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The Rotundus GroundBot

Measuring the size of about an airplane wheel, this round robot called Rotundus GroundBot is destined for ground patrol in the very near future. It’s lightweight (just 55 pounds) and virtually silent even when it’s rolling at its max speed … Continue reading

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Bike thief knocked off bicycle by office workers

Hooray for office vigilantes! Watch as one unassuming bike thief is totally knocked off a stolen bike as he tries to ride away. Man, if I worked in this office building with a bike rack in plain view, I would … Continue reading

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Article 12 movie trailer

Article 12 is an upcoming film about the current state of surveillance and privacy in our modern societies. I’m always fascinated by statistics like this and while I don’t have a real concern about my level of privacy in this … Continue reading

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Chinese bank robber steadily hacks away at glass

LOL’s ALL AROUND!!! This wouldn’t be so funny if somebody got hurt, but the fact of the matter is that nobody did and the reason why this video is so damn funny is because it shows a determined bank robber … Continue reading

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panoptICONS project installs camera birds around the city

panoptICONS Utrecht 2010 from Helden on Vimeo. Artists Thomas voor ‘t Hekke and Bas van Oerle (collectively known as Helden) at the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands have installed a bunch of birds with cameras instead of … Continue reading

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Dog senses California earthquake before it happens

Surveillance video from the Times-Standard newspaper in Eureka, CA shows an employee’s dog sensing the 6.5 magnitude earthquake moments before it shook the building on January 9, 2010. The dog, whose name is Sophie, can be see darting from its … Continue reading

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