For those with robot-phobia having nightmares about a terminator/Cylon takeover, you can relax.  Or at least have a beer and not worry about it.  They actually made a robot that fetches you a beer.

But if we let robots get us beer then what’s next?  The next thing we know they’ll want to get married.  I say stop the robot agenda!  Get your own beer!  LOL

Check out this beer fetching robot.  (Actually, it’s very cool!)

Children are the hope for tomorrow.  But let’s face it, hope just doesn’t sell.  However, good looks are a hot commodity in any market.  So the http://www.beautifulpeople.com/ website has launched an egg and sperm service so that even ‘ugly people’ can bring good looking children into the world.  Just purchase some seed from one someone on http://www.beautifulpeople.com/ then you can sleep easy knowing that your little bundle of joy will grow up to be a hottie!  And isn’t that the hope of every parent.

Okay, does anyone else find this a bit creepy?

The social networking website http://www.beautifulpeople.com/ describes itself as an “elite online club, where every member works the door” — that is, users can join only after enough members vote them “beautiful” during the 48 hours after their profile is uploaded.  In fact, it enforced their strict ban on ugly people by exiling about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the 2009 holiday season.  So would this mean that they would have to recall the eggs and sperm from those beauties that have fallen from grace?

I think Stephen Colbert sums it up best in his hilarious segment on beautiful people selling their fertility:
“Order today because all children are beautiful in the eyes of the Lord, but down here on Earth we’ve got higher standards.”
Watch the whole clip here – very funny!

sOccket is a soccer ball that generates electricity while it’s being kicked around and stores it to be used later. It generates enough energy to power an LED light or charge a small electronic device–which may not seem like much power. But in Africa and third world countries, it could literally mean the difference between life and death.

Developing counties struggle with basic power and still use kerosene lamps to get light.  But when burned indoors these lamps are extremely harmful to human health creating the same ill effects of inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day.  Furthermore, kerosene lamps have a negative impact on the environment.  They contribute 190 million tons of carbon emissions to the atmosphere a year, or 38 million cars’ worth.

This bright idea have been brought to life by four Harvard students. Kick the ball around for 10 minutes and you’ll get three hours of usable electricity.  This is a positive plug for technology as an innovative solution for biology (people).

Here’s more on the sOccket.
http://www.soccket.com/
http://soccket.posterous.com/

Your iPhone can help you find sexual compatibility.  Yep, there’s an app for that.  It’s called Boink and the name says it.

Here’s how it works.  Download the Boink app from iTunes (free for now), create a profile based on six categories of sexual likes, dislikes, positions, kinks and fetishes, then “bump” iPhones with other Boinkers.  It uses the same technology as the BUMP app which lets users exchange contact information by bumping phones.

It reveals whether or not they would make good sexual partners with cute messages like “Drop what you are doing and get to a hotel right now” or “Turn and run away” while keeping your Boink profile private.

For those less concerned about user privacy, you can post your number of “boinks” to Facebook and Twitter, as well as read and share hookup stories with other users.

Here’s a video complete with a sexy soundtrack showing how to Boink on your iPhone.

So you can take sexual compatibility off the list of “there’s-an-app-for-that” jokes.

Boink is from MEDL Mobile (http://www.medlmobile.com/)

Stephen Hawking says aliens from outer space could be dangerous. Stephen Colbert says aliens should fear us.  You decide!

The great physicist Stephen Hawking thinks our encounter with aliens will go something like this:

“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

Talk about cosmic karma!

Here’s what Steven Colbert thinks:

I think humans would have a lot to offer an advanced race of alien visitors.  But much like when company comes over and you clean your house, hide your porn, and put out the personalized autographed picture of Elvis, here are a few things to we should do to prepare for a visit from ET.

Things we need to hide:
All references to anal probes (don’t want to give them any ideas)
American Idol
“Alien vs Predators” movies
Snuggies
Area 51
Karaoke
The British Parliament

Things we need to show:
youtube.com
Glee (TV Show)
The “Galaxy Quest” movie
Chocolate
Yosemite National Park
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Stephen Hawking
Cool Technology Blogs (shameless self-promotion plug!)

What do you think we should hide from hide from aliens and what should we show-off?

This viral video of a robotic mouth trying to talk is really creepy.  But it screams for inappropriate comments!
Mr. Roboto got a real pretty “creepy” mouth ain’t he?  LOL

It’s supposed to show how robotic technology has advanced to make mimic human speech through an artificial mouth without a speaker.  It emulates sounds as air coming out of lungs that gets compressed by vocal cords and shaped by tongue and teeth.

But it sounds like this robot mouth has had a bit too much to drink.  (I knew I had heard those “sounds” somewhere before.)

For those with Terminator-Cylon-phobia living in fear of robots taking over the world, you can relax.  Unless the “robot agenda” is to be weird, I think we are safe…at least for now!

Hot shirtless guys and scantily clad girls running on the side of the road are MUCH more of a distraction and hazardous than cell phones. So let’s pass a law against hot people running.  They’re already hot so why do they need to run anyway?  Of course, non-hot people may continue to run and should continue to do so. Until they become hot, then they must stop.

If I cannot be trusted as an adult to do two things at once like talk on the cell and drive, then I cannot be trusted to not be distracted when hot people are running on the sidewalks of busy streets.

Wouldn’t you find this distracting and even dangerous if you saw something like this while you were behind the wheel?

Your head would be spinning around like the Exorcist to get another look with no concern to your fellow drivers.

In fact, why we’re at it, let’s outlaw hot people all together!  They make me feel bad about myself.  And if my self-esteem is low it will have a negative impact on my driving.  (I’m sure someone has done a study about this.)  It cannot be my fault if I feel bad about myself.  No Way!  The hot people are to blame!  IT’S THEIR FAULT and NOT MINE!  So they must be stopped!

What I really think!
The no-cell-phone while driving is a scam and just another way for local governments to raise money and insurance companies to increase your rates.  We are adults and can do two things at once.

I still like this video from my post Have no Fear, Hands Free is Here!

Tell all your little friends that the latest viral video of pre-teen kids doing an inappropriate performance of “Scarface” is not a “fudging” school play.  The video (over 2.5 million hits) is a professional production done by child actors with their parent’s permission and is purposefully made to look like a parent taped it from the audience with a handheld video cam.

Here’s the video:

I love the irony that these kids are reenacting a mega-violent movie about murder and illegal drug trade but they still have to substitute the word “fudge” for the f-word.  If you looked closely it seems too polished and cryptic to be a real school production.  And the use of popcorn to represent cocaine adds to the obvious “over-the-top” sarcasm.

But the real irony is the initial response.  Before word got out that this was a fake school play people were ready to go all “Scarface” looking to blame someone for corrupting the children.   I read where someone wanted to start a Popcorn Party to protest the government forcing kids to participate in school productions that do not reflect true American values.

This reaction shows our “War of the Worlds” state of mind.  We look at those poor souls who over reacted to the 1938 Orson Wells radio broadcast as gullible simpletons.  But someone puts an apparent school play on youtube.com and we are ready to introduce someone to our “little friend.”

So what have we learned?  Just because someone says aliens are invading the Earth there is no need to jump out a window.  And just because something is on youtube.com, posted on a blog, spoke by a radio talk show host, or reported by your favorite news network, there is no need to turn into Tony Montana (Al Pacino’s character in Scarface).

Come on people.  Let’s not be naive and believe everything we are spoon-fed!
SO LET’S ALL JUST “FUDGING” RELAX AND STOP BEING SO “FUDGING” ANGRY AT EVERYTHING!  OKAY!

A Chatroulette star is born.  His name is Merton, he plays the piano (very well), and makes up on-the-spot songs to people he meets on Chatroulette.  Before you hit “Next” on this blog post you should look at this guy.  He has over 3 million hits on youtube.com!

(Warning – this is Chatroulette so there are some “adult” words in his compositions.)

A month ago Merton was just another talented musician looking for an audience.  And now thanks to “viral power” he is the latest Internet crazy.  Go Merton for reminding us of the possibilities of the interactive Internet.

For more on Chatroulette see my post:
http://www.biologyoftechnology.com/2010/03/chatroulette-a-freak-show-but-we-love-a-freak-show/

The great thing about the viral video craze is that it is brings the power to the people.  YEAH!  Just when you thought “Pants on the Ground” could never be topped, check out the latest youtube.com star – a three year old girl who really loves Justin Bieber.

Here are the steps of how a regular video goes viral and makes things happen.  And it doesn’t hurt that she is so adorable!

STEP 1
Mom makes a video of her three year old girl crying her eyes out because she “loves” Justin Bieber.  Mom uploads the video to youtube.com.

Click here to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI
It’s a “4 plus” minute video mostly of the girl crying.  However, there’s a cute “surprise” at the end (you can fast forward).

STEP 2
Video goes viral with almost 3 million views on youtube.com.

STEP 3
The next thing you know Jimmy Kimmel is flying the girl and family out to be on his show and a little girl’s dream of meeting Justin Bieber comes true.

Kudos to Justin Bieber for taking time to meet this girl.  Very class act.
I just have one question:  Who is Justin Bieber?  (Grin)