Taiwanese singing robot head is a melodious abomination

Professor Chyi-Yeu Lin of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has experimented with robot heads before (here's a few of them), and now his team has built a robot that can read music and emote according to the song's lyrics. Too bad this head looks like the Bride of Johnny Cab.

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Everything you want to know about the physiology of yodeling

Dr. Timothy Elbert Wise is not only a joint-programme leader of both the Popular Music and Recording and Popular Musicology degrees at the University of Salford, UK, but is also one of the world's foremost authorities on the history and physiology of yodelling.

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Cylon Psychodrama and Way Too Much Singing on Battlestar

large_bg30.jpg The last several episodes of Battlestar Galactica have been occasionally slug-like, but Friday's installment, "Guess What's Coming to Dinner," delivered some serious asskickery. As the rebel cylons and the human fleet work their way toward an uneasy alliance, there are juicy, twisty plans-within-plans on both sides.…

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Bad News: Battlestar Season 4 Features More Singing

News reports are still suggesting the Sci-Fi Channel may split Battlestar Galactica season four into two parts. Not only that, but it turns out there will be more singing, according to Executive Producer Mark Verheiden:

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