David Hanson Builds Robotic Faces

The story of a brilliant ex-Imagineer roboticist who’s challenging the Uncanny Valley: “Humans are facing an identity crisis, Hanson said - one that just a few people know about but many sense. ‘If we can mechanize what makes us human, that will make us feel like a mechanism.’”

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Call of Duty 4: First Trailer

Wow, just wow. I’ve seen early versions of most of this work before tonight, but not in such a beautifully and excitingly presented way. Re-encoded to WMV for my fellow fanboys (and girls):

Call of Duty 4 First Trailer (720p)

IW rocks my world to the MAX!

facing the android’s conundrum

jessie and I saw the Shins play live last weekend at the Orpheum here in LA. it was my first time seeing them - since we missed their opener for Belle & Sebastian and the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl due to crippling traffic - and they were really, really good. Viva Voce opened for them and guest starred on a few songs (Anita Robinson’s been singing backup on some of the songs on Wincing The Night Away, as well as on their latest tour), and I was really impressed with their set as well.

we were able to take some shakycam video of the concert using our camera, which we posted on YouTube. here’s the really cool downtempo version of “Caring Is Creepy” that they played at the concert:


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