Apparently a school in Pennsylvania issued students laptops and then used them to spy on the children while they were used at home, hoping to score some insight into the child’s extracurricular lives lewd webcam shows. According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue came to light when the Robbins’s child was disciplined for “improper behavior in his home” and the Vice Principal used a photo taken by the webcam as evidence. The suit is a class action, brought on behalf of all students issued with these machines. Yeah because that’s not suspect as all get-out. *cough* Pederasts *cough* . Say, you think my laptop has something like that on it? Because if it did, oh man, the things you would see . Namely, me writing Geekologie. In the buff. Which, fun fact: can’t be unseen. And you wouldn’t want it to be . Yes, yes you most certainly would. School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home [boingboing] Thanks to Kamaren, who uses his webcam to spy on himself at night because he sleepwalks and can’t figure out why his socks are always wet in the morning. You’re peeing in your dresser, Kamaren.

In terribly God-awful news, Korea’s proposed Robot Land , a robot themed amusement park, has now received initial investment and a first round of conceptual drawings. *gulp* I haven’t been more scared of an amusement park since one of those animatronic dolls from ‘It’s A Small World’ tried jumping in my boat to grope me. According to Plastic Pals , a group of private investors recently met with the city council (probably Masan’s city council, as Robot Land’s city council has yet to be built) to hash out details, with the result of the government ponying up some $229 million of a promised $600 million. But not everyone is happy about all this — indeed, organizers of Incheon City’s robot theme park are unamused by the thought of a similar attraction competing for those hard-earned tourist dollars. Wait — two competing robotic theme parks? What the hell’s the matter with you, Korea? You think I won’t boycott you? I will boycott you. Korean Geekologie operatives, report in! Okay, now this is important: are any of you comfortable smuggling kimchi in your pants? Robot Land theme park gets investors, conceptual renders [engadget] Thanks to CoinOperatedBoi, timpeva, Raul, patvince, NeoAaron and XorKaya, who wonder why they sell season passes when all the rides are designed to kill you.

This robo-jerk, the same one who tried creating a Facebook profile to infiltrate the Geekologie Fan Page , is now flying around in the first class section of airplanes . BAD IDEA. Travellers on a recent Emirates flight from Dubai to Riyadh were accompanied by a different type of passenger, after the Dubai-based airline was tasked with transporting one of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots. Able to verbally interact with people, Ibn Sina stunned fellow passengers as he was checked in at Emirates’ dedicated First Class check-in counters and relaxed in Emirates’ First Class lounge prior to boarding his flight. The transportation of Ibn Sina required countless hours of planning and input from multiple Emirates Group departments to ensure the humanoid was cleared for travel by the Dubai Police Authorities, the Dubai International Airport and Emirates’ safety team. Uh, could you really not just stuff him in a box and mail him to his destination set it on fire? And how come I can’t even use my cassette player advanced media device during taxi and take-off and this BEEP BOOP BOPPING jerk can fly? OH GOD — PLEASE TELL ME HE DIDN’T GET COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGE SERVICE. Humanoid discovered travelling on Emirates flight [arabiansupplychain] Thanks to Cohan, Conan’s hunkier, battle-axe wielding brother.

Verizon , in an act of big-brotherdom , has decided to prevent wireless access to 4chan, the sparkling gem of the internet . I’ve got the feeling this isn’t going to end well . Per 4chan Status: Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image boards. After investigating, we found that Verizon is dropping traffic to/from boards.4chan.org, only on port 80 (HTTP). No other subdomain/IP/port is affected, which leads us to believe this block is intentional. After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are “explicitly blocked.” If you’ve been affected by the block, please call Verizon NRB at (866) 298-5373 to file a complaint. Wow. Enjoy all the goatse pics, Verizon. 4 Chan Status Thanks to Thomas, steven, Chris, 40hands and like twenty Anons and Anonymouses, who all make the world (wide web) go round.

Verizon , in an act of big-brotherdom , has decided to prevent wireless access to 4chan, the sparkling gem of the internet . I’ve got the feeling this isn’t going to end well . Per 4chan Status: Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image boards. After investigating, we found that Verizon is dropping traffic to/from boards.4chan.org, only on port 80 (HTTP). No other subdomain/IP/port is affected, which leads us to believe this block is intentional. After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are “explicitly blocked.” If you’ve been affected by the block, please call Verizon NRB at (866) 298-5373 to file a complaint. Wow. Enjoy all the goatse pics, Verizon. 4 Chan Status Thanks to Thomas, steven, Chris, 40hands and like twenty Anons and Anonymouses, who all make the world (wide web) go round.

Verizon , in an act of big-brotherdom , has decided to prevent wireless access to 4chan, the sparkling gem of the internet . I’ve got the feeling this isn’t going to end well . Per 4chan Status: Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having difficulty accessing the image boards. After investigating, we found that Verizon is dropping traffic to/from boards.4chan.org, only on port 80 (HTTP). No other subdomain/IP/port is affected, which leads us to believe this block is intentional. After an hour and a half on the phone, we’ve received confirmation from Verizon’s Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are “explicitly blocked.” If you’ve been affected by the block, please call Verizon NRB at (866) 298-5373 to file a complaint. Wow. Enjoy all the goatse pics, Verizon. 4 Chan Status Thanks to Thomas, steven, Chris, 40hands and like twenty Anons and Anonymouses, who all make the world (wide web) go round.

So a bunch of jerky scientists who should all be hung (like outlaws, not horses) for treason against humanity have created robots that evolve. And, get this: they’ve evolved the ability to hunt. Awesome, WE’RE ALL DEAD. The robots were controlled by a neural network that mutated randomly, with input information from the robots’ sensors. In an imitation of natural selection, the robots with the best maneuvering abilities were allowed to foster a new generation. Furthermore, selected robots were “paired” by having their neural net connections mixed and passed to a new generation. Within 100 generations, the robots were able to move through a maze without bumping into anything. The researchers described “spider” hunting techniques among the bots in which hunters would lie in wait for prey (which in this case, fortunately, consisted of other robots). The hunted, meanwhile, developed a strategy of “quickly (rotating) in place, which reduced the probability of being approached from the sides without sensors.” Yes, robots lying in wait for prey. In this case, other robots. In future cases, you. And you know what’s gonna happen? You’re gonna die. Well, scream and die. What’s that? Ha, good call. Scream, shit yourself and die. Robots evolve to learn cooperation, hunting [cnet] Thanks to hERB, Mycroft, Sprite, Rafi and Big Jud, who will lie in wait for the lying in wait robots.

Today’s $10 shirt.woot features robots breaking Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics . For those of you that don’t know the three laws of robotics, they are as follows: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. LOL! Robots killing people and not doing what they’re supposed to! Let’s joke about it — it’s funny! You’re all as good as dead. Shirt.Woot (different shirt tomorrow) Thanks to Nate, Jonny S, bryson, jantunes and Nicky, who know there’s no such thing as safe robots. Or sex (but Ziploc brand freezer bags do help reduce the risk).

Hey, want to creep everybody out and get your own personal patrol car following you where ever you go? Then buy a $175 custom Pedobear hoodie from Calgary Cosplay (Pedonadians!) and wear it to a middle school basketball game. Make sure to stare at the cheerleaders. Product Site (with tons of custom Pokemon hoodies as well) via The Pedobear Hoodie Cost $175, Guarantees Instant Awesomeness [knucklesunited] Thanks to Ezrail and I Never Back Down, who don’t need Pedobear hoodies because they have half-grown mustaches and wear those glasses that automatically darken in sunlight.

Seen here in one of the world’s most pathetic photographs, Douglas Hines chats it up with his sex robot “Roxxxy” about soccer (and he wonders why he needs a sex robot ). The anatomically-correct robot, who can even snore, has an articulated skeleton that can move like a person but can’t walk or independently move its limbs. There is Wild Wendy, who is outgoing and adventurous, Frigid Farrah, who is reserved and shy, a young unnamed doll with a naïve personality, “matriarchal kind of caring” Mature Martha and S & M Susan, who is geared for more adventurous types. Coming with a laptop the doll, priced between US$7,000 (£4,350) to US$9,000 (£5,993), was unveiled at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas at the weekend. Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11, 2001 attacks, he said, where a friend died and he vowed to store his personality forever. WTF!? Honoring the memory of a friend by humping his likeness in sex-robot form? Listen, I don’t want to be honored if that’s how they’re doing it these days. Just shoot my body out of a cannon and call it a day. Foxy ‘Roxxxy’: world’s first ’sex robot’ can talk about football [telegraph] Thanks to Spenny “human advocat”, Brad B, Zerv, Steve P, TobyRaider, Brandon, Ben, Kyle, M3ntal, The Harbinger of Dooooooooom, Jasmine, dez, J.D., Mollie, Jack and Shannon, who don’t do robots. Literally or figuratively.