The MB&F HM3 Goes To The Moon

No self-respecting gadget lover can deny that MB&F's very high-end artistic wrist machines are overall cool. Most of us can't afford them, but items like this certain stir our ambitious sides. Recently MB&F released a new limited version of their Horological Machine Number 3 (HM3) watch that was designed and produced in collaboration with a boutique Finnish watch maker named Stepan Sarpaneva. This isn't the first time that MB&F (Max Busser & Friends) has collaborated with artists and watch makers on even more limited editions of their already limited watches.

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Wall-mounted interactive robot mimics emotions, follows you around, wants to be friends (video)

Not every robot is here to make our food, clean our floors or perform interstellar maintenance for us. Some automatons are there to simply be admired... or in the case of GIA (Gestural Interactive Automaton), to admire us. GIA's a robotic sculpture created by Daniel Jay Bertner that is essentially a projector, projection sphere and a webcam attached to a trio of servo-controlled articulating arms. A human face is projected on the sphere, which follows around folks who view it and changes its facial expression according to viewer reactions. Why? In order to "emulate and socially engage" them and facilitate a better understanding between man and machine, of course. The magic happens through open source motion tracking and facial recognition software, but you don't have to take our word for it -- see for yourself in the video after the break.

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Siri Gets Racist in iPhone Ad Parody

Looks like there may be a few bugs in the newest version of the iOS.

People have complained that Siri rarely does what you actually want and that she can have a difficult time with nuances of different languages.

We had no idea Siri was a closet racist, however, until just now.

In a parody from Funny or Die, the virtual iPhone assistant offers advice to an African-American gentleman based solely on racial stereotypes.

Racist Siri

This is the second funniest spoof on the iPhone after last winter's nuclear marital Siri argument. When in doubt ... call your parole officer.

Other than that ... swag, swag, swag, swag, swag.

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