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Beware the Big Dog!

First there is the Big Dog robot, next comes SkyNet! This thing is AMAZING. It is carrying 340 pounds of gear. Manly Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player1").style.display = ""; var s1 = new SWFObject("http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf","player1","320","260","7"); s1.addParam("wmode","transparent"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s1.addVariable("height","260"); s1.addVariable("width","320"); s1.addVariable("file","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/BigDogRobot.flv"); s1.addVariable("image","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/BigDogRobot.jpg"); s1.addVariable("link","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/BigDogRobot.flv"); s1.write("player1");
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HAH! Snow in Dallas.

Forecast is up to 5 inches of snow possible tonight. I was just outside and shot a little video of it, the flakes were the biggest I have seen here. The view is from the front door of my house. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on [...]
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What an amazing video.

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A repost from Boortz.

Boortz is too far to the right for me but if you read MY blog you would know that I am a pro-business kind of person. There has been much talk of “taking” some of Exxon Mobil’s profits by the far left. Some interesting points: EXXON MOBILE PROFITS I covered this on the Information Overload portion of [...]
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Priceless

I concur. Manly
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Conan O’Brien at ILM.

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What really happened when the Death Star was destroyed…

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Microsoft Surface Technology – My new living room table.

This is insanely cool. Too bad they cost 5-10k. I give it 5 years before people start using them in the home. Manly Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player6").style.display = ""; var s6 = new SWFObject("http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf","player6","320","260","7"); s6.addParam("wmode","transparent"); s6.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s6.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s6.addVariable("height","260"); s6.addVariable("width","320"); s6.addVariable("file","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/Microsoft_Surface.flv"); s6.addVariable("image","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/Microsoft_Surface.jpg"); s6.addVariable("link","http://www.alteredreality.net/blog/images/Microsoft_Surface.flv"); s6.write("player6");
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Check this out. Pretty amazing.

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I would have to pass on this Job.

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OMG how cool. I can think of a lot of stuff to attach one of these to. V8 remote control cars FTW!

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Very cool video…

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Glider Man!

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These hamsters are insane!

The best part is at the end when the second hamster tries to stop. Look closely.  The owner had an cycling computer attached to the wall and hooked up to the wheel.  They reached a 68 RPM cadence! Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and [...]
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The Human SlingShot! WOW!

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