Hacked Big Mouth Billy Bass September 29, 2009
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I wonder no one has made a Big Mouth Billy Bass that can play back recorded songs and messages. It’d sell a lot better than the regular one, that’s for sure.
This Was Inside My Body August 27, 2009
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That’s a stent. It lay between my left kidney and bladder in what’s called the ureter in order to help my body heal after my surgery. Getting it out is done the samy way you get it in. I’ll let you use your imagination to figure out how that’s done but here’s a hint: normally it’s a one way road. Below I have some more gruesome pictures of the actual surgery. FYI, these are from inside my body, so their is blood and fleshy things
! WARNING !
! BLOOD !
! GORE !
! OGAH BUGAH BOO !
I’m told they actually inflate this part of my body during surgery which creates all that empty space.
What you’re seeing in these pictures is the kidney (top), spleen (top left) and in the center, my Urethral Pelvic Injunction (aka, where the ureter meets the kidney).
Robot Surgery Today July 30, 2009
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By the time this post has gone up I’m likely to have completed or be in robotic Laparoscopic surgery for an obstruction in my uretero-pelvic junction. I’m guessing it’s going to look something like that picture above.
In all seriousness, this surgery isn’t life threatening, just a correction of a vestigial problem. My doctor is experienced and the surgery has a very high rate of success, so I’m not too worried. If you’d like to know more about real robotic Laparoscopic surgery, I suggest you watch this facsinating TED documentary about the history and future of surgery.
Signs We’re In The FUTURE May 25, 2009
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I have a feeling this will become a much more common sign soon. Check the link for a more thorough explanation of why this sign exists.
(Via Boing Boing)
Fighting Robots: Again We Tempt Fate May 11, 2009
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Still don’t think we’ll have humanoid robots walking in our midst by 2030? Then check out these videos of robots built, by hobbyists, for a robot fighting competition. Then again, you have to consider that this is Japan, where they intend to use space travel not for exploration, or scientific experiments, or some grand human self actualization. No, they want to send rockets to space for “Low Orbit Robot Battles”.
One things for sure; Ronald D. Moore was right.
Holy Crap, Why Would You Build This? May 9, 2009
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Look mad robo-scientists, when you start building robots like this, you are practically asking for a robot uprising. Apparently some German scientists are trying to give it a “sense of touch”, so it can feel just how delicate our bones are before it snaps them like twigs.
(Via Engadget)
