There’s been a lot written about how humans anthropomorphize Pleo – but even dolphins are fascinated! This is an amazing video. Sirensgrotto says that Pleo reacts positively to the dolphins, too. Related: Hack the Pleo robotic dinosaur new dev forum and scripting now available BREAKING NEWS: MySkit – Performance editor for PLEO
Action figure modder Silloff, who’s work we’ve blogged about before, has an amazing collection of Star Wars figures re-envisioned within a steampunk universe. Steam Punk Star Wars [via]
From Flickr: I made this using the lost wax casting process with an organic burnout. The material is silicon bronze. The original sleeve for the Pez broke, so I cannibalized parts from another dispenser: Simba from the Lion King. The hole in the body resulted from an incomplete casting of the thin part; probably could […]
On Dinosaurs + Robots, Mister Jalopy wrote about this sweet 1940s gas-powered model racer: Starting in the 1920’s, well before radio control cars, hobbyists built and raced nitro burning model cars tethered to a center point like an old Cox airplane. Eventually, there was a commercial market of such size that small manufacturers like Duro-Matic […]
The crazy steampunk machine – [via] Link
Tomotaka Takahashi demoing his robot minions bots at the recent Robotopia Rising event in Washington, DC. MANOI, FT, Chroino Robot Demos – [via] Link
Kathy Sierra says, “Give that special boss, client, co-worker, employee, friend, etc. their own action figure doll. You can do it the cheap way — about $6.00, or the ultra-expensive way — $300 and up. It’s a great way to call out someone’s special attributes and let them know you’ve been paying attention. This “tradition” […]
