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Crave Podcast 87: Telepathic robot monkeys

Crave The number 87 means so much to us. It's the 26th distinct biprime, it's the atomic number of francium (the suavest element), and in cricket it's the Devil's number -- unlucky because it's 13 short of a century.

Tags: crave podcast, msi wind, story, body

30 May 2008, 11:00

Robot suits: not able to kill yet

Crave We enjoyed Sigourney Weaver wearing a twenty-foot-tall robot suit in Aliens, but we didn't think: "There’s the solution to my commuting needs. Meet the i-foot -- a mountable, walking robot capable of navigating stairs.

Tags: robot, foot, ostrich, love

21 March 2005, 10:09

iRobot and Boeing to collaborate on robot

Crave Crave US:  iRobot pretty much has both ends of the robot spectrum covered: cute, household cleaning robots and industrial-strength military robots. Monday's announcement that iRobot and Boeing will team up on a military/civilian/commercial robot...

Tags: military, robot, robots, irobot

23 April 2007, 9:00

Honda Asimo robot runs round in circles at CES 2007

Crave The stairs of potential doom await the arrival of Asimo, Honda's humanoid robot. Honda began developing its humanoid robot in 1986. Its first self-regulating, two-legged robot was completed ten years later, in 1996, and christened P2.

10 January 2007, 9:00

Drobo: Automated data robot

Crave Data storage is usually as dull as ditchwater, but our ears pricked up when we heard about Drobo -- the world's first storage robot. Okay, so it's not in the same league as Asimo, but it's far more useful than that stupid Sony Aibo thing.

Tags: data robotics, disk, remove, storage

21 December 2007, 8:00

Meet Spyke, Meccano's Wi-Fi spy robot

Crave Meet Spyke, the Wi-Fi spy robot. The robot has a built-in speaker, which can play MP3s stored on your PC -- including podcasts like ours. Crave felt a wave of nostalgia this morning as we caught wind of a brand new product from Meccano.

Tags: wi fi, fi, motion, stored

18 July 2007, 11:25

Does not compute: The 10 most annoying kid + robot team-ups

Crave Click through the links to meet the ten lamest kids to ever disgrace their badass mums and dads, and their ten robot sidekicks that make Asimo look like Arnie. And a robot. Will's best friend was the Model B-9 Environmental Control Robot, which...

21 April 2008, 17:48

Drobo 2: Return of the data robot

Crave Yesterday we had a little nerdgasm over the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS. While we're on the subject of cool storage devices, you really should know about the second-generation Data Robotics Drobo -- the sequel to the totally drool-worthy Drobo we...

Tags: storage, disks, gen, final cut pro

20 August 2008, 10:55

Crave TV: iRobot Roomba 560, Looj and Scooba robot cleaners

Crave We've all been there. No-one likes a dirty house, but no-one wants to do the housework. Time to put an end to those all-too-familiar arguments with iRobot's latest version of the gadgets to take away the pain of cleaning your abode.

8 January 2008, 16:48

Robots at CES: WowWee or just so-so?

Crave When you've made electric love to Honda's ludicrously expensive Asimo robot, where can you head in the anthropomorphic-robotic-creature stakes but down? The best robot on the WowWee stand at CES was the Dragonfly.

Tags: face, spider, robot, floor

16 January 2007, 11:15

Crave TV: Does Asimo dream of electric sheep?

Crave Crave TV caught up with Honda's Asimo robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and interviewed his keeper, Geoffrey Smith. Asimo is a fully mobile, human-like robot. Asimo has met royalty, walked the red carpet at a Hollywood premier and...

12 January 2007, 9:00

Crave's Best of CES 2007: The five coolest things

Crave Honda's humanoid robot moves quickly and smoothly, plays football, climbs stairs, balances on one foot and dances like your dad. Beyond the sheer wonderfulness of the robot, it's refreshing to see a company working on a long-term project that's...

Tags: speakers, battery life, ces, robot

12 January 2007, 16:39

Top ten evil computers

Crave The computer becomes self-aware, drains power from the national grid, and transforms Webster's sister into a robot in a scene that traumatised a generation of 80s kids. The child is eventually born in a weird robot shell and turns out to be a clone...

1 November 2007, 9:12

Where's my hoverboard? And other movie tech we want now

Crave Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyAs long as it doesn't go all Terminator, robot servants would be very handy. Honda's robot can walks very much like a person and can even carry a tray. Where the hell is it?

19 February 2008, 14:24

Nokia 6650: Clamshells can be smart, too

Crave Just because a phone is smart doesn't mean it needs to look like something built for a Robot Wars competition. Smart phones, perk up! You're allowed to look normal. Case in point is Nokia's 6650, a seemingly humble phone that hides almost as many...

Tags: nokia, clamshell, maps, headphones

21 July 2008, 11:31