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]

Note To Self: Do Not Betray Him

I think this is fake, but it’s still pretty funny.

Taste The Rainbow And/Or The Brains

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]

The Next ‘Thing That Will Inevitably Destroy the World’ . . . or Save It

What’s this, you ask?  Something that’s gonna look really, really cool.  The question on everyone’s mind is — is it actually gonna move?

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]

Transformers

Every once in a while I see a work of art, hear a song or watch a video that completely leaves me in awe wondering, how the hell was this done. This is one of those things:  Marlboro Transformers

In The Dawn of the Blu-Ray Era…

…what to do with that old VCR?

How to make a VHS video toaster [via Hack a Day]

He’s like The Rocketeer

…except with a 40-foot tether, and he can only fly over water…

[Break via hackaday]

Strangest Sites in GoogleMaps

You can also check this out if you want to see Area 51 or the Playboy Mansion…

Thanks For Clearing That Up, Björk

Back when I was in my teens, I used to think that Icelandic people were rather strange and silly.  But it turned out that it’s only Björk who is like that.

Here, she answers that age old question: How do they get the picture onto the TV screen?

[via hackaday.com]