Robot Actors
A Wakamaru robot, named Momoko for a performance at Japan’s Osaka University, appears onstage alongside actress Minako Inoue.
The Wakamaru normally a domestic robot is primarily meant as a companion for seniors and the disabled. It uses a laser and cameras to track and identify people, and recognizes approximately 10,000 words necessary for daily life.
Tuesday marked the theatrical debut for the robot, which appeared onstage alongside real-life actors in Hataraku Watashi (“I, Worker”), by playwright Oriza Hirata. The Play focuses on a couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its motivation to work.
The 20-minute production took place at Japan’s Osaka University–where Hirata is also a visiting professor at the Center of the Study of Communication-Design–and was performed for the media ahead of a possible full-scale public run in the next year or so. Hirata and the rest of the project team wrote special software that lets the robots move and deliver the right lines.
Soon all liberal arts majors will be repalced by robots.
The International Space Station turns 10
“Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, watches a water bubble float between him and the camera, showing his image refracted, on the IISS on January 15th, 2005. (NASA)”
The new cop car
I snapped these at the SF Car Show this past weekend (Nov.23). You can see more from the show here.
Baseball Furies
I watched this movie last weekend for the first time in a long time… like 15 yrs, probably. The Baseball Furies were always my favorite gang. I mean, c’mon, in reality that would have beat the shit out of the Warriors. They were just too bad ass.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGfqrn7nTA
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The AWESOME bootlegged Comic Con trailer. Official trailer will be released Dec. 12. in front of The Day the World Stood Still.
Leading up to the events of “X-Men,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe, including Deadpool and Gambit.
Liev Schreiber is going to be such an awesome Sabertooth.
Asleep on the Job
Puppy sleeps under a US soldier’s hat & rifle in Baquba, Diyala Province – NE Baghdad
Suicide Circle (Suicide Club)
A wonderfully twisted movie including people killing themselves in mass, crazy Japanese rock stars, cops who can’t figure it out, and children mysteriously controlling everything
Escape From New York
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Sexdrive
FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER. IF YOU SAY NAY, YOU ARE WRONG, SIR! YOU LOSE! YOU DRANK FIZZY LIFTING DINK…… oh sorry im going on a rant. my main message here is that youre wrong if you dissagree, im sorry.
Those Young Girls
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punisher – dolph lundgren
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Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back – Vader Movie Poster
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minority report
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they live
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Pan’s Labyrinth
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Strange Days
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The Signal
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Contact
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Red Planet
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Good sci-fi B movie.
Screamers
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Definitely underrated.
the omega man
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Splinter
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Dawn of the Dead
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The Abyss
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