And I quote (from news.bbc.co.uk): “The robot is able to leap over fences and walls.” Cool! “Video footage has been released of a robot that can leap over obstacles more than 7.5m (25ft) high.” And there’s video footage? Yes; yes, there is. Now go and watch it.
All posts in category Story of the Week
(Most Disappointing) Story of the Week: Military robot ‘hops’ over walls
Posted by Mister Slimm on September 15, 2009
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Story of the Week and People More Talented Than Me: Sara Watson’s Invisible Skoda
Look closely at the picture above. There’s a Skoda parked there and art student Sara Watson has meticulously painted it so that, from this angle, it matches the surroundings and appears transparent. Very cool. The original story appeared on telegraph.co.uk and news.bbc.oc.uk.
Posted by Mister Slimm on May 3, 2009
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Thunderball re-enacted by non-SPECTRE agent
In the never-ending truth-is-stranger-than-fiction category, a pilot this week landed a stricken airliner on water! Everyone survived so this is a great story and really cool to boot. It also shows that the Vulcan water landing in Bond movie Thunderball was possible. Amazing!
Posted by Mister Slimm on January 16, 2009
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Story of the Week: The ‘misunderestimated’ President’
Story of the week is an article from the BBC news team collating some of President George W. Bush’s vocal faux pas: The ‘misunderestimated’ President. It’s almost as funny as a page of Murray Walker’s legendary slips-of-the-tongue except Murray Walker wasn’t Commander-in-Chief of the world’s most technologically-advanced killing machine.
Posted by Mister Slimm on January 10, 2009
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Story of the Week: Stupid criminal leaves his address at robbery
Robbery suspect leaves his address at robbery (news.bbc.co.uk). While I’d like to say ‘only in America,’ the truth is, of course, that stupid criminals exist everywhere. Though I don’t want to be a criminal, a teensy, teensy part of me hopes that if I ever did, I’d at least try to take over the world [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on December 30, 2008
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Story of the Week: World Record Ostrich Sandwich Attempt
Long story short Iranians attempt to make the world’s longest sandwich filled with ostrich meat. The BBC reported on this with a nice video and I have a capture below: Problem number one: This is not a sandwich. It is a lot of sandwiches placed end-to-end. Surely, it’s not just me that noticed that. Problem [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on October 17, 2008
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Story of the Week: Giant Doggy-Do Attacks Switzerland
I suppose we shouldn’t be shocked that people will literally pay for, well, anything, as long as it’s called art. I imagine artist Paul McCarthy is still laughing hysterically and more power to him. A fool and his money, as they say. Photo by Samia Mirza Anyway, that isn’t the story. This is.
Posted by Mister Slimm on August 14, 2008
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Most Depressing Story of the Week: Manuel Uribe
The BBC reported about Manuel Uribe and how he has lost 29 stone from weighing 88 stone in a story entitled Heaviest man eyes slimming record. Though the BBC article is talking about an event that Wikipedia records as happening last year (that source informs us that he has since lost another sixteen stone on [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on July 31, 2008
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Most Disappointing Story of the Week: Ape protest at Unilever Factory
As reported at bbc.co.uk. Most disappointingly, not real apes.
Posted by Mister Slimm on April 21, 2008
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Story of the Week: Bear (yes, a real bear) convicted for theft of honey
*Checks date* It’s not April 1st. bbc.co.uk is reporting that a bear in Bitola, Macedonia now has a criminal record after being found guilty of steeling honey from a beekeeper’s beehives. As the animal is a protected species, the state was ordered to pay for the damage to the hives. I suspect the ASBO bear [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on March 14, 2008
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Story of the Week: Billy the Naughty Badger in News Corporation Sense of Humour Shock!
News Corporation (the owner of Fox and Sky) is not known for it’s sense of humour (or dedication to truth and responsible headlines) but this report from Sky Sports (from the beginning of February 2008) had me chuckling for a good while.
Posted by Mister Slimm on February 27, 2008
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Story of the Week: Xbox 360 with free, er, ‘accommodation’ for gullible crims
Computer and Video Games reported on a story where the Xbox 360 was used to catch stupid criminals. 115 criminals responded to an invitation to pick up an Xbox 360 they had won but instead of HD gaming goodness they discovered that the Texas pick-up point was overrun with US Marshals. Probably giggling US Marshals. [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on December 17, 2007
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Story of the Week: How to get caught method #1 – Don’t leave the scene of the crime
Stories about stupid criminals are among my favourites though it does concern me that they all seem to be American. Our stupid crim this week is definitely not American and was caught in Maglaj, Bosnia. How? He was burgling a house and, with his loot of two bracelets and an earring, decided to take a [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on December 2, 2007
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Story of the week: If in doubt, shoot. Yourself. In both legs. At the same time.
The ever-astonishing American mentality that guns empower you to do anything continues with this story from news.bbc.co.uk. Man hurt using gun to change tyre Oh, yes. This is the story of an American who fired a shotgun at the final stuck wheel-nut on his Lincoln Continental. The pellets ricocheted off and caused severe injuries to [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on November 20, 2007
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Story of the Week: Dog Shoots Man. Hmm.
Here is the answer to the question: what should you say when you’ve just shot yourself or you’ve just shot your hunting buddy? Dog shoots Iowa man during huntfrom bbc.co.uk. An explanation given by Alan Foster, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is produced to back up James Harris’ claim that he [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on November 5, 2007
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Story of the week: The Burglar Not Burdened with Brains
Stories about stupid people are great. Stories about stupid criminals simply bring joy to the world. Our hero this week is Peter Addison who, brilliantly, wrote his full name on the wall of a children’s campsite building he broke into and vandalised. Peter Addison was here! Not just Pete was ‘ere! but his whole name. [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on September 10, 2007
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Story of the week: Girl overdoses on espresso coffee
Here’s the story as reported on bbc.co.uk this week: Girl overdoses on espresso coffee It tells the story of a girl who suffered some really unpleasant side effects from drinking too much caffeine in the form of double espresso’s. “Jasmine Willis, 17, developed a fever and began hyperventilating after drinking seven double espressos while working [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on August 14, 2007
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Story of the Week: Wheelchair man gets highway ride
*Checks date* It’s not April 1st so here goes. Behind this seemingly innocuous headline on bbc.co.uk lurks what is undoubtedly the story of the week. Wheelchair man gets highway ride A lorry driver brilliantly manages to accidentally hook into the handles of a man’s wheelchair and then drives down the Red Arrow Highway outside Paw Paw, [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on June 8, 2007
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Well… I clicked it.
I wonder what the most sensationalistic headline possible would be? Here is a contender from the BBC News on BBC.co.uk: Man cuts off penis in restaurant The only way this headline could be improved is if you replace “man” with “George Bush” or “The Queen” or something. However, the actual story is rather less impressive [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on April 24, 2007
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