Japanese Fashion Robot Hits the Runway

Ramp models may soon become obsolete. Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology designed the Human Robotics Project 4C specifically to strike a pose on the runway. Click here to continue reading “Japanese Fashion Robot Hits the Runway”…

March 18, 2009 · 17 Comments (with 4 Conversations)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Abandons Print

Seattle Post-IntelligencerSince computer nerds are the first to ditch print for the Web, the death of print started with the top computer geek publication of them all: PC Magazine. It continued into something slightly less geeky: Electonic Gaming Monthly.

Now the death of print cascades into something decidedly more mainstream. After 146 years of selling dead trees, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer just ditched print to go completely online. Yesterday’s edition was the last to be printed. The P-I is Seattle’s oldest newspaper, and by far the largest American newspaper to make the jump. Click here to continue reading “Seattle Post-Intelligencer Abandons Print”…

March 18, 2009 · 2 Comments (with 1 Conversation)