Robot Alert

I've been neglecting this long enough.

You know all of the books and movies about the future? You know how a lot of them deal with robots or super computers taking control of the world and forcing man to live and hide among the ruins? They all have a flashback or a starting point where it shows when everything went wrong. There are always a few warning signs or someone that knows what's about to happen and tries to stop it but no one pays attention. Until it's too late. This is why the 3Goat Robot Alert has been created.

While we don't believe that a robotic Armageddon is in our future, some of the developments in the field of robotics can be a bit creepy and may make you think that any day now, you're going to see a leather clad Arnold Schwarzenegger strolling down the street carrying a giant gun. If that ever happens, all I can say is that you better hope that some descendant of yours isn't leading a rebellion against the machine in the (not so?) distant future. Either that or throw a Webster's Dictionary at his feet (see the video). Here's the article that goes with the video if you're interested in this sort of thing.



Here's a video that creeped me out over a year ago and is still making me cringe. This just might make you run out and buy a gun. Not that you could legally purchase anything that could stop this thing. At least you'll FEEL safer. Here's the article.


What's the creepiest part? The fact that it couldn't be pushed over or that it was playing in a mud puddle? Creepiness aside, I'd kind of like to see one that could hold a couple of hundred pounds. Throw a saddle on it's back and ride it to work. The possibilities are endless. Wrap a bear skin rug around it and chase the neighbor's dog that is always pooping in your yard. Wrap it in pink, put a snout on the front and a curly tail on the back and you've got yourself a hog. Put a rubber dinosaur "skin" on it and go through the drive-thru at McDonald's. Put a fake horse head on each end and have a Pushme Pullme. Expand the concept and mount some industrial strength legs under your car, keep them hidden until you feel the need to scare people to death. Parallel parking would be so easy. And fun! Stuck in rush hour traffic? Scoot over to the shoulder and run down the side. People will be too stunned to get mad at you for being in the emergency lane. Now that I think about what I could do with it, it's not so creepy. Now I want to know how to get one.