Archive for the 'Miscellaneous' category
Miscellaneous: On Launch Pad 39A, preperation for final night launch
February 7th, 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour is seen after the rotating service structure is rolled back on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 at Launch Pad 39A of the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour and the crew members of the STS-130 mission are set to launch on Sunday at 4:39 a.m. EST.
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Miscellaneous: Tesla’s Roadster To Exit In 2011
January 30th, 2010
If you want a Tesla Roadster, you better sign up now. Tesla Motors plans to stop building the car in 2011.
Miscellaneous: Daicon IV is such a classic
January 25th, 2010
Daicon IV high quality/cleaned up rip from Laserdisc, they didn’t do any color correction though, how sad.
Miscellaneous: Mechazawa from Chromartie High is awesome, but he seems to be a normal guy and not a robot at all
December 12th, 2009
Miscellaneous: SpaceShipTwo finally unveiled
December 8th, 2009
See more on Virgin Galactic’s flickr stream
Miscellaneous: We all know what this is like
November 24th, 2009
I mean the coffee part, not the being the little girl part
Miscellaneous: Papercraft Mecha never looked so good
November 19th, 2009
They’re called Metabots and buy them here. Theres a video of how to build them too.
They seem to be thicker foam board instead of paper, but this just means they’ll survive longer.
Miscellaneous: The Heart of a Maiden
November 10th, 2009
I guess this is one of Hawk’s prototypes for Eve
Miscellaneous: I have no clue what Maschinen Krieger is, but happy Halloween
October 31st, 2009
And yes, you can buy them.
Miscellaneous: MUSA GX-3 “Victoria” by ukitakumuki
August 30th, 2009
I displayed his Wyvern GX2 back in January.
Miscellaneous: Prototype Sukhoi PAK FA
July 10th, 2009
Duler.ru is good at 3D design, methinks. Information about the actual project here.
Miscellaneous: Penny Arcade does film noir with robots, see also that one episode of Big O
June 13th, 2009
See the full comic here. I really like this and I hope they consider to do more of it.
Gabe has to say about it,
“The second concept is Automata, nineteen-twenties crime fiction which unfolds in a time where “machine intellect” has been outlawed. It wasn’t always, certainly, and the problem of what to do with the [...]
Miscellaneous: Kazushi Kobayashi’s Chubu 01
January 19th, 2009
Kazushi Kobayashi’s Chubu 01 is a robot from an alternate 1957 where robots are the primary mode of transportation. Build-it-yourself model kits are for sale in Harajuku’s TOKYO CULTUART gallery at 28.000 Yen a pop ($350 or so). (Kobayashi’s gallery, thanks Boing Boing)
Miscellaneous: Atomic Robo
July 22nd, 2008
Here. Totally has that classic Big Guy and Rusty feel to it.
Miscellaneous: Cruise Chaser Blassty
July 2nd, 2008
“Cruise Chaser Blassty (ブラスティー格納庫, Cruise Chaser Blassty) is a computer role-playing game developed by Square for various Japanese computers. The game featured mecha originally designed by Nagano Mamoru and music by Nobuo Uematsu.” — Wikipedia
