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Go Play With the Real-Life Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots You Control Online (gizmodo.com)
Ro-Bros, the latest "digital physical mashup" game from the genuises at the Real Art Design Group, lets you control real-life robots in a fight to the death. It's Real Steel meets Rock 'Em Sock 'Em meets why-are-you-still-reading-this-go-play-already. The newest project from the designers who brought you the Santa Claw pits the Barely-Believeable Bot and the Almost-Autonomous Robot in a ferocious battle controlled by players all over the world. The bots aren't computer graphics - they're real-life bots built by Real Art and filmed with a webcam for your delight and pleasure.  more... 2/7/2012

Can a panda-cam save endangered species? (latimes.com)
For philanthropist Charlie Annenberg Weingarten and his organization Explore.org, cute videos of baby sloths or kid goats on a trampoline do more than make us feel good. They can help save the planet. The website of the Santa Monica-based organization features a series of live webcams and short films about endangered animals, including polar bears, beluga whales and reef fish. It has just launched its newest webcam initiative, the panda-cam, as an effort to familiarize the world with these critically endangered creatures and inspire efforts to rebuild their destroyed habitat.  more... 2/6/2012

DARPA Invests In Megapixel Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses (popsci.com)
The augmented reality future we were long ago promised has been slow to come around, perhaps restrained most by the basic biology of our own eyes, which are unable to properly see detailed images placed very near the pupils. But via technology developed in part with a certain government agency, Washington-based Innovega has created a unique contact lens technology that allows the eye to focus on images projected very close to the eyes as well as objects in the real world beyond.  more... 2/2/2012