Online Cortex Thoughts on Science and Technology

A fun song about the robotic takeover…

Posted under Fun, Robotics

Do you have robot insurance?

Consider Old Glory Robot Insurance, because when they grab you with their metal claws, you can’t break free.  Because they are made of metal, and robots are strong.

Watch the 1995 Saturday Night Live commercial here!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

Posted under Fun, Robotics

BigThink.com is a new website that is the YouTube of people’s opinions.  They have topics of conversation along with videos of experts and viewers providing their opinions.

This is potentially an exciting new medium for the exchanging of ideas.  However, in a world where we have come to believe that everyone’s opinion is somehow worthwhile, this could also be a disaster.  They have imposed some structure which will most likely avert the problems I anticipate here (with only 5 minutes of thought).

BigThink.com has experts providing their opinions along with a set of unanswered questions.  It will be very interesting to see how this progresses—especially in the areas of hot debate.

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

Posted under Fun, General, Information, Internet

Sarcos is a company that specializes in robotic systems.  They have been working to develop exoskeletons that will give ordinary people super-human strength.  The age of the super-hero and super-villian is upon us!

The video below shows their exoskeleton in action:

Posted under Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology

Tetris is a great game involving manuevering and rotating geometric shapes rapidly to best fit them into continually evolving template.

Here is a video of a Japanese game show involving Human Tetris.
You have to contort your body to fit through the hole.  If you don’t the wall pushes you into a pool of water… yellow water.

Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

Posted under Fun