I’m a sucker for robots of any sort, but make them big and creepy and you’ve got my attention. This one does so in spades. Titanoboa is a 50 foot long electromechanical snake weighing in at 2,000 pounds, built by the same guys who brought us the giant mechanical spider ...

Science fiction is full of examples of humans and machines interacting verbally, but until recently any attempts at voice recognition have been met with limited success. Even today the level of success attained by advanced tools like Siri is up for debate. If you’re lucky enough to speak English without ...

For my Muse of Nerds this month, I’ll formally introduce you to someone I have talked about in the past: Dr. Michele McColgan of Siena College. I met her through our homeschooling group (she has two elementary-aged children) and she has introduced my kids to science, math, robots, computer programming, ...

If you're still looking for an uber cool present for your geek son (geek hubby or geek dad) check out myrobotnation.com ... the site lets you construct your own robot, then 3d print it and ship it to you. This is one of the first "create your own toy" ...

Somewhere out on the prairie, a young man named Roman Taylor is working on something in a shed. He’s piecing together a robot, with pieces salvaged from a local wrecker, in the hopes that when it’s complete, it’ll be able to help him run the farm — particularly since it’s ...

Roboticist and author Daniel H. Wilson has already had one hit this year with Robopocalypse, currently being made into a film by Steven Spielberg. But earlier this year he released a robot uprising tale for younger readers. A Boy and His Bot is the story of Code Lightfall, a Cherokee ...

Geeky dad Michael Schenck and his son Alex did something awesome for Halloween: they built a jack-o-lantern with Lego Mindstorms NXT components inside to give it a robotic twist. From Michael’s description: What – do you say – is a “Jack-O-Bot” – well, that is what you get when you combine ...

A few years back, Boston Dynamics impressed us with their quadruped robot, Big Dog. Well, believe it or not, they’ve managed to top that with their latest bipedal robot, PETMAN: The Boston Dynamics guys had this to say about PETMAN: PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special ...

Do you or your kids like video games? How about robots – robots that are robotic monsters from another dimension? Of course you do! That is why you read GeekDad! Well, let me tell you about Mechatars. Mechatars, by iloveRobots, combine the best of online gaming and remote controlled robotic toys. ...

Da-da has TWO speakers, now... ok, they're bullhorns, but they work. <img: rick poynor> Um, Da-da's on the left, Dracula.