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MIT Student Creates a Robot That Plays Connect Four for a Course Final
MIT student Patrick McCabe created a robot capable of playing Connect Four for the final project of a Microcomputer Project Laboratory course. The robot features…
‘When Will Robots Take Over the World?’, A Look at the Threat of a Robotic Uprising by The Atlantic
The Atlantic pulled together a cross section of scientists, artists and comedians to answer the question “When Will Robots Take Over the World?” The consensus…
Kids React to the 1980s Animated Television Series ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
For their Kids React series, Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers show a group of kids the 1980s animated television series Teenage Mutant…
A Miniature Drum Kit Set Up Inside an Empty Can of Orangina
Redditor TheEskhaton spotted a tiny drum kit set up inside of an empty can of Orangina during a recent trip to a record store. The…
‘Lame Claim to Fame’, An Original Song About People With Tenuous Connections to Celebrities by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic has released a music video for his song “Lame Claim to Fame”, an original song about people with tenuous connections to celebrities.…
Two Skydivers Jump From 5,000 Feet and Successfully Land on a Slip ‘N Slide
Skydivers Niklas Daniel and Brianne Thompson leap from a plane at 5,000 feet above Arizona and manage to successfully land on a Slip ‘N Slide,…
Josh Lobster, A Graphic Novel About a Man With a Lobster Claw for an Arm Trapped on a New England Island
Josh Lobster is a forthcoming graphic novel written by Chris Reilly and illustrated by Devon Devereaux that follows the story of the titular protagonist as…
A 1990s R&B Cover of the ‘Muppet Babies’ Cartoon Series Theme Song
Pianist Scott Bradlee and his band recently performed a 1990s R&B cover of the Muppet Babies cartoon series theme song with vocals by Karen Marie…
Are You a Human, A Quick Test Presented During a TED Talk by Ze Frank
Ze Frank presented a brief quiz for determining which members of the audience were human — a sort of reverse Turing Test — in his…
A Series of Impressions of Well-Known ‘Star Wars’ Characters in Five Minutes by Barely Political
Todd Womack and Mark Douglas of Barely Political team up with Ross Marquand of the The Impression Guys series to perform 30 impressions of well-known…