Musical Interlude: I see a little silhouetto of a muppet

It’s getting harder and harder to name these posts. Anyway, you can’t help but like this one (the video, that is, not my title).

This looks pretty new. Anyone know the original source? Are the Muppets on TV again? Did they put out a DVD? Web content?

[via Daniel's Google Reader via Extralife]

The Empire Sniffs Back

I can’t decide which I like better, this or the the cAT.
(Thanks to Daniel for sharing this one.)

Treadmill IV: PETMAN

Remember BigDog? Well, meet his quieter, two-legged, friend: PETMAN. It’s only a matter of time now until Boston Dynamics develops the T-800.

[via hackaday]

Related BigDog posts:
And The Internet Has Again Added To My Nightmares…
BigDog Part 2

Past Treadmill posts:
Treadmill III: Kitty vs OK Go
From the Makers of ‘Shrimp on a Treadmill’: Crab on a Treadmill
A Shrimp on a Treadmill [Redux]

Animals (with Light Sabers)

I think the title is self-explanatory.

(my favourite)

Silly Bangladesh

Apparently The Onion is considered a valid news source in Bangladesh. Read on: Moon landing ‘hoax’ story giant misstep

The Day After Yesterday

This is an “open thread”, let’s see some funnel clouds and the destructive aftermath from yesterday’s storm that ripped through Southern Ontario…

We’ll start with these:

Musical Interlude: Bollywood He-Man Dinner Theater Edition

…and even their Orko was better than Gwildor.

You’re gonna love his nuts!

Everybody’s favourite hooker chew-toy, Vince, is back to tell us about the Slap Chop!

Oh, and this wouldn’t be the internet unless there were remixes…

Street Fighter Live

A live reenactment of the car smash bonus stage, featuring Ryu.

Found these two gems as well:

E. Honda car smash bonus stage

Ryu vs Ken

[via Capcom]

Musical Interlude: The Autonomous Guitar

This is just one of a number of Cylon-like instruments that together form the league of electronic musical urban robots.

[via hackaday]

Musical Interlude: Swine Flu sounds kinda nice

Multi-talented Stephan Zielinski is a writer, photographer, and also it seems a scientist, musician and a programmer, probably amongst other things.

He’s written computer code that sequenced the Swine Flu gene into music, and it doesn’t sound half bad. You can read more about it on his blog, or go directly here to listen and/or download the mp3.

I Smell a Nobel!

The Fart Intensity Detector

New Advances in Mobile Telecommunication

California based wireless telecommunications research and development company QUALCOMM gives us a preview of upcoming advances in the industry.

You can read more about the research at the QUALCOMM website.

MechRoach

Or an earlier prototype, at least.

Edit: The video seems somewhat resistant to embedding. (Can’t seem to get anything beyond the the mandatory 30-second CTV ad here). But the link below will take you directly to the clip.

Come to think of it, that guy just created an insect-version of a Dalek. Slap a plunger on there and we’re good to go.

[Daily Planet]

Musical Interlude: PC Hardware Edition #2

Wow, has it really been six months since I last did one of these posts?
Not to worry, I don’t think anyone else noticed either.

More music made by old computer parts and printers. Enjoy.

“Bohemian Rhapsody”
[bd594 via adafruit via hackaday]

“Theme from Super Mario Bros.”
[via hackaday]