The Trons… the robot band

Check out the Trons… a robot garage band:
Featuring Ham (vox and rhythm guitar), Wiggy (single string lead guitar), Swamp (drums), Fifi (keyboards, one hand working!)

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Renewable Oil

Interesting article concerning genetically modified bugs that can now produce oil…

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol – Times Online: “‚ÄòTen years ago I could never have imagined I‚Äôd be doing this,‚Äô says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. ‚ÄòI mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to ‚Äì especially the ones coming out of business school ‚Äì this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into.‚Äô

He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil.

Unbelievably, this is not science fiction. Mr Pal holds up a small beaker of bug excretion that could, theoretically, be poured into the tank of the giant Lexus SUV next to us. Not that Mr Pal is willing to risk it just yet. He gives it a month before the first vehicle is filled up on what he calls ‚Äòrenewable petroleum‚Äô. After that, he grins, ‚Äòit‚Äôs a brave new world‚Äô.”

Shape Shifting Car

BMW is working on a shape-shifting car.

VIA Wired