How's Your Robot? » Science http://howsyourrobot.com Sun, 19 May 2013 01:18:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 the Halfassed Podcast with Gary and John yes the Halfassed Podcast with Gary and John hellorobot@howsyourrobot.com hellorobot@howsyourrobot.com (the Halfassed Podcast with Gary and John) Halfassed Entertainment podcast,funny podcast,entertainment,crazy podcast,best podcast How's Your Robot? » Science http://howsyourrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/halfassed-live.png http://howsyourrobot.com/category/science-and-nature/ United States weekly $478,947,711,160 to Build the Starship Enterprise http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/18/478947711160-to-build-the-starship-enterprise/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/18/478947711160-to-build-the-starship-enterprise/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 20:20:23 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8306 How Much Would It Cost to Build the Starship Enterprise? Sounds like a lo right? It is only around 12% of 2013′s US defense budget so it is actually doable if only we could stop blowing shit up for a bit. Gizmodo.com has the full details in what is quite possibly the most accurate and deeply researched article into [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/18/478947711160-to-build-the-starship-enterprise/feed/ 0 Finally! The Windproof Umbrella (Video) http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/10/finally-the-windproof-umbrella-video/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/10/finally-the-windproof-umbrella-video/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:59:53 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8239 They look like football helmets! Very cool. The Windproof Umbrella Source: University of Warwick Product page: Rainshader

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/10/amazing-images-of-the-future-from-1947/feed/ 0 Scientist May Have Discovered Brazil’s Atlantis http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/scientist-may-have-discovered-brazils-atlantis/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/scientist-may-have-discovered-brazils-atlantis/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:59:38 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8212 I didn’t know it was missing! (eh eh, elbow + ribs) It’s amazing to hear stories like this. Its help you realize just how large this planet is if we can still discover “continents” . A team of scientists say they may have discovered a “lost continent” deep in the Atlantic off the coast of [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/scientist-may-have-discovered-brazils-atlantis/feed/ 0 The CIA tried to make Cyborg Cats http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/the-cia-tried-to-make-cyborg-cats/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/the-cia-tried-to-make-cyborg-cats/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:38:12 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8207 It didn’t work. One reason is the simple fact of its very hard to train a cat. In case you haven’t noticed…or you are a cat lover…cats are dicks. The CIA thought it would be a great idea to create a cyborg cat to do a bunch of CIAy type things. Maybe the cat could sneak into some evil dictators [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/09/the-cia-tried-to-make-cyborg-cats/feed/ 0 1 Trillion Cicadas Underground Waiting to Invade The East Coast http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/1-trillion-cicadas-underground-waiting-to-invade-the-east-coast/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/1-trillion-cicadas-underground-waiting-to-invade-the-east-coast/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 02:03:27 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8202 Enjoy the nightmares! Originally thought to be about 30 billion cicadas (enough to get to the moon and back by the way) lurking underground ready to take over the east coast has now been estimated to over 1 trillion. According to the Associated Press: This year’s invasion, Brood II, is one of the bigger ones. Several experts [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/1-trillion-cicadas-underground-waiting-to-invade-the-east-coast/feed/ 0 TED-Ed | Dark Matter: A Video Lesson http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/ted-ed-dark-matter-a-video-lesson/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/ted-ed-dark-matter-a-video-lesson/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 17:42:41 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8194 The Greeks had a simple and elegant formula for the universe: just earth, fire, wind, and water. Turns out there’s more to it than that — a lot more. Visible matter (and that goes beyond the four Greek elements) comprises only 4% of the universe. CERN scientist James Gillies tells us what accounts for the remaining 96% [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/ted-ed-dark-matter-a-video-lesson/feed/ 0 Plans for a “Flying Car” Announced (Video) http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/plans-for-a-flying-car-announced-video/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/plans-for-a-flying-car-announced-video/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 17:26:42 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8189 Hey! Since you are here to see a cool story on flying cars would you like to hear the HalfAssed Podcast? check it out Finally! I’ve been waiting for the flying car since I was just a little shit head. It somehow doesn’t sound as safe as I thought it would be growing up. I [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/07/plans-for-a-flying-car-announced-video/feed/ 0 3D Doodler – Handheld 3D Printer (Video) http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/3d-doodler-handheld-3d-printer-video/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/3d-doodler-handheld-3d-printer-video/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:33:13 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8180 This could be one of he most successful Kickstarter campaigns EVER! They raised $2,344,134 of their $30,000 goal, that’s good right? It’s a pen that can draw in the air! 3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page! 3Doodler is the world’s first and only 3D Printing [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/3d-doodler-handheld-3d-printer-video/feed/ 0 Recordings made by Alexander Graham Bell Heard for the First Time http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/recordings-made-by-alexander-graham-bell-heard-for-the-first-time/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/recordings-made-by-alexander-graham-bell-heard-for-the-first-time/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:08:00 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8176 Researchers and scientists work together to find a way to play recordings made by the studio of inventor Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell’s Voice, ca. 1885

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