After shedding its bulky hydraulics, the new all-electric version of the humanoid robot Atlas is now small enough to wear Halloween costumes. In a follow-up to a video demonstrating the robot’s autonomous capabilities, Atlas — dressed up as a hot dog — manages to avoid being tricked when the dolly it’s loading with car parts is moved without the robot realizing.
The Echo ecosystem has seen its fair share of failures while trying to popularize Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant.
Warner Bros. has officially sanctioned Action Vehicle Engineering to build 10 replicas of the Batmobile from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, according to Hypebeast. The Tumblers are only available by invite and while fully-functional (minus the jet engine) they won’t be street legal. So you’ll also want to factor in the cost of a massive display case.
Universal’s Orlando resort is expanding in May, 2025, to include a Dark Universe world with a ride called “Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment” featuring 14 of its “most technologically advanced animated figures.” Ahead of its opening, the resort has shared a short video showing animatronic versions of Frankenstein’s monster and the wolf man moving with eerily lifelike speeds.
