Tag: XKCD

Apparently ignorant of the inevitable robot apocalypse, determined and lonely nerds persistently attempt to create friendly companion droids. Paul Hunkin, a Ph.D. student form New Zealand, has engineered an impressive software bot whose personable and generous capabilities far exceed those of other physical robotic companions, though. Hunkin's cyber-spawn, inspired by an xkcd webcomic, only ...

Randall Munroe, of XKCD fame, has updated his classic map of online communities for 2010. The size of each "country" on the map is determined not by its number of users, but by how active those users are, which really puts in perspective Farmville's disturbing levels of popularity. Hit the source link to see it at full size. ...

From their humble origins during the digitally threadbare days of Usenet, webcomics have become an inextricable part of the Internet landscape, underground but with more exposure than ever before. And with the epic celebration of the printed strip known as New York City Comic-Con right around the corner, what better time than now to contemplate the splendors of the webcomic? We've done the hard ...

'Tetris' celebrated its 25th birthday last fall, and the milestone event coincided with a reassuring scientific study (for chronic geometric gamers, at least). The experiment, conducted by the Mind Research Network, indicated that extensive block-dropping puzzle action can actually "improve critical thinking, planning skills, reasoning and even language." Those educational and cognitive ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. whirled interactive flexed its video slicing skills with this insane video mashing up every violent act, and there were tons, from all of the 2010 Super Bowl ads. ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Touchscreen typing on most Android devices isn't quite on the level of the iPhone or even a traditional BlackBerry-esque keyboard. Swype, a typing system that uses ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Years before groundbreaking anime 'Akira' hit the big screen, Suzuki was working on a futuristic motorbike (pictured above). [From: Kanye West] xkcd, our favorite ...