Allegedly this is a white blood cell chasing around some bacteria and eventually subduing it. Of course, I have no proof that’s actually what this is because I’m not a microbioscientist. For all I know it’s a really bad copy of a Benny Hill chase scene from the end of his show. But where’s the music? A DOO DOO DOOTLE OOT DOO DOO DOOTLE OOT. Oh yeah, there it is. Youtube Thanks to Ian, who destroys bacteria like colloidal silver. Haha, I know science!

It’s a giant baby robot . It exemplifies everything that’s wrong with robotics . Namely, that they exist — or were born , if you will (L337 baby tie-in FTW!). It shouldn’t exist. If I had a time machine I’d go back in time and make sure it was never created bang dinos. Sorry guys, I’ve got priorities. the robot is supposed to model a 1 year old baby and the purpose is to conduct research on how a baby’s brain develops. Diego-san’s face has about 20 moving parts so that it can communicate with facial expression without being able to talk. It is 130cm tall, weighs 30kg and can stand up from a chair on its own. It can hold a water bottle with its hand. It has a high resolution camera and 6 axis acceleration sensor built in to detect movement. Unfortunately it doesn’t say why the head has to be so big. Female researchers contributed to the design and coordination - thus the photo of woman hugging Diego-san. Pfft. Like you really need a creepy-ass robot to study how a baby’s brain develops? Here, let me solve that mystery for you: slowly. I have an eleven-year old who still craps his pants. And before you all get in a huff about scarring my son by airing his dirty laundry (God I’m good) on Geekologie, don’t worry: it’s not like he can read. Hit the jump for a larger shot of the baby and his inventor.

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.

The man on the left is Professor Henry Markram. Based on this picture alone he’s clearly a mad scientist . Don’t believe me? Read this captain crazy shit: Professor Henry Markram, a doctor-turned-computer engineer, announced that his team would create the world’s first artificial conscious and intelligent mind by 2018. And that is exactly what he is doing. On the shore of Lake Geneva, this brilliant, eccentric scientist is building an artificial mind. A Swiss - it could only be Swiss - precision- engineered mind, made of silicon, gold and copper. The end result will be a creature, if we can call it that, which its maker believes within a decade may be able to think, feel and even fall in love. Now I’m not saying somebody needs to blow up Markram’s lab and rescue the beautiful maiden he’s obviously holding captive, but I am asking if any of you live on Lake Geneva (I’ll ring-bay the omb-bay). The real Frankenstein experiment: One man’s mission to create a living mind inside a machine [dailymail] (long article with a ton more information — I stopped reading around the bucket of rat brains part) Thanks to Brandon and Bryan, who will pitchfork and torch the shit outta this bastard if he ever becomes reality.

The man on the left is Professor Henry Markram. Based on this picture alone he’s clearly a mad scientist . Don’t believe me? Read this captain crazy shit: Professor Henry Markram, a doctor-turned-computer engineer, announced that his team would create the world’s first artificial conscious and intelligent mind by 2018. And that is exactly what he is doing. On the shore of Lake Geneva, this brilliant, eccentric scientist is building an artificial mind. A Swiss - it could only be Swiss - precision- engineered mind, made of silicon, gold and copper. The end result will be a creature, if we can call it that, which its maker believes within a decade may be able to think, feel and even fall in love. Now I’m not saying somebody needs to blow up Markram’s lab and rescue the beautiful maiden he’s obviously holding captive, but I am asking if any of you live on Lake Geneva (I’ll ring-bay the omb-bay). The real Frankenstein experiment: One man’s mission to create a living mind inside a machine [dailymail] (long article with a ton more information — I stopped reading around the bucket of rat brains part) Thanks to Brandon and Bryan, who will pitchfork and torch the shit outta this bastard if he ever becomes reality.

That’s not even Pikachu , that’s a stoned -ass Garfield with no stripes after eating a whole pan of lasagna (LOL — he loves that stuff!). Oh — and to the maker: there comes in a time in your life when you realize your own limitations and focus on working within them. That time was well before you made this. Just sayin’. Hit the jump for an equally questionable Sonic.

A breakdancing robot, like any kind of dancing robot , like any kind of robot at all, deserves a special place in burning hot hell. And this little bastard is no exception. I don’t care if you can pop and lock YOU DESERVE TO BURN. Remember when the Terminator lowers himself into that vat of molten steel at the end of Terminator 2? They should all do that. Take a hint robo d-bags! Youtube Thanks to Nathan and Oedipus Flex, who could out robot this robot at the robot any day of the week!

This is a video of a dancing robot girl that was shot (the footage, not the robot — unfortunately) during the very disturbing (and fundamentally wrong) ROBO-ONE GATE Dance Competition. A dancing robot competition? Really? That’s it, I’m heading to the moon . The 6th ROBO-ONE GATE IN INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION 2009 Dance Competiton spons took place in Tokyo Big Sight, during INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION 2009 , on Nov. 28th, 2009. `LOVE & JOY, Yuhi Kimura` by Doka Harumi (Doka Project). No one survived the performance. Jesus, this is the shit nightmares are made of. You know, the kind you wake up from with a full load. And don’t even act like it’s never happened, it’s happened . I ran into your mom at the grocery store! Doka Harumi’s robot dance routine fills us with shame for humanity, but mostly Japan [engadget] Thanks to Mycropht, who once danced with a robot BUT ONLY TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO PLANT THE C4. Good lookin’, Micropht.

This is a giant tarantula bookbag found on furaffinity.net by Geekologie Reader Kevin while searching for women that like to dress up as guinea pigs. It was made by talented user Dludnerad and stores a ton of whatever the hell people put in bookbags these days. Books, haha — what is this, the 1800’s?! The amazing Tamara made me a mighty backpack for midfur. It’s a gorgeous plush tarantula that clings to my back. He unzips beneath the mandibles so you can store goodies inside him. Gleeee! He’s amazingly soft and warm! My dad was in hospital for his cancer operation over the week. I perched this on the end of his bed so it could stare at him. Part of my plan to get his blood circulating! Great job and a very heartwarming story. Hope your father pulled through the operation in good health and gave a big eff you to that cancer. If I had it my way only robots would get that shit. Plus oil AIDS. Hit the jump for a shot of the spider on.

iRobot , a diabolical company best known for convincing millions of housewives to allow rug-munching robots into their homes , has now developed an air-filled shape-shifting robot that will climb into your bed and smother you while you sleep. Unveiled at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) yesterday, this palm-sized troublemaker is being billed as “the first demonstration of a completely soft, mobile robot using jamming as an enabling technology.” The “jamming” in question is something called “jamming skin enabled locomotion,” which traps air and a collection of loosely packed particles in a package made of silicon rubber. When air is removed from the pocket, the silicon restricts and seems to solidify. The robot consists of several of these pockets, which can be inflated or deflated separately, giving the device the ability to perform simple actions. The first part of the video explains how the technology works, but the actual bot-test begins around 1:50. Sure, it may look like a harmless beach ball, but do you know how many people drown each year trying to retrieve beach balls that have been swept out to sea? Now multiply that by every single person on earth and you have an idea of this thing’s killing potential. iRobot shape-shifting ChemBot is back, and it’s bad [engadget] Thanks to JKirchartz, hayden, NF, Michael, Tuggis, matt and We’llmissyoujehudah, who vow to pop every last one of these things with fiery arrows. Good looking, guys, but you might wanna brush up on your archery.