How's Your Robot? » Nature 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? » Nature http://howsyourrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/halfassed-live.png http://howsyourrobot.com/category/science-and-nature/nature-science-and-nature/ United States weekly Amazing Images Of The Future From 1947 http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/10/amazing-images-of-the-future-from-1947/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/10/amazing-images-of-the-future-from-1947/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:23:49 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8233 Some are scary accurate. It’s pretty cool knowing that we are living in this magical future the people only dreamed of just 70 years or so ago We have a few here but to see the full slide show head over to Popsci.com: SPACE TRAVEL “The man of 40 will live to by flabbergasted by [...]

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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 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 How Your Brain Knows Where you Are (Video) http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/how-your-brain-knows-where-you-are-video/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/how-your-brain-knows-where-you-are-video/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:58:01 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8172 If you got 9 minutes and the will to learn something then you are in luck my friends. I like TED-Ed. I wish TED-Ed was around when I was in school. Then I wouldn’t have had an old nun with no formal training teaching me “science”. ME: “Sister, how do our brains know where we are and [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/05/06/how-your-brain-knows-where-you-are-video/feed/ 0 Snowflakes Really Are All Different http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/snowflakes-really-are-all-different/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/snowflakes-really-are-all-different/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:07:54 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8004 Look how pretty they are! Ok that’s out of the way now here comes the science. High-speed camera system catches close-ups of snowflakes in mid-air Researchers from the University of Utah have been developing a device known as the Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera – or MASC. Using three cameras and two motion sensors, it captures 3D [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/snowflakes-really-are-all-different/feed/ 0 Depressed? Get a Deep Tissue Brain Massage! http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/depressed-get-a-deep-tissue-brain-massage/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/depressed-get-a-deep-tissue-brain-massage/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:02:31 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=8000 This one does NOT come with a happy ending. We find this story at Gizmag.com. They are always looking out for our health and well being! Apparently scientists have used Deep Brain Stimulation to successfully treat patients suffering from severe depression. Using a pacemaker-like device they activate select regions of the brain via implanted electrodes and [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/04/11/depressed-get-a-deep-tissue-brain-massage/feed/ 0 What Came First The Chicken or the Egg? http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/20/what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/20/what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:44:09 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=7880 Through the long slow process of evolution a chicken became a chicken. An ancient chicken-like bird had a gene mutate and produced offspring that resembled something like the chickens we have today. Then one day this weird looking bird plopped out an egg and out popped a chicken.  So…. The egg came first. End of discussion. [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/20/what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg/feed/ 0 The Lazarus Project resurrects a extinct frog http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/the-lazarus-project-resurrects-a-extinct-frog/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/the-lazarus-project-resurrects-a-extinct-frog/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:47:20 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=7836 Good news everyone! We can go back to polluting for fun because we can bring back any animals we make extinct. Just kidding. Please don’t pollute. I bet some guys think their wives could have given birth through their mouth. Get it? It’s a big mouth joke… Scientists Resurrect Extinct Frog That Gives Birth Through Its Mouth Popsci.com: Taking place at the [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/the-lazarus-project-resurrects-a-extinct-frog/feed/ 0 Telepathy Communication Between Rats Achieved http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/telepathy-communication-between-rats-achieved/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/telepathy-communication-between-rats-achieved/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:12:13 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=7832   Brain-to-Brain communication between rats achieved Rats have all the fun. They are part of amazing experiments all the time. Now we have managed to make them telepathic. I am sure PETA would disagree with me there. I guess in their defense rats are a part of some pretty harsh experiments as well but now we can make them telepathic. That’s [...]

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]]> http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/18/telepathy-communication-between-rats-achieved/feed/ 2 Bat-eating Spider – The Stuff of Nightmares (Video) http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/17/bat-eating-spider-the-stuff-of-nightmares-video/ http://howsyourrobot.com/2013/03/17/bat-eating-spider-the-stuff-of-nightmares-video/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:59:48 +0000 Johnny2x http://howsyourrobot.com/?p=7829 Yep, this is exactly what it loks like. A giant spider eating a bat. Enjoy your dreams tonight You can watch a video after the jump if you have the guts. found at examiner.com: Bat-eating spiders more common than previously believed It turns out that spiders prey on bats the world over. Biologists have known [...]

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