Thu 7.12.2006

Ms. Dewey Live Search

Ms. Dewey is not a bad search bot. Not bad at all. Granted, Live Search is not the quickest way to search the web. But it’s fun and produces very relevant results.

Filed by Fredrik at December 7th, 2006 under Oddities, Technology, Web, Internet, Interesting
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Wed 6.09.2006

Hotbot dating

This authentic IM conversation between the IKEA automatic answering bot and Sgt. STAR of the US army ditto quickly turns surreal. Back to work on those AI’s I say.

Filed by Fredrik at September 6th, 2006 under Oddities, Fun, Web, Interesting
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Mon 26.06.2006

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore

I’m sure there is a point to this and that the makers somehow mean well, but it all gets terribly lost in the flashy effects and the not-so-well-hidden scare tactics. Fortunately though, the makers of Futurama brings us a frank response

Filed by Fredrik at June 26th, 2006 under Oddities, Movies, Interesting, Stupid
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Thu 4.05.2006

yellow by adidas

Colour coded robots will sell shoes. Maybe. Certainly looks nice, yellow

Filed by Fredrik at May 4th, 2006 under Oddities, Movies, Brands, Advertising
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Mon 3.04.2006

Exoskeleton-hiking

Aljazeera reports that two disabled Japanese are going climbing in the Swiss alps, with the help of a robotic exoskeleton called HAL.

Filed by Peter at April 3rd, 2006 under General, Oddities, Technology, Science
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