The head of the Philip K. Dick android, which went missing in 2006, has been rebuilt by Hanson Robotics. Who will help it come to grips with its strange and chequered past? Video after the jump.
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Gearfuse Almanac: January 13 in Science and Technology
Opera on the radio, Paul Feyerabend's scientific relativism, and Soviet mistrust of scientists and intellectuals: today's hits in the history of science and technology
Read More »Lunchtime Grooves: Freelance Whales, �Enzyme�
Neue Films' video for the Queens-based baroque rockers catches life's uncanny, elemental evanescence. Video after the jump.
Read More »Gearfuse Almanac: January 12 in Science and Technology
Iron girders, gay Paris, and the crackle of radio transmissions: today's hit in the history of science and technology.
Read More »The Cactus Key Is a Little Sharp
Mastering the musical cactus requires not only a deft ear, but a good supply of bandages.
Read More »The Extinction of the Ewoks
The trouble with the Rebel Alliance: no exit strategy. Video after the jump
Read More »Gearfuse Almanac: January 11 in Science and Technology
Moons of Uranus, a trans-Pacific solo flight, and the health dangers of smoking: today's hits in the history of science and technology.
Read More »Lady Gaga Rematerializes the Image
To reboot their product line, Polaroid have appealed to the highest authority: they've named Lady Gaga their creative director. Her photographic sunglasses may be a caprice; her new digital instant camera offers retronovation with technical flair.
Read More »Unevenly Distributed: How Online Pizza Delivery Makes America The Best Country In The World
According to sci-fi novelist Arthur C. Clarke, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." That's how I feel about American pizza delivery. It's all about an obsession with convenience bordering on the quantum, and it's what makes America the best country in the world.
Read More »Auction Offers Pieces of the Space Race
Bidding starts January 13 on five hundred pieces of space-race memorabilia�including a headset worn by Charlie Duke, capcom for the Apollo 11 mission.
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