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CGR Update October ’14 – ETHEL Cyborg Ninja, Lord Karnage books, shirt, prints, poster & more! – Video

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CGR Update October #39;14 - ETHEL Cyborg Ninja, Lord Karnage books, shirt, prints, poster more!
Classic Game Room UPDATE - Announcement of Ethel the Cyborg Ninja CGR comic book character, Lord Karnage books are in (and shipping soon to Kickstarter backers), Kolibri Destiny reviews ...

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Borderlands Pre-Sequel: Endgame Wilhelm Skill Tree Preview / The Immortal Cyborg – Video

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Continuing on with the End-Game Skill Trees we have Wilhelm, the immortal Cyborg. Subscribe - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bahroo6 Follow Me Twitch - http://ww...

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Make a cyborg pumpkin surprise with the Hack-o-Lantern kit

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Let your geek side loose this Halloween by using a Hack-o-Lantern kit to turn a regular pumpkin into a light-up boo machine.

This quick kit turns a pumpkin into a battery-powered jack-o'-lantern. LittleBits

Carved pumpkins are popular at Halloween. Sound-triggered electronic scare devices are also popular at Halloween. It's high time the two trends got together. LittleBits has put together a modular Hack-o-Lantern kit to combine your twin loves of fiddling with electronics and pulling the slimy, seed-laden mush out of a large orange squash.

The end result of the Hack-o-Lantern kit is a jack-o'-lantern that lights up an LED when it hears noise. It sits around, minding its own business, looking like its candle has burned out, until a trick-or-treater walks up to your door. Then it flashes on, illuminating whatever scary pattern you've carved into it. I would suggest a Dalek, Grumpy Cat or a bent iPhone 6 Plus.

The kit includes all the pieces you need to cyborg-ify a pumpkin. It comes with a battery, battery cable, power module, sound trigger, bright LED and "shoes" that help hold the gear in place.

To make it work, you put the circuit together and mount it inside the pumpkin. Set it on your porch and peek through your curtain to see if anybody notices. Combine it with one of those doormats that makes spooky noises when someone steps on it and you'll be well on your way to creating the proper Halloween ambiance for candy-seeking tykes.

If you want your pumpkin to just stay lit, then you can remove the sound trigger. The kit is a limited-edition offering just for Halloween for $29. That converts to about 18 or AU$33.50 -- LittleBits ships internationally (more info here). The snap-together modular nature of the pieces makes this an ideal project for parents who want to get their kids interested in electronics. After Halloween is over, you can pull the kit apart, order different modular pieces and start creating new hacks. And that's probably the best treat of all.

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Welcome to Lovesick Cyborg

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I dont obsess over the newest phones or tablets. What fascinates me is how technology shapes our human experience by triggering powerful emotions, guiding our cognitive processes and filtering our perceptions of the world. Why do some humanoid robots or animated film characters creep people out? Why have U.S. soldiers risked their lives to save stranded battlefield robots under enemy fire? Why do virtual reality headsets such as Oculus Rift feel like a magical wonderland to some people and make other people physically ill?

This blog is about finding those stories of how humans experience technology. I plan to look at issues such as the love/hate relationship we have with robots, why Disney-Pixars latest animated characters won (or lost) audiences at the movie theater, how people form relationships within online games, and the experience of using a prosthetic arm or leg. For instance, I may examine the digital resurrection of a fallen Hollywood actor or the fan idolization of a virtual pop star in Japan. At other times, I could consider how drones have shaped the experience of war for both soldiers and civilians, or whether drivers are willing to trust a new generation of self-driving robot cars from Google and other companies.

Part of my vision for this blog comes from having spent my college years studying the history and sociology of science an academic field that tries to understand science in the context of its people, institutions and broader society. But Im also leveraging almost seven years of experience as a science and technology journalist who has written for publications such as Scientific American, Popular Science, IEEE Spectrum, SPACE.com and LiveScience.

I hope the blog name Lovesick Cyborg gives some sense of what to expect here. I tend to prefer the looser definition of the word cyborg that describes anyone who interacts with even the simplest technologies, meaning all of us. But the word cyborg also evokes a science fiction vision of the future where humans and technology have forged an even closer relationship than before within the same body. That may either excite or scare you, but either way Ill try to give a heads up so that nobody is left surprised.

As for lovesick, I really wanted a word that could remind us of how technology can affect both our minds and bodies. But were already seeing how some people really cant bear to be parted with their smartphones and tablets for even a day.

If these kinds of issues tickle your cyborg brain, welcome aboard! Im looking forward to bringing you much more to come in the near future.

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