Neo's News - Listener Submitted News Article Thread Mark IV

[Vent Noir]

* ROBOT APOCALYPSE NEWS *

8 Robots who learned how to love... badly

[TheBeastAR]

*Sir Bay News Alert*

Age of Extinction to launch new Transformers trilogy but Bay might not necessarily return for the sequels.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2 ... um=twitter

[Rodimus76]

The Final Trailer to X-Men Days of Future Past:

http://geektyrant.com/news/x-men-days-o ... al-trailer

[Rodimus76]

***Robot Apocalypse News Alert***
Scientists inject cockroaches with DNA Nanobots:

http://geekologie.com/2014/04/fast-forw ... entist.php

[eanetdude]

Google Tried to Build a Space Elevator

Google X encountered problems with the space elevator due to material limitations. In order for it to work, Google would need a cable that is "at least a hundred times stronger than the strongest steel we have," Google X employee Dan Piponi told Fast Company.

The team did find one material that could work, carbon nanotubes, but no one has successfully made a perfectly formed carbon nanotube strand longer than a meter. That put the space elevator project in "a deep freeze," but Google is still keeping tabs on advancements in the carbon nanotube field.

Source: Business Insider

[eanetdude]

oops, double post. Mods, please delete.

[bertman4]

Robot Apocalypse News

For once it's not the Japanese that has made a terrifying robot. Blame the Norwegians for MorpHex.
http://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/norwegi ... x-1452743/

[PHILLYgundamnFAN]

Robot Apocalypse News

Robopocalypse is Steven Spielberg's most likely next project as the script rewrite is complete. Though he had a cast that included Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway, and Ben Whishaw all were released from thier contracts after filming was delayed. Chris Hemsworth is still interested in staring.

http://collider.com/steven-spielberg-ki ... pocalypse/

[Vent Noir]

2014 Hugo Award nominees announced

Pacific Rim is nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form. Also sort of mecha-related: In the 1939 Retro Hugos nominations, Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds is a nominee, along with a version of the ORIGINAL Robot Apoclaypse story, R. U. R.

[bloodyknight]

Robot Résistance News Alert

AnimeNewsNetwork: First Commercial Powered Suit Is 'Ninja-Powered'

Active Link Corporation unveiled its Power Loader Light PLL-04 Ninja on Monday, touted as the industry's first passive walking control and active walking auxiliary control hybrid power suit.

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interes ... ja-powered

[NastyNate]

You too can run faster than the average jogger. Reebok Classic Pump Fury is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with Gundam Themed sneakers.
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2014/03/g ... sport.html

Dynasty Warriors Reborn (Aka DWG4) has just been announced for a western digital only release. The game is set to come out for Ps3 this July.
http://gematsu.com/2014/04/dynasty-warr ... ly-release

[m121akuma]

Namco Bandai to release Gundam Extreme Vs in the US, without any Gundams. On a related note, Namco Bandai are a bunch of trolls.

http://www.destructoid.com/namco-takes- ... .phtml#ext

[bloodyknight]

Mecha Game News Alert

AnimeNewsNetwork - Dynasty Warriors Gundam: Reborn PS3 Game Trailer Streamed

Namco Bandai Games America began streaming a trailer showing gameplay and cutscene footage for its upcoming PlayStation 3 game Dynasty Warriors Gundam: Reborn (Shin Gundam Musou) on Tuesday. The game will receive a digital-only release on the PlayStation Store in July.

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... r-streamed

[The Fowl Sorcerous]

ROBOT APOCALYPSE ALERT!!!

Obama plays soccer with robot! Possible Skynet collusion afoot!

[eanetdude]

Joss Whedon Talks Making Ultron “Everything a Robot Never Is”

Whedon told Empire Magazine of the Avengers 2 villain:

He’s not a creature of logic – he’s a robot who’s genuinely disturbed. We’re finding out what makes him menacing and at the same time endearing and funny and strange and unexpected, and everything a robot never is.

Source: Collider

[wielder]

Takara Tomy Planning Transformers x Evangelion Crossover

Toy maker Takara Tomy has taken out ads in this month's hobby magazines showing Optimus Prime with a very familiar color scheme. The details of the Evangelion cross-over is still underwraps at this point, but the ad even includes its own "story":

The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear. The weapons the UN forces gather together in retaliation can't even scratch them. In the end, they turn to the secret agency, NERV, to manage the anti-Angel strategy.
With Neo-Tokyo 3 in their sights, the Angels slowly advance upon the city...but suddenly a spaceship comes hurtling down from the sky above the Angels: the Sky Lynx! Out of the ship emerges warriors of the far-off planet Cybertron. They've come to investigate after noticing an unusual energy reading.

"We can't let a disaster like the Second Impact occur on this planet."
"What?! What are these monsters?!"

The shocked Cybertron convoy sets its sights on an enemy much bigger than themselves.

Source:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interes ... -crossover

[Xaldron]

Landfill of Atari ET found

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ ... s/?a=98879

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... t=20140426

[bertman4]

First 7 minutes of Gundam Unicorn OVA episode 07 has been posted.
http://www.gundam-unicorn.net/sp/
http://youtu.be/NmYXyIFiY_o

[eanetdude]

Robot Apocalypse News
U.S. Navy Making Underwater Attack Robots
Drones that can patiently wait on the ocean floor for years, part of the Upward Falling Payloads (UFP) program.

robotic pods that can quickly surface from the ocean floor are the perfect tool for a Navy that cannot always be in a region when hostilities first arise.

low-power laser attack systems, surveillance sensors, and even airborne and aquatic drones that act as decoys or provide intelligence and targeting information,” the site reported.

Source: The Washington Times

[bloodyknight]

New Mecha Anime News Alert

AnimeNewsNetwork: Aldnoah.Zero Space Robot TV Anime's 2nd Ad Streamed

The official website for the Aldnoah.Zero television anime by writer Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet) began streaming the second commercial for the show on Sunday.

Link: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... d-streamed