Donick Cary has found that if you want to go big league, post it on YouTube. Creating the cartoon series “Lil’ Bush,” which he describes as “The Little Rascals with nuclear weapons,” he created 6 episodes for the site and mobile phones. He gathered such a large following that Comedy Central picked it up. Unfortunately, the Internet company that originally ran the show is now undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, but for now Lil’ George, Rummy, Cheney, and Condi are allowed to run amok on the network, at least until next year’s elections.

 

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Gallery: Lil’ Bush Gets The Nod From Comedy Central

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The first full feature length movie Four Eyed Monsters has hit YouTube in an effort to raise funds for its creators. Spout will give Arin Crumley and Susan Buice a dollar to make another film if you subscribe to their site. The directors/writers have allowed the 71 minute film to be shown on YouTube for one week for its fundraising efforts and it has already raked in over $17,500.00. Take the time to see it, tell them what you think of their endeavor, give them a dollar, then let us know how we can impress someone enough to pay us to make movies.

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Gallery: Moviemakers Seek Funding on YouTube

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Someone has come up with a more advanced version of the Beer Launching Fridge. The Asahi Robocco Beerbot stores and refrigerates up to 6 cans of your favorite brew and keeps it at a perfectly chilled state with an internal sensor. The robot opens the can and pours it at a slant with an accompaniment of a male, female, or custom voice. It can also go into cleaning mode when excused from its duties and features a child lock to keep the underage away. The bot comes with 2 mugs and 6 foam cup bases. Robocco is available from Kilian-Nakamura for your upcoming Father’s Day Beer Fest for $799.00. Although it may not be able to toss us a beer, we think it’s handy enough to compensate for that failing.

 

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Gallery: Robocco Plays Bartender

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Not just another pretty face, Kansei is capable of 36 different expressions in response to emotional interpretation. His data base is created of 500,000keywords and he can show happiness, sadness, fear, and loathing with the aid of 19 actuators. Professor Junichi Takeno of Meiji University believes that creating the bot will result in a method of improving communication between humans and robots. While we find President Bush a little scary lately too, we must remember who programmed Kansei in the first place to react the way he does when he hears the word “president.”

 

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Gallery: Kansei Reacts With Emotion

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You now have a chance to bid on one of only two existing FT (Female Type) robots created by Tomotaka Takahashi, father of Chroino, Magdan, and Neon. Designed after studying professional models, the bot has 23 motors and 2 gyroscopes that need bi-annual checkups. FT stands 35cm high, weighs 800g, is controlled by an onboard computer and lithium polymer battery, and is made of carbon and plastic. The robotics expert believes that in the future over 50% of all bots will be female. Before you get too excited at the thought of owning your own Takahashi original, note that the bidding starts at $300,000.00.

 

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Gallery: “Female” Bot Up For Auction

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Sega has dreamed up a way for us to starwatch in our own homes with Homestar Planetarium Pro. Similar to larger scale star-watching programs, the device makes one turn every 12 minutes, features a professional lens system, a 270 cm diameter picture, 3x LED lighting, a timer, two discs of the northern hemisphere (regular and constellations,) and access to over 10,000 stars and planets. Available in metallic silver or black, the mini-planetarium runs on a simple AC adapter and comes with a handbook for discovering those constellations you know are out there, but couldn’t find before.  Find yours at C Scout for $259.99.

 

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Gallery: Go Star Watching Without a Sky

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Here's how to get the show:
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Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 173: Parallels 3.0 Interview, Feature Walkthrough

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Over on Unboxing, we just posted a new video of us opening up a Nikon D80 Outfit set. The D80 Outfit is the retail box that includes the Nikon D80 digital SLR, along with an 18-55mm lens. It’s fairly pricey at about $1200, but you can find the Nikon D80 Outfit cheaper if you shop around for it. Enjoy the unboxing video for now, and look for a review shortly.

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Gallery: Video: Unboxing the Nikon D80 Outfit

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Video artist Karolina Sobeca has created a type of screen projection of animals called Wildlife that we just had to share with any of you that had never seen it previously. Connected to a moving car, the frame rate of the moving images corresponds to the speed of the automobile’s wheel rotation by use of a sensor. If the car stops, the screen creature does as well. The projection often flickers or disappears when detected on buildings, another car, or humans. We dig Karolina’s approach to art, “We are elevated from the everyday reality through this element of fantasy into a world with more dimensions, possibilities and perhaps beauty.”

 

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Gallery: Is That Really a Tiger Across the Street?

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As evidenced by the video above, found on YouTube by one of our readers, the Apple iPhone now has an official launch date: June 29, 2007. The commercial first aired this evening during an episode of 60 Minutes. The announcement of the release date was subtle, and was featured at the end of the spot, which showcase a few of the iPhone’s functions. We were expecting Steve Jobs to announce the launch date at WWDC, but what do we know? All that matters now is that the biggest mobile phone launch in history is just a few weeks away.

UPDATE: Apple just posted three new iPhone commercials, all featuring the June 29 launch date.

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Gallery: Video: iPhone Launches June 29, Get In Line Now

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