Here I Am, Brain The Size Of A Planet...

How many of these robots can you identify. I got 19/30 — not bad, not great. (Famous Robots by Daniel Nyari)

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Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Heavyweight Champion Of The World
The Birth Of Robot Punk
Vitruvian Robot

Robotic Companions

Some of Nathan Stapley's recent pieces for Gallery 1998 are up for sale as prints, letting me revisit one that I didn't get around to posting — Robotic Companions. I really like the look of his work, especially when it involves 15 awesome robots.

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Where's WALL-E?

Exterminate! Exterminated

Robot Spare Parts

Gimme Two Homer Jay Dry Lagers And A Popeye Pilsner

In an early celebration of Father’s Day, EveryGuyed and Moxy Creative House have turned eight, iconic, cartoon dads into beers. I was kind of hoping Homer's beer would have been skittlebrau.

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Fail Whale Pale Ale

Serenity Sake

I Like My Beer Cold, My TV Loud And My Inforgraphics Massive

Curb Your Famous Pets

Please pick up after your dogs, cartoon or otherwise. (From designer David Soames now on sale at Threadless)

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Who Let The Reservoir Dog Out?
They're Dogs... And They're Playing Poker!
Dogma

Pop Culture Stoop And Scoop

Please pick up after your pets, cartoon or otherwise. (From designer David Soames)

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They're Dogs... And They're Playing Poker!
Dogma

Robot Spare Parts

An R2-D2 coffee maker would probably be really popular whereas a Bender fabric steamer would steal everything in your home and somehow leave your clothes more wrinkled than when you started. (Question, is the Tin Man a robot?) (Used Parts by Dale Austin via The Daily What)

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Robot Evolution
The Android Team
I Fought The Laws...

Dogma

They may be big TV stars, but somebody still has to walk them — this hour it is Scooby Doo, Pluto, Huckleberry Hound, Astro and Goofy. You'd think Huckleberry and Goofy would take the most offense, seeing as they appear as fully-functioning, self-aware beings. Okay, maybe not Goofy.

I assume David Soames' Famous Dog Walker's other clients include Snoopy, Santa's Little Helper, Brian Griffin, Odie, Mr. Peabody, Underdog, Ren and Clifford. (Link via The Daily What)

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Dogs Sniffing Celebrities
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Fingers Crossed For Flying Cars!

Or maybe some sort of iCortical implant so I don't have to bother carrying about a phone or use a computer anymore. I'd also go for food in pill form and some way to eliminate the need for sleep. I've got it down to 4-1/2 hours, but I still feel pretty groggy.

But no matter what the years holds, there is no way I would let Elroy Jetson wash my car. (Link via Least I Could Do.)

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Too Much Pop Culture
Meet George Jetson... And His Secrets
Take That, Dick Tracy!

Meet George Jetson... And His Secrets

Jetsons Theme Song Extended at CollegeHumor.

George Jetson is a bad, bad man. Yeah, that is what you think he's doing to Rosey.

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Take That, Dick Tracy!

The buzz product (so far) at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is LG's wrist 3G phone — which has fanboys all dreaming about talking into their wrist a la Dick Tracy. Wait, does anybody even remember Dick Tracy? I remember the terrible Warren Beatty movie from 1990, which makes it older than most of the people at CES.

OK, I just looked and it seems somebody is still drawing Dick Tracy, making the police gumshoe a spry 77. Who knew?

Anyway, now that brilliant scientists have gotten around to recreating comic strip gadgets, there are a few inventions I'd like them to get to work on...

Star Trek: Tricorder — Scan alien lifeforms/plants, diagnose your health, vehicles, etc. And I'm talking the real, looks like a bulky Pentax version, not some iPhone app.


Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Babel Fish — Instantly understand any language in real-time translation. Just stick it in your ear. Sure, there will still be massive cultural misunderstandings, but at least you'll know what they are yelling at you.


Jetsons: Flying Car — Who wouldn't want a flying car? A sky full of drivers, what's the worst that could happen. I suppose a Transporter would be more efficient, but like Dr. McCoy, I'm not ready to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space.


Futurama: The What-If Machine — A gadget that will tell me, in a humorously detailed fashion, how all my decisions will turn out. Of course, I'd settle for a Finglonger.

Addendum: If you are ever looking for images of the Jetsons, make sure you have SafeSearch turned on. I've seen things I can't unsee.