If you are a robot lover who hopes to have a mechanical friend that could save your life someday, we've got great news. On the other hand, if you are afraid of a hostile robot takeover, the news for you isn't so great.
Scientists in Japan have built a small humanoid robot that can walk on a tightrope, balancing itself by swinging its arms. Although, it's really more like sliding than walking. Anyway, the good news is that one day your friend might be able to rescue you from danger, if you happen to find yourself stuck somewhere only reachable by tightrope.
Of course, if you're one of those people who keeps a written copy of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics just in case you need to issue a warning to an overly aggressive vacuum cleaner, this is the time to press the panic button. "And I thought making my house only accessible with tightropes would save? me from the robot uprising," wrote a worried user in the comment thread.
The robot in the video is likely controlled remotely — it doesn't balance itself — by the researchers. It's not completely clear whether that's the case since the Google translation of the Japanese page isn't entirely accurate.
Regardless, this is still a pretty amazing feat. The only problem is that the robot doesn't move very quickly — it takes it three minutes to slide over a short rope. So if you need help from your robo-buddy, you'll have to be patient. If you're chased by one of these Terminators, worry not, you'll have plenty of time to scoot out of its way.
If you're a book lover, getting an e-reader is both exciting and vexing. True, you can have hundreds of books ready to read at a whim. But the downside is that no one else knows what you're reading (but then again, maybe that's a good thing).
Etsy user NovelCreations came up with the perfect solution -- book purses! See if your favorite old or new classic has been turned into a e-reader transportation device.
Of course the purses aren't specifically for e-readers, but it's still a fun idea. They seem fairly customizable, so don't feel shy asking the seller if she can make your favorite the way you like. And in case you were wondering, she recycles the inside pages of the books but says, "If you want the inside pages from your purchase, select the inside pages shipment from my website."
These new photos taken of body-painted models posing to form bikes are simply captivating.
The company i.d.e.a. hired Trina Merry, fine art body painter from the San Francisco Bay area, to create stunning web art for the 2012 International Motorcycle Roadshow tour, which kicks off on Nov. 2.
The team was given three days to create a dirt bike, a sport bike and a cruiser. Working with Erin Bates, the host of the tour, a sports reporter and a dirt bike rider, yoga experts formed themselves into positions and supported Bates as the rider.
While chowing down candy and carving pumpkins are two popular Halloween activities, nothing beats curling up on the couch with a mug of toasty hot apple cider and tuning in to your favorite show.
Luckily, there's a way to combine all of the above when our TV faves roll out Halloween-themed episodes.
We've collected some GIFs of the most memorable Halloween episode moments in TV history in the gallery above. Be sure to leave your spooktacular show memories in the comments below.
Since the second day of second grade, Omaha, Neb. Stella Ehrhart, 8, has gone to school dressed as a different person -- sometimes fictional, mostly historical -- almost every day.
Her first costume was Laura Ingalls Wilder. Now in third grade, Stella has channeled Joan Baez, Queen Elizabeth, Billie Holiday, Georgia O'Keefe, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and more for her daily outfits.
Though Stella's costumes occasionally veer into non-historical woman territory -- she has dressed as Elvis Costello, Jan Brady, her best friend and her school principal -- the majority of her inspiration comes from the book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century.
If you're a book lover, getting an e-reader is both exciting and vexing. True, you can have hundreds of books ready to read at a whim. But the downside is that no one else knows what you're reading (but then again, maybe that's a good thing).
Etsy user NovelCreations came up with the perfect solution -- book purses! See if your favorite old or new classic has been turned into a e-reader transportation device.
Of course the purses aren't specifically for e-readers, but it's still a fun idea. They seem fairly customizable, so don't feel shy asking the seller if she can make your favorite the way you like. And in case you were wondering, she recycles the inside pages of the books but says, "If you want the inside pages from your purchase, select the inside pages shipment from my website."
These new photos taken of body-painted models posing to form bikes are simply captivating.
The company i.d.e.a. hired Trina Merry, fine art body painter from the San Francisco Bay area, to create stunning web art for the 2012 International Motorcycle Roadshow tour, which kicks off on Nov. 2.
The team was given three days to create a dirt bike, a sport bike and a cruiser. Working with Erin Bates, the host of the tour, a sports reporter and a dirt bike rider, yoga experts formed themselves into positions and supported Bates as the rider.
While chowing down candy and carving pumpkins are two popular Halloween activities, nothing beats curling up on the couch with a mug of toasty hot apple cider and tuning in to your favorite show.
Luckily, there's a way to combine all of the above when our TV faves roll out Halloween-themed episodes.
We've collected some GIFs of the most memorable Halloween episode moments in TV history in the gallery above. Be sure to leave your spooktacular show memories in the comments below.
Since the second day of second grade, Omaha, Neb. Stella Ehrhart, 8, has gone to school dressed as a different person -- sometimes fictional, mostly historical -- almost every day.
Her first costume was Laura Ingalls Wilder. Now in third grade, Stella has channeled Joan Baez, Queen Elizabeth, Billie Holiday, Georgia O'Keefe, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and more for her daily outfits.
Though Stella's costumes occasionally veer into non-historical woman territory -- she has dressed as Elvis Costello, Jan Brady, her best friend and her school principal -- the majority of her inspiration comes from the book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century.
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