w+k on twitter

my agency is constantly twittering, and i have been loving when whoever is responsible for the updates tweets about what's been "found". the list of five or so "found" links pops up every day or every other day. the most recent batch included an awesome digital campaign for nokia's new game emulator here, a youtube clip of what is probably the most advanced (and horrifying - more on this in a minute) robot i've ever seen here, and some other really cool stuff. follow @wiedenkennedy and check it out yourself! it's also stuff that - at least for me - might never have been found otherwise. maybe that's part of why twitter is so cool ... i'm still trying to fully get on board with twitter, although i'll tell you - it's growing on me already.

so to this robot. apparently this dog was created by boston dynamics. there's a scene in this video where a person KICKS this dogbot pretty hard, and the thing catches its balance. it then proceeds to trudge uphill in the snow, walk over a huge pile of cinder blocks, and leap its way across a warehouse.

now, by no means am i some kind of "robots are going to take over the world" theorist, but i think robots could take over the world if this continues. seriously? pretty soon, the only thing these machines aren't going to be able to do on their own is think. that's what's keeping me comfortable with these advances in modern science and technology. but once they can think ... alright i'm kidding. i'm not that nervous about it. but is it that big of a stretch for it to happen in a bunch of years?