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Live, Robots in Tokyo

December 24th, 2007 at 7:13 am » Comments (0)

One of my flying buddies, Wahgo, is working in Tokyo, Japan for a few months (yes, I am jealous!) and he sent me these pictures from his trip to The National Science Museum. The National Science Museum is running an exhibit on robots. The walking robot is Asimo built by Honda and the second [...]





Transformers Are Real and From Japan

June 14th, 2007 at 1:31 am » Comments (0)

On July 4, 2007 Transformers The Movie will open to summer movie audiences across the US and is set to be the summer blockbuster of summer blockbusters. Like many, I grew up with Transformers on TV and watched the original Tranformers Movie in 1986. The upcoming movie pulls out all the CGI and special effect [...]





Weak Signal’s 53rd Toledo R/C Show – Quick Update

April 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pm » Comments (2)

As always, the Weak Signal’s put on a fantastic show! New products, intense competition, fantastic models, and just the best in RC all around. Over the next few days and weeks I will be posting more from Toledo.

Pics are on Flickr – Click For More
I put a few quick clips from the ETOC as [...]





Subway from Canal Street, NYC to Akihabara, Tokyo

April 8th, 2007 at 11:57 am » Comments (1)

Last October I posted about my shopping trip down Canal Street in New York City and recently Mathew from Nolebotic commented that Canal sounded like Akihabara in Tokyo. I had never thought of it like that and I think he is right. You can always find cool stuff in both places. The the question came [...]





Skateboarding Robot

February 4th, 2007 at 8:34 am » Comments (0)

Enjoy. Here is a Humanoid RoboOne style robot skateboarding.