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  • Futurama Bender Head Cake [pic]

    Without a doubt, one of the best cartoons ever (and my personal favorite) is Futurama.  Not every episode is great (no show can say that), but I don’t think I can recall an episode where Bender wasn’t my favorite part of the show. Well, for fellow Futurama fans and Bender lovers, I bring you this…

  • K-9 From Doctor Who Gets a Steampunk Makeover [pic]

    If there is one science fiction robot that seems perfect for a steampunk makeover, it would have to be K-9 from Doctor Who.  Well, that is exactly what one person has made!  Meet K-1889! DeviantART user Sydeian is the person behind K-1889, the steampunk version of Doctor Who’s K-9.  I think even the Doctor would…

  • Futurama’s Bender Cosplaying as R2-D2 [pic]

    We have seen Bender sport a bikini and we have even seen Bender propose in binary, and now we have seen him dress up as R2-D2! This cosplayer (I don’t know who they are so if you know, please let us know in the comments so we can give them credit) was dressed as Futurama’s…

  • Motorized LEGO R2-D2 w/ Sounds [pic + video]

    Its hard not to love a droid as awesome as R2-D2 and one LEGO builder took that love to an epic level.  As you can see in the picture below, Flickr user Ickelpete did an amazing job of creating this LEGO R2-D2.  The best part is that it is motorized and remote controlled so it…

  • Robot solves Rubik’s Cube in seconds [video]

    It never ceases to amaze me the awesome things that college students build.  Usually those awesome creations come out of schools like MIT, but in this case we are talking about some students at Swinburne University of Technology.  These students created Ruby, a Rubik’s Cube solving robot.  Perhaps the most impressive thing is that it…

  • Awesome Futurama Leela and Bender cosplay [pic]

    Like many, I am a HUGE fan of the Futurama cartoon.  Rarely does a day go by that I don’t watch at least one episode.  What can I say, I like robots with an attitude. Knowing that many of you are also big Futurama fans, When I saw this awesome Futurama cosplay, I knew I…