machine-human

GNU/HURD installation

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:18:00 GMT

GNU/HURD installation in the virtual machine (debian-K16-hurd-i386-CD1
grub-94).
VMWare Workstation (Trial).
The hole process took 1:30Hs
Enjoy the soundtrack:
Moonlight Sonata Op. 27-2 in C sharp minor: Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata n.11, Rondo alla Turca: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wii Chef Robot

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:14:00 GMT

Wii Chef Robot in action – having a hard time learning how to whip the eggs and cut ham. Recipe of the Day: Ham ‘N Cheese omelet. Very cool.

Festo Airjelly

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:25:00 GMT

AirJelly is a helium-filled balloon with an intelligent, adaptive mechanism. It has a two lithium-ion polymer battery to which the central electric motor is connected. Jelly also uses its tentacles to perform peristaltic movements and gently glide through the air.
Festo.com

Font Bots

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:27:00 GMT

Amazing typographic illustrations based on sans-serifs:

Artist: Jonathon Yule
Website: www.invdr.com

Robots - Spaceships & Other Tin Toys

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:36:00 GMT

Yesterday I bought this magnificent book Robots – Spaceships & Other Tin Toys (Kitahara, Teruhisa / Shimizu, Yukio – Hardcover – 15.5×21.7 cm, – 352 pages – Multilingual Edition: German, French, English). This Taschen’s 25th anniversary special edition features the Tehurisa Kitahara collection of tin toys from the 50s and the 60s – various tin aeroplanes and ships, rockets, clockwork robots, the Coney Island Rocket Ride, Godzilla, Batman, Popeye, Fire Dept. cars, big American limousines, genuine precursors of today’s toys and grownup designs. An excellent gift for the boys (aka adults), this amazing book transported me back to childhood, a place of colorful dreams and interplanetary adventures.

Who, with more than 30, hasn’t had one of these in hands?