In Japan, you can find a plethora of unique things that you simply won’t find anywhere else. From vending machines to robots, a lot of products are like ones you’ve never witnessed before. This time around, it’s a spa called Saltasia. As the name implies, this spa is heavily salt-based. Salt lines each room and is supposed to promote anti-aging ...

Dong Han Kim and his team at the Seoul National University of Technology in South Korea have designed a robot that can jump up stairs using two empty plastic soda bottles. In spite of all the amazing crap robots can do, they often have trouble navigating steps. Kim’s ScoutRobot solves this problem with an aluminum cylinder that blasts compressed air ...

Happen to be in the New York City area? Then check out the robots on display at the City Foundry, 365 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. These robot sculptures were created by Gordon Bennett out of a mixture of random objects found which are both old and new. These aren’t robotic bartenders trying to get you drunk so they ...

Remember that R/C Tortoise and the Swashbot, from the folks at Crabfu? They’re still hard at it, coming up with some awesome new robots. The latest on the line is the Putter Bot, a remote-controlled golfing robot. Actually, make that putting robot as I doubt this little guy is capable of a long drive without a driver. Getting through the ...

Get ready robot sports fans, Robocup 2009 will be held next year in the Austrian city of Graz. The robotic soccer tournament was first held in 1997 with the goal of encouraging research and one day building a team of bots that’s capable of taking on the human World Cup champions by 2050. Try Robocup has five divisions including a ...

“Staten Island? No problem! Brooklyn? Great! Come the fuck over and exercise before we sink!” This is the dialogue I would imagine would appear on TV to advertise the River Gym. What’s the River Gym? Oh, allow me to explain. See, it’s a floating boat-type deal with a gym built into it. People work out and not only do they ...

Welcome to the weekend edition. Sorry I haven’t popped out from under the hood to say hello sooner, but I was busy getting friendly with the nubile interns and bicycling monkeys who keep this site running. Now that I’ve got myself situated, it’s time for a proper introduction. My name’s Hunter and I’ll be getting up ass early on Saturdays ...

Thanks to a team of German scientists, robotically-enabled laziness may soon be a reality. The good people at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart have revealed what they’re calling the prototype of a new generation of service robots,” the Care-O-bot 3. This one-armed robot can serve drinks and carry items from one room to another. ...

We’ll be taking off tomorrow for Independence Day, so here’s a great helping of links to hold you over until tomorrow’s BBQ. We’ll do a roundup of the best posts of the week for you to browse over tomorrow morning while your wife is in the shower. No worries, mate. We have ya covered. Woot! is selling a cheap Slingbox ...

The 4th of July is fast approaching and I’m excited for fireworks. In the mean time, grab some sparklers and have a link or three! Win a kick ass Dark Knight Xbox 360 from Dominos NETGEAR rolled out an open-source router Attack of the 3-D Twitter Whale! Wanna know more about KAWS? Here’s your chance Too cool – the Bullit ...