YouChoose: treadmills, tennis and lifelike robotspublished Wed, Nov 19 2008 23:55 GMT
Version 2 adds a roof and engineOn first viewing, this is the pinnacle of satire: a human-powered treadmill that can be used outdoors, because it's got wheels. Except we're assured it's real. So is it the General Motors rescue plan?Wimbledon of the future? NoAn amazing blast from the past, and arguably the second-ever videogame: "tennis", played on an oscilloscope, written at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1958. New bits, please!Welcome, human underlings!"Jules", from the Bristol Robotics Lab, has 34 motors, rubber skin and is scarily real. Philip K Dick, where are you?Got a technology or games video we should know about? Tell us in the comments!Robotsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject ...
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