It’s a 2001: A Space Odessy Kind of Day

So someone got creative and built a charging station for their iPhone. Cos every iPhone deserves their own hand-built charging station, obviously.

This look familiar?

Yes? No? What if we show you… this?

We rate this: Extremely, uniquely, unashamedly awesome, and challenge you guys to do better!

Unless you’ve got like, other stuff to do. That’s cool too.

Image Courtesy of Imgur.

Open the pod bay doors, HAL. Japanese spaceship with AI launched

Japan recently put a robot-manned space craft into space, and we don’t know about you, but we think this should have been bigger news! 2001 A space Odyssey anyone?

Except, this little guy is no HAL. His name is Kirobo, and he’s actually hella cute.

See? AND BONUS TIME – really cheap! Sweet! So… can we have one? Well. Not that cheap. $37 million cheap.

The little dude has been credited with discounting the Japanese mission from hundreds of million dollars ( NASA says that a typical launch costs around $450 million) to just $37 million by reducing the man-power needed for the mission from 150 to just 8.

JAXA, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, sent the little talking robot into outer space on Saturday, August the 3rd on board a cargo ship that has been tasked with taking 3.5 tons of supplies and equipment to resupply the International Space Station’s six-person crew. Scientists will also be able to study communications and relationships between AI and humans. In space. Cos it’s cool.

As of August the 9th, when the space craft docked, he’s also been keeping them company up there at the ISS. Because he’s a talking robot, guys. 

I present you, Kirobo the talking robot astronaut, saying his first words. In outer Space.

Wait… what year is this??

Images courtesy of space.com