Video Android-Controlled Battle Robots Go To War (Video) 41
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Let's pretend for a moment that your name is Google. You want to have lots of developers working with your stuff. So you hold a Google Input|Output 2012 event. You have Sergey Brin showing off Google Glass, but most of your show consists of talks with titles like Integrate Web Intents into Your Web Application Today and What's New in Android?... which is all great fun, but also a tad boring. Luckily, somebody at Google piped up and said, "I know! We need Android-controlled fighting robots!" And they contacted the Stupid Fun Club, and Lo! There were Android-controlled robots fighting on the show floor, and all was right with the world.
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time to join the Resistance? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm too lazy to go read the article, but will somebody please tell me that this story is about a play battle with a bunch of nerds with raspberry pi-on-wheels RC cars and is NOT about the Rise of the Machines?
I'm not going to touch my smartphone until I get the All Clear. I've got tongs and gloves and I will put this thing in the microwave if there's any danger . But for all I know, the microwave is in on it, too. You know, I could swear that the phone's been vibrating in a much more violent way lately. Thing goes off on the table next to my bed and it sounds like somebody's using a chain saw to cut through the floor. "Haptic feedback", my ass. This thing is trying to get up and walk!
I've been wondering how long before the Cloud becomes sentient. But then, I've also been wondering if I could juice a frozen pizza, so that doesn't really mean very much. I do more than my fair share of wondering.
Oh hell, it's going in the Microwave. Nobody's responded to this post yet, so maybe they've shot off an EMP blast or something and it's like Fallout 3 outside. If not, I'm going to go ahead and give this bitch 2 minutes on "defrost" just as a warning. To show it who's boss.