The most amazing aspect of this robot design is that you need to smile to shoot the guns. The Joker would love this. You can already pre order the robot at Suidobashi Heavy Industry.
Category: Culture
What if we accept robots as our equals?
The University of Canterbury is releasing a new advertising campaign to which we had the privilige of contributing. The College of Engineering selected Social Robotics as their theme for the campaign:
New Photographs with Nao
The University organized a new photoshoot with me and the robots. Watch out for the new TV commercial for UC on Sunday. The videos might be up on Monday as well on the UC home page.
Reunion 10 released
Leister Pro has released Reunion 10 for the Mac. It is my favorite genealogy software. They put so much effort into every detail and the quality of their work is amazing. Yes, some other genealogy software might be a bit flashier, but Reunion draws me back in with its quality and ease of use. I highly recommend it.
Family Tree
I uploaded a new family tree that documents the results of my book “The Family History And Genealogy of Johann Ferdinand Thöne and Maria Anna Juliana Antonette Drewes“.


