some cause for alarm
my front wheel has dug in deep
damn my SPDs

“I’m an introvert. You are a wonderful person and I like you. But now please shush.”

The above quotation is an excerpt from a lovely article on The Atlantic Online. Discovered via author Neal Stephenson.

Oh. My. Gawd.

I am, at this very moment, very deeply in awe. You see, I was poking about the previously mentioned ArtBots web site, checking out the exhibitors, when I discovered the page about LEMUR. Way down at the bottom, you’ll see links for movies of LEMUR founder Eric Singer’s GuitarBot. You must watch these movies.

Add this to my persistently itchy curiosity about 50 Drones and you can bet your sweet ass I’ll be there!

From the press release for ArtBots 2003:

New York City, NY - Now in its second year, ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show will take place on July 12th and 13th from noon to 6:00pm at Eyebeam Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea art district. Featuring the work of 23 artists and groups from six countries, the show is a hybrid combining aspects of both a juried art exhibition and a traditional talent show. Participants include robots that draw, paint, sculpt, sing, dance, and play musical instruments, as well as many with talents that are a bit harder to pin down; you might call them robotic sculpture or even cybernetic performance artists!