robotAfter discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on Earth.

A Florida-based technology company put forth a press release on Friday in which they felt the need to clarify that a forthcoming robot will not, in fact, feed on human flesh.

Now, the disturbing part here is not that the robot will in fact, be vegetarian, but the speculation or assumption that it might have been otherwise. Haven’t we watched enough sci-fi movies to learn that any innovation involving flesh-eating robots will not end well for us, havers-of-flesh?

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Nerdy recent Berkeley grads, don’t skip town yet! Leave it to San Francisco to host something as geekily absurd as “the world’s largest robot competition,” a.k.a. RoboGames 2009. And from the looks of things, it is exactly what it sounds like.

The RoboGames begin this Friday, June 12 and rage the whole weekend long. read more »