RISE ROBOTS RISE

And we’re back. Goni has moved on. Ten injuries, only one serious. And it’s not me. Normal broadcasting resumes.

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So ...

A week ago I saw this headline in the NYT:



Then, yesterday, I see this headline:



Not that I’m worried, mind. Because at least they won’t be meat-eaters.

I’m just saying.

Twenty seconds to comply,

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BILL CLINTON + KIM JONG-IL = GREATEST OLAN MILLS PHOTO EVER

You all know by now that Bill “Bubba” Clinton has managed to secure the release of the two American reporters jailed in North Korea.

That’s good news (and I look forward to Fox News’ coverage on how Bill’s success proves he’s a Commie-appeasing traitor using his insidious and deep personal ties with Kim Jong-Il to call in a favor, or he only did it because the reporters were babes, etc).

But while I’m glad the reporters are going home, the whole trip was really worth it so that we could have this awesomely surreal Olan Mills photo-op.



Admit it – this would look right at home on Awkward Family Photos.

Uncomfortably numb,

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DARPA'S HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN

ITEM [via Wired’s Danger Room]: DARPA wants its Restorative Injury Repair program – which aims to “fully repair” body parts damaged by traumatic injury – to develop a device that can use adult stem cells for a regenerative free-for-all, pumping out whatever needed to repair injured body parts, including nerves, bone and skin.

According to Darpa’s solicitation, 85 percent of recent wartime injuries involved damage to the extremities and facial regions. That often means multiple surgeries, rehab and permanent disability for vets. They’re hoping to eliminate the injuries, and their long-term consequences, with a system that can reproduce in vitro tissues with the same structural and mechanical properties of the real stuff. And maybe make better versions: Darpa wants implanted results that will  “replace, restore or improve tissue/organ function.”

Now if only they could come up with something to repair the psychological horror that also comes with having yr extremeties and face blown off.

Walk it off,

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