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more about #skynet more comments → bjhagerman: to those who may care this is the proper format please take note of it more » cletar: Dear sir, We have received your application, and, while the BLOOD LIGHT is intriguing, we feel it does not rise to the level of evil we at the League ... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Isn't there some less gory way to get the iron needed to react with the luminol? more » pockifish: If that runs on luminol you so don't need to cut yourself for it. Lots of things react with luminol that makes it glow... like other things rich with ... more » bookwench: black-market purchases of human blood from hospitals cutting into vampire's supply will piss them off a bit. This project is doomed. more » Chip Overclock: In the reboot of THE ROAD, surviving SF fans will keep captives in their basement with which to power their reading lamps. more » SJ_Edwards: I forsee: Goth hordes at concerts, Holding aloft, Blood soaked thumbs, Glowing like candles. At least, I hope, It's thumbs. more » zenfluence: like I said: emo bulb more » ArlenCabaje: An emo lamp, now all those goth girls will have an excuse to cut themselves. more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Blood for the blood lamp! more » Maxx Craves:: New from Tampax.. You'll it's that time of the month because she has that special glow. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I am now one step closer to my dream of creating a vampire lamp. more » TemporalSword: I don't know how, but somehow this is Twilight's fault, isn't it? more » crashedpc - Haifisch: ... this is a one time use item, isn't it? What the hell, man. Talk about not cost-effective. more » Meirelle: Unicron eats planets. Unicron wins. more » -
#bloodlamps
Light Bulb Runs On Human Blood
This new lamp requires some of your blood to keep the lights on, because it uses luminol, a chemical that reacts with the iron in blood to create the glow. Thus giving the robots one more reason to revolt. [LiveScience ] -
#killingmachines
Countdown Science Fiction's 10 Most Murderous Robots
It's one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are our choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid. More » -
#killingmachines
#2: Unicron
How deadly is he? He eats planets for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And if they're populated, all the better; it adds texture, apparently. More » -
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#3: The Cylons
How deadly are they? They destroyed the twelve colonies of humanity, committing genocide on a scale unimaginable to everyone except Glen A. Larson and Ron Moore. More » -
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#5: Skynet/The Terminators
How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and are pretty much trying to destroy all human life, starting with a successful nuclear annihilation of three million people. You've seen The Terminator movies, right? More » -
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#killingmachines
#6: Sentinels (The Matrix)
How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and keep humans around only as batteries. Which, you know, is potentially an environmentally solution to the whole need for energy (Although they did start out with solar power. More » -
#killingmachines
#8: Ultron
How deadly is he? He singlehandedly slaughtered the inhabitants of the fictional European nation of Slorernia, before enslaving the alien robot race the Phalanx and taking over countless planets as a result, for his own nefarious ends. More » -
#terminator
Terminator Embraces The iPhone/Twitter Technology That Will Enslave Us All
Terminator Salvation is not only embracing the iPhone, they've also launched an elaborate Twitter game. Isn't turning us into slaves of the machines exactly what Skynet wants? More » -
#militarytech
Air Force Plans Fully Armed, Fully Autonomous Robot Plane
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. And, also, the U.S. Air Force is thinking of building a few of them - unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability, armed to the robotic teeth with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) missiles and equipped with YARA (Yet Another Rad Acronym). But, much like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Aurora Excalibur has a softer, friendlier side as well. More » -
#unblinkingeye
Zephyr Shatters Robot Plane Endurance Record
The U.S. military wants to have robotic eyes in the sky constantly roving and watching what goes on below, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They might achieve that capability very soon, as a test vehicle called the Zephyr just obliterated the old endurance record for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), nearly tripling the previous record. How did the Zephyr stay aloft for so long? More » -
#militarytech
Sarah Connor Has Failed — the British Just Built Skynet
With the launch of a new communications satellite, the British military has completed a highly advanced network that will allow robotic military units to be controlled at long range. Sound vaguely familiar? They actually named the thing Skynet. When the T-1000s come knocking, keep an eye out for the "Made in UK" sticker. More »
