Posted on January 18, 2008 12:00 AM
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Robots are used on battlefields to fight wars, but today on BBtv -- an infomercial for robotic revolution from the
Institute for Applied Autonomy. Founded in 1988, the group describes themselves as:
... a technological research and development organization dedicated to the cause of individual and collective self-determination. Our mission is to study the forces and structures which affect self-determination and to provide technologies which extend the autonomy of human activists.
Those technologies include a grafitti-spraying robot to denounce The Man, a cute and seductive pamphleteer, and a txt app for your phone, so you can invite all your pals to come riot.
Next in today's episode: animated square-headed beings from the beautiful genius minds behind Peppermelon.tv.
Posted on January 17, 2008 4:50 PM
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Joel Johnson of Boing Boing Gadgets writes:
I whipped up some easy icons for all three Boing Boing sites just in case anyone wants to save a page to the menu screen of their iPhone or iPod Touch with a spiffy custom button. (You have to be on the latest firmware to do this. And own an iPhone or iPod Touch. And the desire to visit us on a regular basis.)
In my infinite wisdom, I took Kevin Worthington's advice and made them twice as large as Apple advises, the better to be scaled down for "crispness." Except I think I made them 157 pixels square instead of 158, which I believe means they're not going to be any more crisp than anything else. But still they look okay!
Posted on January 17, 2008 12:00 AM
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Today: a new installment of Boing Boing tv's 8-Bit Theater, featuring My Little Pony and the (hungry) animated head of David Bowie (classic game footage from
The Dot Eaters). Then,
Borna Sammak of
Free art and Technology transforms the 8-bit classic game CONTRA into a melty, gooey, hallucinatory haze.
Previously on BBtv:
Super Mario 8-bit theater / David O'Reilly short
Giant Atari Joystick / 8-bit Therapy
Dave Hill + Blip Fest + 8-bit Combat
Posted on January 15, 2008 11:00 PM
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Vienna-based art-pranksters
monochrom teach us how to "hack the urban context" with campfires, sausages, beer, and an elderly Austrian gentleman who speaks LOL. In the second segment of today's episode, someone constructs a campfire, complete with beer bottles and half-cooked links, right in the middle of the Vienna airport. American kids, don't try this at home unless you want a one-way to Camp X-Ray.
Posted on January 15, 2008 12:00 AM
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Today on Boing Boing tv, we revisit
Adam "Ape Lad" Koford's great-grandpappy Aloysius P. Koford for a never-before-exposed expose of his illustrious Hollywood career -- complete with walrii, scantily clad
Mary Pickford lookalikes, and movie studio copyright disputes of yesteryear that may just rival, in their fury, the pugnacious picket lines of today. Plus: the real history of the
Wilhelm Scream.
Previous BBtv episodes featuring the mighty Ape Lad and his kin:
Ape Lad: Hobo Life
Laugh Out Loud Cats: The True History
Mole Men imagined by Ape Lad / Mole Crunk
John Hodgman's Mole Men / Cavalcade of Hobos
Posted on January 14, 2008 12:00 AM
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In today's episode of
Boing Boing tv, we visit the workshop of automotive engineering guru and multiple land speed record-holder
Gale Banks, known to many as the godfather of speed. Who knew encryption played a role in high-performance engine design? We take an up-close look at diesel racing trucks capable of speeds over 220 mph -- and we peek at the software that commands their guts. Banks is an
advisor to the
Automotive X Prize, and
the guy Jay Leno calls when he wants to double the muscle of an 810-horsepower racecar.
(special thanks, Ruth and Coop)
See also: Extreme Diesel Truck Racing.
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