American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Calling All Rubes

While Josh has kept himself busy posting up and down on the site I have had a more leisurely past few days, relaxing and enjoying the break from everything afforded by Thanksgiving. But now I am back and ready to get posting again.
First up today we have a little something for all of you creative [...]

Venture Captialist Wanted

Have you ever wanted to just take a chance and start your own business, but had no idea how to even begin or where you might get funding to do such a thing? Well, then let me tell you about the contest I just found:
You Be the VC is a contest for folks who want [...]

You Know You Are Going To See This On “My Super Sweet 16″

Yeah, I admit I watch too much MTV that I actually know this show.
But anyway, moving beyond all of that, Tank-A-Lot is a UK company that rents out tanks and other army style vehicles like most companies rent out limos.
The site definitely has a sense of humor, and if you are in the UK actually [...]

100 Years of Taxis and Flowers

So, the other morning I only caught part of the NY1 report on this project, caught it while rushing to get dressed and get to work, so it didn’t have my full attention either. What I heard was that as a celebration of 100 years of motorized taxis in the city they were putting decals [...]

Keep on…dancing, smiling

The human-controlled robot dances and interacts.
From http://beatbots.org:

Human social behavior shares much in common with dance. Our speech, as well as the movement of our body, head, and hands, is periodic and rhythmic. The goal of the BeatBots project is to develop robots that can interact with people by synchronizing with these social rhythms. We believe [...]

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