more
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Why do so many adventure movies seem to have the same story? A lot of the blame goes to the Hero's Journey, a cookie-cutter spiritual-ish adventure recipe concocted by Joseph Campbell in 1949. Star Wars and many fantasy sagas famously follow this treasure map step by step, but how do other science fiction stories measure up? We score scifi stories on our "Hero's Journey" checklist, after the jump.
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http://io9.com/344335/new-proof-that-every-scifi-epic-is-based-on-joseph-campbellWhy do so many adventure movies seem to have the same story? A lot of the blame goes... more
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More--- "THANK 'io9' 4 this, activity book 4 play" !
With Kick-Ass in the theaters this weekend, you may be considering superheroics as a career yourself. But wait! What kind of superhero will you be - the neighborhood champion or the deodorant-eschewing, bloodthirsty lunatic? Find out now!
---run the gauntlet of par-normal subhero peeps! --- (heh,...heh,...get it? they come in many colors,...and you hang out with them? Heh. BAZINGA! )
http://io9.com/5519669/what-kind-of-unpowered-superhero-are-you?skyline=true&s=iMore--- "THANK 'io9' 4 this, activity book 4 play" !
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It's a wonderfully disgusting cult movie day. Behold the insanity.
I feel like the title really says it all. Many thanks to Twitch for pointing out this amazing film. This is Takao Nakano's adaptation of Rei Mikamoto's cult manga Kyonyo Dragon. Here's the official synopsis, but really it's just about boobs and the undead.
Rena Jodo (Sola Aoi) is a stripper who just got back from Mexico and she has been offered a gig at a hot spring resort. When she arrives, she finds a deserted country town. There's hardly anyone in the audience at the strip club and all the other strippers, including Ginko (Risa Kasumi), Maria (Mari Sakurai), Nene (Tamayo) and Dana (Io Aikawa) are all bored stiff. They don't know what to do with their time and they are on the verge of fighting each other.
When they decide to go down to the basement of the club to kill time, Maria finds a "Book of the Dead" near "the Well of the Spirit." But who could have imagined the horror and panic that find would bring? Maria's reading of the book out loud has somehow revived the dead and zombies start appearing all over the world attacking mankind. It's Hell in the real world!
Dana and Nene are bitten by the zombies and they turn into living dead who attack Rena and Ginko. The poor big‐bosomed babes have no choice but to fight against Maria who now rules the zombies and tries to establish a kingdom of zombies. Rena and Ginko have to challenge Maria and the hordes of zombies! And how does the Blue Demon Devil (Minoru Torihada) fit in?
http://io9.com/5520038/big-tits-zombie-in-3d-the-trailerIt's a wonderfully disgusting cult movie day. Behold the insanity.
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Science Fiction's Predictions for the Year 2010 - District 9 - io9
As we prepare to bid farewell to 2009, it's only natural to wonder what 2010 will hold. Will we see amazing technologies? Discover evidence of alien life? Or begin a slide into dystopia? We look at scifi's predictions for 2010.
Alien life will be discovered in our solar system (2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke): In 2010, the spaceship Leonov travels to Jupiter to learn the fate of the Discovery One. But perhaps more significant in the course of history is the ascended David Bowman's discovery of primitive life beneath the ice of Europa and on Jupiter — and the appearance of those alien monoliths signaling the next step in a species' development.
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http://io9.com/5437613/science-fictions-predictions-for-the-year-2010?skyline=true&s=x
http://www.atr-lang.com/data/media/2/2001%20a%20space%20odyssey%201%20wallpapers.jpgScience Fiction's Predictions for the Year 2010 - District 9 - io9
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It's one of the biggest problems plaguing fiction — and it seems to hit genre fiction especially hard sometimes: the characters who all sound exactly alike. How do you keep your characters from all having the same voice?It's one of the biggest problems plaguing fiction — and it seems to hit... more
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Of all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical room containing every book that was never written. Here are the dozen unfinished novels by science fiction's greatest authors, that we wish we could read.
The Masks by Ray Bradbury
The OwIrontown Blues by John Varley
Irontown Blues by John Varley
For more info on these and more go to the link aboveOf all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical... more
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Over a million people have downloaded the leaked print of Wolverine. Now people are selling DVDs of it on the streets of San Francisco and New York City. Who pays for this crime, and how?
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So what's the punishment for a crime like this?
According to the US Criminal Code, a person like our thief:
Shall be imprisoned not more than 3 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution of 10 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of $2,500 or more.
So, who else here is a criminal?Over a million people have downloaded the leaked print of Wolverine. Now people are... more
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1. Never Go Through A Tunnel
It seems like a quick and easy way out, but dark and scary passageways usually house bad things that you don't want to bother with in the middle of fleeing for your life. It's simple: tunnels=death, for at least one person in the group.
2. Do Not Join A Theme Gang
With the world ending, there will be many sad sacks who will try and recreate a Mad Max road warrior gang. Resist the urge to join anything theme-oriented. Basic rule of thumb: if you look like an idiot with a face tattoo or a fool running around in Medieval garb, you're going to get the sharp end of the death stick. Doomsday spelled this out pretty clearly: everyone who looked ridiculous got a ridiculous ending. Motorcycle gangs count too.
3. Do Not Go Back For Loved Ones
If the world is ending, you may feel the need to find love ones that are in Princeton, a New York Library or a high rise apartment. This is a bad idea. Let go of your emotions and assume that everyone else in the world is dead, or trying to steal your food supplies. Going after loved ones almost always means your own death or the death of someone in the group.
4. Never Be The First
Do not go exploring in rooms, attic, caves, hallways or apartments where you are the first one in the door. Let someone else do this, get a job as a medic or cook. There is no need for you to be first to go anywhere — let someone else do the exploring.
5. Ditch The Biggest Guy In Your Group
They will turn into a zombie or rage machine, it's proven. Kill them before they kill you, or just ditch them at the next pass.
6. Bring Your Pet
If you don't have a pet, I suggest you go to the pet store and steal one, looter style, or take care of your dead neighbors'. You may need this pet to help you keep your sanity or sacrifice its life for you, like in I Am Legend. Either way, animals are good luck when the chips are down for humans. You never know when a pair of love birds will come in handy to calm down a flock of murderous seagulls and crows.
7. Don't Trust People In Uniform Unless They Have Defected From The System
Never trust the government, especially when the world is ending. It's a terrible idea, they would rather nuke the whole place than deal with people. If you see the military, run the other way or hide. Do not do what they say. The friendly people of Hollywood followed the advice of the government from Right At Your Door, and what happened to them? Same with the people of Raccoon City, from Resident Evil Apocalypse. Granted an ex-military person hell-bent on sticking it to the man can be a wonderful asset during the end of the world, just be sure to know the difference between the two.
8. Don't Barricade Yourself In
It always seems like a good idea, but 9 times out of 10 whatever you're trying to keep out gets in and now you're trapped. Think of the mess it caused for the cute little family in the beginning of 28 Weeks Later and Shaun of the Dead.
Finally if all else fails, find the closest fridge, step in, and pray for a miracle.
1. Never Go Through A Tunnel
It seems like a quick and easy way out, but dark and... more
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