Here’s a real-world giant robot — used as advertising for Ericsson Telephones. I’m not sure where or when, but it’s quite old and makes for an impressive billboard, even if it’s not very mobile! Source: me-ru-mo via Dark Roasted Blend
War of the Worlds: Goliath Trailer
Curious as to progress being made on the production of the animated War of the Worlds-inspired steampunk sequel War of the Worlds: Goliath (directed by Joe Pearson), I looked around and discovered the trailer. A lot of people have seen it already, but here it is anyway. Beautiful artwork and animation. Hopefully the screenplay will [...]
Robots of Deception
No doubt this is how we end up creating a race of Decepticons. The evolution of robots toward the acquisition of fundamental human qualities has begun. Forget all that artificial intelligence stuff; the true test of humanity is the ability to lie. A group of computer scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaching [...]
AT-AT Day Afternoon and Iron Baby
This is a beautifully done piece of combined stop-motion animation/CGI and live action using an AT-AT toy. For those who don’t know, AT-AT refers to the “All Terrain Armored Transport” walker from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. And by the same creator/director, here’s IRON BABY:
