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And now, robotic music played by actual robots

Techno has always been music made with machines. In this case, though, we have actual machines making the music. When

Some owners of Alexa-powered Amazon Echo smart speakers are reported being freaked out when their devices randomly start laughing. No

The famous hotline between Washington and Moscow went into operation on this day in 1963. Seems quaint now, doesn’t it?

The march towards Skynet’s awakening continues. Tom forwards this video of a bagpipe-playing robot. Then there’s story of a robot/software

In yet another example of how the Age of Skynet is moving ever closer, we have this story about rapping

We’re doomed. (Via Boing Boing)

It’s called the RoboTar, naturally. Why bother learning all that tricky fretwork when you can have a machine do it?

Skynet is getting pretty good at music. And let’s try to forget that these machines were built with the help

The inevitable emergence of Skynet is being assisted by meatbag Chris Hirst and Robot Dance Party. You can read all

The march towards Skynet continues. And damn, these guys are good! (Via Mashable)

Probably not, but if you ever wanted to, the opportunity is coming. The Internet of Things–connecting together dumb, non-computer devices