Because robots and AI are all the rage as we ramp up preparations for a self-imposed robot apocalypse, this is a video of a robot developed by researchers at Chicago’s DePaul University that mimics a seal’s flopping locomotion to move forward. The researchers, led by mechatronic engineer Dimuthu Kodippili Arachchige,

This is a video demonstration and up-close look at the mechanism of the beautiful hand-cranked (motor optional) kinetic sculpture created by artist Ross McSweeney featuring a little row boat bobbing up and down on waves that move vertically both left to right AND front to back. Plus there are a