November 2010
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Hayward Toy Show in Pleasanton today
http://www.toyshowhaywardca.com Going to look at some robots! Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
August 2010
4 posts
They like us. They really like us! Score one for...
StyledOn visited us last week at the New York International Gift Fair, and we enjoyed our chat with them. They totally understand our robot-inspired housewares: http://styledon.com/decor/articles/museum-of-robots?thread=category Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Helio Castroneves left the keys in it - this would...
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Now THAT'S how to give away t-shirts
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Couldn't go to Comic-con, so went to Mecca instead
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July 2010
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SL Sci-fi Convention on MMO Report on G4tv. Hey -...
G4tv gives the SL Sci-Fi convention a shout out today (link here, starts at 4:00) http://bit.ly/9bhkr0 Nerds we may be, but it’s also a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society so head on over to the Palladium sim and donate to all those tip jars you see, because it’s all for a good cause. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Palladium/131/131/25 Posted via email from museum of...
June 2010
3 posts
Apple's new iPhone 4 ad
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Museum of Robots 'Origami Portfolio' on display in...
New York International Gift Fair presents “SustainAbility: design for a better world® display, a curated exhibit of global gift and home industry suppliers whose products or production processes are eco-friendly, or companies whose business practices are socially responsible, philanthropic or fair-trade oriented.” Museum of Robots Origami Portfolio has been selected for the display....
eco-chic-design likes Museum of Robots recycled...
We met eco-chic-design.com at the New York Gift Show earlier this year, and they really understood our line of recycled PET bags. They very kindly share their thoughts: http://www.eco-chic-design.com/2010/06/ecomodern-bags-created-from-recycled-p… And here are pics of some of the items in the line. See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from museum of robots’s...
May 2010
2 posts
Maker Faire today: steampunk robogirls, robots,...
At Maker Faire today (http://www.makerfaire.com/) spied endless cool stuff. Steampunk well represented, as were robot kits and clubs. If you go, do not miss the Raygun Gothic Rocketship. If all goes well, it will be coming to Pier 14 in SF in August. http://www.raygungothicrocket.com/ This is what we remembered to take pics of. Blame the dazzling food (see giant paella pans) and mini-donuts for...
We love us some Robot infographics, and did you...
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March 2010
3 posts
Robot as TV star - introducing "Walter's Kitchen...
This is the story of Walter Sparks and his show “Walter’s Kitchen Nook”: he’s half-human, half-robot, intergalactically famous and ready to share his household style secrets. Museum of Robots is the sponsor for the first episode of this web-based series. Series created by Küngdesign, and would not have been possible without the efforts of Robert Poe, Lauri Showler,...
SF Art Opening Sat 3-20 Clayton Bailey, robot...
The work of Clayton Bailey and Betty Bailey is shown in the new exhibit, GUN SHOW: ARTILLERY. Works by Betty and Clayton Bailey. See the full gallery on posterous http://events.sfgate.com/san-francisco-ca/events/show/106238685-gun-show-arti… http://www.claytonbailey.com and here is a video of the Clayton Bailey exhibit at Museum of Robots in Second Life: Posted via email from museum...
Proof of Alien Invasion? Evidence of Little Green...
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos. Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
February 2010
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New video for Museum of Robots - it's the Flying...
(1457 KB) Watch on posterous We thought the Flying Saucer Bowl deserved a commercial, so we made one: Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
January 2010
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US Army adds robots to all combat units:...
The US Army adds robots to all of its combat units, starting with droids and crawler-bots. Welcome to our New Model Army: http://bit.ly/70EOf7 Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
December 2009
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Last few hours to lift off: Flying Saucer Bowl...
Win your very own Flying Saucer Bowl, courtesy of Museum of Robots and Apartment Therapy. Entries close at 5pm EST today. It doesn’t just sit on the table looking all fun and space-like. It’s actually functional, and made of lovely acacia wood. Enter here:...
November 2009
2 posts
Holiday shopping? If one of our fab retailers is...
The best place in the ‘verse for Flying Saucer Bowls, and other stuff. If we do say so ourselves. We encourage you to visit one of the stores that carries our products, but just in case they aren’t in your area, you can shop online with us. Love, Museum of Robots http://www.museumofrobots.com/store Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Robot dance tonite at Museum of Robots in Second...
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October 2009
4 posts
Your dog has the carbon footprint of two SUVs - is...
A new book from New Zealand, “Time to Eat the Dog: The real guide to sustainable living” studies the carbon footprint of our animal companions and calculates that a dog the size of a German Shepherd has the relative carbon footprint equal to two SUVs. The primary culprit? The meat that dogs eat - about 164 kg per year for our German Shepherd, and meat uses a lot of resources in...
Commando Cody and Radar Men from the Moon: 5pm...
FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS AT MUSEUM OF ROBOTS: tonight at 5pm SLT Radar Men from the Moon (1952) a 12-part serial starring the adventures of Commando Cody. When the U.S. finds itself under attack from a mysterious force that wipes out military bases and industrial complexes, Cody deduces that the Earth faces a menace from our own moon, and rockets there to discover and confront the moon’s...
Peter Bogdanovich+Roger Corman+Mamie Van...
Friday Nite Flicks presents ‘Voyage to Planet of Prehistoric Women’, the first movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Roger Corman produced. The movie is a remake - with the addition of screen siren Mamie Van Doren - of ‘Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet’, itself a remake of an earlier Russian film. Tonight at 5pm SLT at Museum of Robots:...
"Science" Fiction show opens Oct 8 at Creativity...
Creativity Explored is a nonprofit visual art center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit and sell art, with 50% of art sale proceeds going directly to the artist. “Science” Fiction features a fantastical array of renderings by Creativity Explored studio artists depicting characters, landscapes, and vehicles from the world of science fiction television, film, and pulp...
September 2009
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2 days left: Vote for Museum of Robots' Flying...
Only 2 days left - please Vote for Museum of Robots’ Flying Saucer Bowl to be a Top 10 California design! Vote for #41 here: http://bit.ly/3MrZr Many thanks!! Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Space Hospital Part 2: Catch it tonite Friday Nite...
What manner of half-robot, half-human creature has Nurse Ratnee just given birth to? Is Lenny Roboticus involved? Where do they get all that vodka in space? These and other deep space mysteries will be explored in this weeks’ installment of Space Hospital! 5pm tonight at Museum of Robots: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26 And please visit our friends at Space Hospital:...
Panasonic Robotic bed is start of slippery slope...
All the comforts of home, without having to leave bed, but just in case the walk to the microwave is too much, there is a moving chair attached. Just the chair for the future, if the future is like Wall-E. http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/18/panasonics-robotic-bed-makes-sleeping-with-robots-a-reality/ Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Retro-Futuristic Comedy Series 'Space Hospital' to...
Virtual Museum of Robots Screens Sci-Fi Web Series, Space Hospital, as part of its Friday Night Flicks The Museum of Robots in Second Life has programmed the first season of the sci-fi web series Space Hospital to screen in its entirety over three consecutive weeks – September 18, September 25 and October 2 at 5p.m. PDT - as part of its Friday Night Flicks. Created by Second-City alumni Sigurd...
Robotics Rodeo in progress. We have just the...
The US Army is sponsoring the Robotics Rodeo: “Howdy, partners. It’s time to saddle up for the Robotics Rodeo! The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Fort Hood III Corps want you to demonstrate your innovative and new unmanned ground systems technologies to the U.S. Army user and research and development communities at the Robotics Rodeo...
August 2009
7 posts
Huey, Dewey and Louie come to life in Le Petit...
Le Petit Prince will grow plants in hostile environments when Earth is so FUBAR that we have to toss it away and move on. Silent Running is again required viewing: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/le-petit-prince-robot-grows-earths-plants-mars Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Cute maybe, but certainly not Robby and Altaira
This human-assistance robot is adorable, but the whole robot-carrying-human-woman thing was defined forever by Forbidden Planet. Accept no substitutes. http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/video-human-carrying-robot-bear-gets-cuteness-upgrade/ See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Cute maybe, but certainly not Robby and Altaira
This human-assistance robot is adorable, but the whole robot-carrying-human-woman thing was defined forever by Forbidden Planet. Accept no substitutes. http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/video-human-carrying-robot-bear-gets-cuteness-upgrade/ Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Justin Timberlake says Museum of Robots products...
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ROS: common Robot Operating System. Great idea or...
A common OS for robots makes sense from a consistency and interoperability perspective, but is it the first step down a slippery slope that leads to robot domination? Or do we just read and watch too much sci-fi…. http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=31925530001 Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Something new and weird spotted in Saturn's ring -...
Cassini has sent back an image of something that appears to be protruding through one of Saturn’s rings. I don’t think you have to look too far to see what it might be…Cylon basestar anyone? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/08/09/like-the-fist-of-an-angry-god/ http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Basestar_(RDM) See the full gallery on posterous Posted via...
Friday Nite Flicks at Museum of Robots - 5pm...
Please join us tonite for Part One of Rocketmen vs Robots at 5pm SLT at Museum of Robots. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26 In the future, mankind has colonized the stars and achieved an advanced technological civilization. Unfortunately, a race of giant killer robots, the Killbots, are waging a war of destruction on all of humanity. The Rocketmen are the first line of defense...
July 2009
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Friday Nite Flicks at Museum of Robots in Second...
Friday Nite Flicks at Museum of Robots 5PM SLT/PDT tonite: “Menace From Outer Space” Join us every Friday at 5pm SLT for Movie Nite, bringing you the best (and worst) of sci-fi, space, fantasy, horror and robot drama from the 20th Century. Serials and full length feature films shown. Location: The Lava Pit http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26 JULY 31 MENACE FROM...
Museum of Robots at Second Life Sci-Fi Convention...
Museum of Robots is exhibiting at SL Sci-fi Convention 2009. Please visit and get a free Madcow Cosmos Misplaced Hand avatar - all tips received for the free avatar are donated to the American Cancer Society. Here is how to reach us directly: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rhodium/145/216/51/?title=Museum%20of%20Robots%20at%20Sci-Fi%20Convention Details, courtesy of the organizers: When: Friday,...
Tonite 5PM SLT: final episode-Phantom Empire: does...
Join us at 5pm SLT at Museum of Robots for the final episode of Phantom empire. Does Gene Autry get out alive? What about the evil queen? Will there be more robots? Meet at the lava pit to find out! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26 Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Robot Bride part 2: 'mom' and 'dad' host wedding...
From lab to runway - the Robot Bride shines (whirrrrs?) on her wedding day. Stay with the video for family photo session and interview. Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Grand Re-Opening at Museum of Robots - in lieu of...
Robots Burns, Crowd Tears Up the Dance Floor and Brings Down the House July 19 saw the grand re-opening event at Museum of Robots in Second Life. After an extensive redesign, with the addition of new exhibits, more space for the permanent collection and new theatre and event space, we hosted an event to celebrate. We began by building and burning a large robot in the lava pit - the event was...
Movie Tonite at Museum of Robots in Second Life,...
Join us tonight at 5PM SLT for Movie Nite - UNKNOWN WORLD 1951 The Prophet of Doom, fearing that atomic weapons will destroy all life on earth, recruits a group of scientists for his Society to Save Civilization, and they drill to find a living space deep within the earth where man can survive and rebuild from the nuclear holocaust they see just over the horizon. Meet at the Lava Pit:...
RoboGeisha: she's a rockem, sockem Geisha Robot -...
Our vote for best trailer of the year (so far), this preview for RoboGeisha hits plenty of cultural high points blending robots and geishas. Sorta like bacon and chocolate - who knew robots and geisha would work so well together? Add in some transformer action, schoolgirls, and advanced weaponry (bust machine guns - now that’s handy!), if the film is even slightly as entertaining as the...
Museum of Robots products in Apartment Therapy -...
We met Janel from Apartment Therapy at the Housewares show in March and she was kind enough to remember our stuff and post about it today. Thanks Janel! And the readers’ comments warm our hearts…it’s good to know that we’re not the only ones who think that robots go with just about anything! http://tinyurl.com/mrdt7c Posted via email from museum of robots’s...
Happy 54th Birthday Robby, the Robot!
Today is Robby, the Robot’s (of Forbidden Planet fame) 54th birthday, and we’d like to celebrate by telling the story of Robby’s restoration by Fred Barton, AKA ‘The Robotman’, the world’s leading producer of studio-licensed celebrity robots. Fred first met Robby in person in the 1970’s at Movie World in southern California, and was inspired to make a...
June 2009
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Museum of Robots Celebrates Remodel with Event...
We’ve finished the remodel - more prims, so more events! We’re open for business now, but are always on the hunt for a good excuse to have a party, so we’re hosting a Grand Reopening event on Sunday, July 19. Ribbon-cutting at 130pm, and a performance by Mankind Tracer at 2pm. Wear you robot av, and if you don’t have one, pick one up for free at our attraction,...
Who knew you could take a photo of an avatar with...
Seriously, I do this all the time in real life, but now my avatar closes her eyes when her picture is taken? The lines are really blurring…. Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »
Visit To Reaction Grid: Tales of a Virtual Tourist
I’ve been a resident of Second Life for so long that I tend to to stick to the jobs there, which is mostly keeping Museum of Robots tidy and the events and exhibits running smoothly. It may be a wide and vast virtual world, but I don’t get out much. It’s easy to forget the thrill of discovery of a new virtual world so when I had a chance to tour Reaction Grid...
dog and robot, together in perfect harmony
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Tomorrow - Friday Nite Flicks at Museum of Robots...
Join us at 5pm PDT/SLT Friday for a full-length feature film: “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” a real charmer from 1962. Here’s the story: A scientist develops a means to keep human body parts alive. When he unexpectedly must use his discovery on someone close to him, events do not go as planned. Oh my. Here’s the location:...
Movie of 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' filmed...
A student film (Full Sail University) of the book ‘How to Survive a Robot Uprising’ was filmed at Museum of Robots. Robot avatars are from our make-a-robot av machine, and many of the robots shown are from our Build-a-Robot Competition winning entries. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26 Posted via email from museum of robots’s posterous | Comment »