A copy of Walter Kirn's Lost in the Meritocracy (a reiteration of the article with little to justify the extra 150 pages, as it turned out) came through my office yesterday, and I read it. Two things:1. David Samuels already wrote this book.2. I am sympathetic to skeptics of the academic meritocracy...

This is a little gallery of scary-ass robots that want to kill you so they can mate with your computer. This particular model is called "My Spoon" and was designed to help people with no arms or really sucky arms to eat. As you can see, it's about to choke out Japanese Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe...

I just don't get it -- why take the chance? What's wrong with paying some pimply adolescent $6/hour to serve ice cream? You have to look at his ugly face, that's what. Still, I want the record to show that I am anti-robotic ice cream server. These Kuka industrial robots were programmed by 26 student...

Kenji, a third-generation humanoid, was programmed by Toshiba's Akimu Robotic Research Institute to emulate human emotions, including love. But shockingly, Kenji has gone haywire and will probably end up killing off all his love interests. The trouble all started when a young female intern began to ...

  What do you get when you put a man, a hyper cat, marijuana, and a bong in one room? The answer may surprise you. Here's the man:   Here's the cat:   And here's the teeny, tiny, 12 inch by 6 inch home-made bong into which he stuffed her:    According to the AP, ...

That's right folks, a ridiculously stupid $2.5 million iPhone complete with 18-carat gold, 160 small diamonds, and topped off with a 6.6-carat behemoth as the home button. The piece is called the 'King's Button' and is available now if you want it. But, if you're looking for something a little cheap...

Do you love to drink but get exhausted by having to constantly raise your hand to your mouth? Lucky for you, UrbanTrend.com has a solution. Thanks to the new Alcohol Shot Gun, all you have to do is "pour in an ounce of your favorite drink into the cartridge, cock the trigger, point and shoot." Once ...

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Tropicana To Nation: "Whoops! We Goofed!" After perplexing consumers for months with an ill-advised packaging switch that made their orange juice look crappy, Tropicana has reversed course and vowed to return to their original "orange and straw" carton. Neil Campbell, president at Tropicana North Am...

The publishing industry is led by experienced professionals with deep knowledge of literary appeal. So if they say Kathy Griffin deserves a $2 million book deal, who are you, the public, to argue? Today Condoleezza Rice signed a three-book deal worth $2.5 million. Okay, maybe a bit more than you wan...