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![Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal [Robots]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/6/f/4/6/c/7/6/f/7/f/2c37c9cd089f1088d25a5a.jpeg) |
Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal [Robots]io9 - Dec 1, 2008 I love this little bot whose fingers are made of roach clips. In the future, when pot is legal and alcohol-drinking is for people who experiment with dangerous retro-drugs, you'll be able to choose from a whole line of … Also tagged: drugs, satire, futurism, doobiebots |
![Barnaby Ward Pits Cute Girls Against Monsters and Giant Robots [Art]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/c/1/a/a/a/c/8/4/0/f/3ebe07bdd8662534a20170.jpeg) |
Barnaby Ward Pits Cute Girls Against Monsters and Giant Robots [Art]io9 - Nov 30, 2008 Nearly all of Barnaby Ward’s comics and narrative illustrations feature beautiful young girls, slender, hip, with unruly hair and too much eyeliner. But these girls provide an anchor for Ward’s far wilder depictions of … Also tagged: art, illustration, manga, drawings, mecha, giant robots |
![Robotic Rickshaws Wander the Streets of Beijing [Robots]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/4/f/5/3/d/b/b/6/a/06795d2d08247fd896a13d.jpeg) |
Robotic Rickshaws Wander the Streets of Beijing [Robots]io9 - Nov 30, 2008 Wu Yulu may have only a primary school education, but his fascination with robots has inspired him to create 26 automata, a veritable robot army. But rather than leading his robots toward global conquest, Wu has … Also tagged: robotics, china, rickshaw, robotics engineering, wu yulu |
![Aquatic Military Bots of the Twenty-Third Century [Concept Art]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/4/0/c/3/f/6/6/9/8/e6c0d1db27428fab4c307c.jpeg) |
Aquatic Military Bots of the Twenty-Third Century [Concept Art]io9 - Nov 29, 2008 Meet S.A.M., a subaquatic mech who only looks swaybacked when he's trying to carry his modded bulk around on land. S.A.M. is one of many character creations by Daniel Baker, a concept artist at Blitz games in the UK … Also tagged: art, concept art, daniel baker |
![Mobile Spy Cams Frame You for Murders They Commit [Eyeborgs]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/2/0/6/5/8/a/0/d/d/224720196ed76ae931499f.jpeg) |
Mobile Spy Cams Frame You for Murders They Commit [Eyeborgs]io9 - Nov 29, 2008 Government spy cameras are a common feature in science fiction, suggesting a future where citizens are under near-constant surveillance. But in the upcoming film Eyeborgs, cameras cease to be a mere symbol of … Also tagged: movies, surveillance, b movies, eyeborgs, richard clabaugh |
![Long Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo [Retro Futurism]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/f/d/f/e/4/b/9/b/5/1/fe23bcfdb56e0563ae2755.jpeg) |
Long Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo [Retro Futurism]io9 - Nov 23, 2008 From the recently posted Life magazine archives comes photographic evidence of a pistol-packing robot that predated Michael Crichton’s Westworld and Yul Brynner’s Gunslinger by some 13 years. Alas, the archives don’t … Also tagged: robert wolfe, westworld, michael crichton, yul brynner, mike connors, gunslinger, retro futurism |
![10 Robotic Pets That Deserve to Live in the White House [Robot Pets]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/f/0/7/1/a/a/c/a/c/282280c99017f2f1a47748.jpeg) |
10 Robotic Pets That Deserve to Live in the White House [Robot Pets]io9 - Nov 17, 2008 Ever since Barack Obama announced that he would be getting his daughters Malia and Sasha a puppy, dog-lovers have speculated on the breed of the future First Pooch. But we suspect the perfect dog for the Obamas is, in … Also tagged: gadgets, dogs, pets, obama, robot pets |
![Gort Is The New Megatron In The Day The Earth Stood Still [The Day The Earth Stood Still]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/e/7/3/3/3/5/1/d/7/7/e2fc5d005ac94d5fc4fa4e.jpeg) |
Gort Is The New Megatron In The Day The Earth Stood Still [The Day The Earth Stood Still]io9 - Nov 14, 2008 Big robots in tiny spaces is apparently all the rage these days. A brand new The Day The Earth Stood Still international trailer shows Gort all locked up in some kind of military facility, just like Megatron in … Also tagged: movies, trailer, transformers, the day the earth stood still, tdtess |
![Could BURN-E Win the Mecha Cuteness Sweepstakes Against WALL-E? [Burn-e]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/5/e/7/c/4/9/c/a/0/9/6e9772a51c360c004e03f2.jpeg) |
Could BURN-E Win the Mecha Cuteness Sweepstakes Against WALL-E? [Burn-e]io9 - Nov 11, 2008 It could be nothing but win for welder bot BURN-E, in this new short from the WALL-E DVD coming out November 18. BURN-E, who is on a mission to fix a light no matter what happens, definitely throws down the adorable … Also tagged: dvd, animation, movie, pixar, short, wall e, burn e, burn e short, wall e short |
![Will The Surrogates Be The Next Blade Runner? [Surrogates]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/0/4/b/9/7/e/1/3/0/a/34a0324e92dd2053a91a0d.jpeg) |
Will The Surrogates Be The Next Blade Runner? [Surrogates]io9 - Nov 11, 2008 Surrogates, the Bruce Willis cyber-avatar movie coming next fall, is "cool and sort of Blade Runner-ish," says producer Elizabeth Banks, star of Zack and Miri Make A Porno. And the tale of a future where people stay … Also tagged: movies, comics, bruce willis, graphic novel, surrogates |