Look at this! Amazing isn’t it? That ruddy great thing is hovering a mile above your head right now, allowing space-science types to fiddle with doohickeys and tinker with whatjamacallits in between updating their twitter accounts and looking down your chimney at you in the bath. This gorgeous image of the international space station was even enough to awe astronauts, according to astronaut Stephen Robinson:
‘To look up and see what humankind could really accomplish in space was just almost impossible to believe. It seemed like science fiction,’.
Anyway, there’s a ton more awesome imagery here, so check it out and help support your local interstellar journeyman!
Since 1999, we’ve all been living in the future, and as such have all experienced that common problem: giant automatons crashing down the street, crushing hapless commuters under their atomic feet. Luckily, once we reach the tritanium office bunker, we’re safe…until now that is. Seems Willow Garage, a ‘non-military’ robotics company is intent on inviting tiny robots into the office –meaning hapless loafers like us can stay in bed! The Texas Alpha robot can dock itself, comes with obstacle-avoiding sensors, and has the added bonus of making your previously intimidating boss look like the bastard child of Max Headroom and a Segway.
Telepresence – all the benefit of being in the office with the extra sweetener of not needing to wear pants!
Now that’s a thing of beauty aint it? Microsoft may be parting company with Halo creators Bungie after this release, and game details are still sketchy, but these new screenshots that leaked out today show that if this is the last hurrah for the series, it’ll be amazing to watch!
Looking for a unique fixer-upper opportunity? How about a bloody great space station? You may not have considered the unique pleasure of owning five bio-domes (each full of easily hunt-and-kill-able alien species), a bar selling weird alien booze, and even an..erm..auctioneer…but with this gigantic trade and revival station you can have it all!
Everyone love retro gaming right? After all, Games innovation will never surpass the heights reached by Shaq-Fu, so why even bother? Which is exactly why we love First Person Tetris!
Yep, if there was a national survey of things you just don’t need, this would be way up there, but who would have thought pretending to be a brick for a half hour would recreate that ‘12 pints to the wind’ feeling so accurately?
