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[dracodraconis]

	Book uses bellows to create animal sounds.
	Clouds over Mars, taken by the Phoenix lander.
	15-m high mechanical spider, suspended over Liverpool traffic. The spider was created by La Machine of France, and will descend to the street over the course of 5 days, culminating in what the creators refer to as a "spectacular finish" on Friday.
	Artist's conception of a robotic probe, released from a thermal drill unit, proposed by NASA as a way to cut through the ice of places like Europa. The heated drill self-sterilizes as it melts ice and cuts through tough patches.
	Spincast 12-inch parabolic mirror made from simulated moondust. NASA theorizes that the approach could be used to build huge telescopes on the moon using local materials, vacuum already provided on-site.
	Disputed region in the Arctic. Solid lines are agreed-upon boundaries, dashed blue lines are equi-distant lines representing theoretical boundaries, and the dashed red lines marks the 200-mile limit from all coastlines. The region is believed to hold more than 90 billion barrels of oil.
	Portal to the Mayan Underworld, recently uncovered by archaeologists. It is a labyrinth of 14 caves filled with stone temples and pyramids,
	World's thinnest balloon, made from a single layer of carbon atoms yet impermeable to all gas molecules, even helium.
	Ultra-light micro air vehicles. Each weighs about 3 grams and has a 10 centimeter wingspan.They can fly for up to 3 minutes at a speed of 5 metres/second.
	Click on the image to see an interview with "Emily", who was created by Image Metrics and might just have crossed the "Uncanny valley". If the video link doesn't work, try the Times Online. Found on grinding.be.

Comments

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

The mayan underworld story is very cool.

As far as the uncanny valley... it still looked a wee bit off, but it looks like they are well on their way through.

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Still, a good effort.

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

I wonder if people wouldn't deal better with robots that looked like robots.