Streaming Bits

She’s back, and apparently, in certain circles, considered hot. Robot women- the ultimate in rap and hip hop’s inherant mysogeny? Metal women the ultimate bling?

(As seen on today’s woot-off on woot.com)

It’s Toomba™, the robotic coffin that literally digs its own grave! Just insert the corpse into the giant easy-fill debris bin. Then press the button for one of Toomba’s three burial modes. The patented rotating DirtScrew™ will then tunnel into the earth to a depth of up to 10 feet below – no more sweaty, depressing gravedigging by hand! While it’s digging, the bereaved will solemnly remember the deceased to the tune of Toomba’s lifelike MIDI funeral classics, including “Amazing Grace”, “Taps”, and “Candle in the Wind”. Once the deceased is in the ground, jet nozzles inside Toomba’s debris bin spray special emblaming fluids to keep the body smelling sweet and in one piece for up to 300 years. Dispatching your loved ones to their ultimate reward has never been easier or more impersonal. Toomba – the easy way to the great beyond!

Why yes, what’s better than taking an autonomous robot and shoving a shotgun on it, or maybe grenade launcher…why you’re right, putting the freaking Metal Storm gun on it. You remember metal storm, the fun gun that shoots a MILLION ROUNDS A MINUTE!!!! Try fighting that off with whatever you have laying around your house. On a good note, the Gizmodo editors did point out that it may be the best tactical solution to the Zombie Invasion.

Furby in Microwave

Exploding Elmo

I think the winner goes to the “Robotic Frisbee of Death”, which is number 18 on the list, at least for this blog’s purposes.  Technically being nailed by a 20 foot long metal rod from the sky is probably the scariest.

Take a look on [PopSci].

More on the “Death Frisbee” at [DefenseTech]

An autonomous robot loaded with cameras and guns that looks like the batmobile out of Batman Begins.  Read about it on Gizmodo.

I don’t know where this comes from or what it means, but I like it…