wilwheaton:

Some guys at Reddit thought that Colbert should have a rally of his own, to mock Glenn Beck. I approve of this message.

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laughingsquid:

MakerBot Build Party at NYC Resistor

dat is one sweet logo you got there.

thedailywhat:

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[image: reddit.]

“Now we are going to take the fan brush and mix in some blood red and paint the capes of the SPARTAN WARRIORS!”

Open source synthetic intelligence project

Help fund the skynet!  I am kidding of course.  Synthetic intelligence is awesome and it needs funding.  I am sure the coding structure is built on neural networking.  This is interesting because I am currently taking a class to learn how this works.  Basically its modelling computer code to replicate neurons.  To the people who might say this is grandfather of the terminator and skynet, just keep in mind that currently its just hackers and builders making this stuff, we just want a robot to bring us beer.  

E1 is an inexpensive open source hardware kit in the same theme as the Arduino—for bringing synthetic intelligence to electronics projects. We’ve made tremendous progress over the past year, but now we need your help to get it manufactured.

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Here’s how it works. Attach inputs like cameras, microphones, and sensors—and output mechanics, like servos, actuators, or motors. E1 starts out in an untrained state, but can receive reward and punishment with a remote. It can also detect some set of behaviors, like facial expressions. Over time E1 not only learns what you teach it, but learns the conditions that lead to reward and punishment and so when it should reward or punish itself.

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Make: Online

thedailywhat:

This x That:

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• Above: Authentic Victorian prosthetic arm. (via.)

Awesome prosthesis.

My cubby hole