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First cyborg-prepare for death

They’re small, disease-infested and they’re attached to lasers…well not really but robot armies have to start somewhere.

Scientist at the University of Reading  have created a motorized robot that is connected to biological tissue.  These parts are specifically from the brains of rats.

‘According to Kevin Warwick, one of the researchers, “It’s quite funny – you get differences between the brains. This one is a bit boisterous and active, while we know another is not going to do what we want it to.” Warwick later speculates that much of the difference between rat and human brains lies in the number of neurons and not the neurons themselves. Picking on that particular statement, since I think it’s a pretty bold claim, you have to wonder about animals like whales and elephants who have one to two times the number of neurons we do. If he’s right and it’s the number of neurons that makes the difference, we are literally killing sentient beings. Of course, to the people who are killing blue whales and elephants, that doesn’t matter one bit.’

Kevin, everyone’s laughing until  their heads are severed off by a rat cyborg.  Enjoy

Today in Cool

via Swiss Miss

Want Now Please.

I can be very critical of most movies but really the easiest way to my heart is to say three things.  Vampires. Pandemic.  Underground Resistance.  Enter Daybreakers, a film written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig.

The Premise?

In 2019 a disease breaks out that turns almost everyone into vampires.  With a small amount of humans left the vampires capture them and harvest them for blood but a small group of humans are trying to repopulate the earth with humans via Ethan Hawke’s help.

Joining Ethan Hawke is Willem Dafoe and Sam Neil.  Playing a minor role is Jay Laga’aia who was irst noticed in Xena.  Why do I know these things without have to google it?  because I’m lame awesome

Hawke has been quoted as saying its an allegory about the human pace of consumption. “We’re eating our own resources so people are trying to come up with blood substitutes, trying to get us off of foreign humans.”

Count me in.

Akira- Dead

Remember the live-action remake of Akira that was coming out…well its not anymore.

I was a litle curious to see how it was going to look but with a supposed 2009/2010 release date I can’t imagine they had enough time to spruce up a version I would have enjoyed.

The movie was said to be broken into two epic movies and had Leonardo Dicaprio’s production company, Appian Way,  attached as well as Warner Bros.

I’m through with the is re-make/re-imagining genre.  Watch Akria O.G

Sims 3- gay friendly

Apparently in the new incarnation of this nerd’s favorite time-wasters one can get gay married.

and according to this pic have sex with lady ghost?

Foe-bian

Latina Magazine blogger Sarita published a post today with a great tip on how to mix up your summer after a drab season of winter hibernation.

‘The other night my girl Angie and I were hanging out and talking about how excited we are about the summer! Summer in the city is always an adventure—New Yorkers come out of hibernation and there’s always tons of street fairs and free concerts. People go out more, date more and by the end of summer you inevitably are left with some hysterical and unforgettable stories.

While candidly reminiscing about the our crazy boy stories from last summer, we realized that we’re once again heading into the season as single women. That’s when Angie turned to me and said something I wasn’t expecting to hear:

“I think I’m going to be a lesbian this summer.”

“What are you talking about?!” I laughed incredulously.

“Well, I’m sick of guys.,” she explained, “It’s always the same old story, and I seriously feel like forgetting about them for a bit and trying something new,” she said matter-of-factly.

Now, deep down, Angie doesn’t really want to become a lesbian, but she did mention that visiting some of the city’s lesbian clubs and dancing with cute girls is always a blast. Hmm, after I thought about it for a second I realized a change of scenery may not be a bad idea at all.

We decided right then and there that we’ll soon make plans to go dancing—with the ladies.

Do you plan to do something different this summer? Perhaps, change up the scenery a bit?’

There’s nothing wrong with her plan.   If she and her friend want to hang out/hook up with girls for a change of scenery that’s all fine and good and I’m sure a lot of fun but what a grave misuse of the word lesbian.  One does not become a lesbian. What’s more disturbing is that her  dis-organized writing in the public sphere perpetuates the fight for validation and right to be taken seriously for the queer community.  When she goes home she still has more rights than any of these women she plans to “party” with.

You want to change your scenery? Go on a road trip…preferably off a cliff.

Tameeka Time: Two Girls, One Piano

TameekaTime: “I wonder what they do all day? Practice that buulllshit?”

Run-Pee: The #1 and #2 website…

I’m sorry that joke was terrible.

A user generated website, RunPee, has been developed that lets you know when its a good time to go to the bathroom during new releases.  Its based on consensus of other viewers who have already been to the movie.  The site gives you a time line of when its safe to go and also has a window that, when unscrambled, tells you what you’re missing.

Adult diapers look out!

More  here and here.

The Surrogates

Now I’m not a terribly big Bruce Willis fan outside of his sci-fi adventures (see Fifth Element and 12 Monkeys) but the trailer for The Surrogates speaks to the nerd in me.

Check it out.