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} catch(err) {}</description><title>Hey Future, stop sucking.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @heyfuture)</generator><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/</link><item><title>Hey DigInfo, thanks for introducing us to mellifluous phrase,...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="249" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WhzbFaNueKU?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey DigInfo, thanks for introducing us to mellifluous phrase, “Orient Industry, a maker of love dolls.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 80%; color: #CCCCCC; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;Thanks, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ffangohr" target="_blank"&gt;@fangohr&lt;/a&gt; — I can’t compete with &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ffangohr/status/87583369113780225" target="_blank"&gt;your joke&lt;/a&gt; on this one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/7308260241</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/7308260241</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:47:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Lasers Made from Human Cells</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26876/"&gt;Lasers Made from Human Cells&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Hey Harvard Medical School, thanks for making my next rave completely fucking epic.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/6599832401</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/6599832401</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:56:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Dick Slang (Sneak Peak) via @chelseavperetti

Hey Dizzo07,...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tVx80aVxsm0?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dick Slang (Sneak Peak)&lt;/b&gt; via @&lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/chelseavperetti" target="_blank"&gt;chelseavperetti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Dizzo07, thanks for dropping a true cultural singularity: a point beyond which I simply cannot imagine.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/577843966</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/577843966</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:05:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>1 killed in whale attack at Florida SeaWorld </title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,6350085.story"&gt;1 killed in whale attack at Florida SeaWorld &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Google News, my apologies. Hey SeaWorld, thanks for the worst show idea ever. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, sirens? Really? You planned for this contingency?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/409865225</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/409865225</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:21:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Nude Man Found Dead On Killer Whale's Back</title><description>&lt;a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-07-07/news/9907070056_1_seaworld-tillikum-whale"&gt;Nude Man Found Dead On Killer Whale's Back&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Hey Google News, thanks for showing me this breaking news story from 1999. I guess with all the recent talk of health care reform, posting this makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/409837781</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/409837781</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:05:57 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Robot Babies Are Always A Mistake | BotJunkie

Hey UCSD, thanks...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxj9gpgNpe1qzvgeno1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/01/12/robot-babies-are-always-a-mistake/" target="_blank"&gt;Robot Babies Are Always A Mistake | BotJunkie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey UCSD, thanks for adding an angry Telly Savalas baby head to a robot. That was a great idea.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/378332261</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/378332261</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:19:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Air Force Bugbots (via docdetroit2006)

Hey U.S. military,...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bSS29-THbyY?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSS29-THbyY" target="_blank"&gt;Air Force Bugbots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/docdetroit2006" target="_blank"&gt;docdetroit2006&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey U.S. military, thanks for stepping up our surveillance capabilities. I’m sure no one’s going to notice a giant rectangular flying insect or a pigeon with a transparent glass head.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/378325928</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/378325928</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:14:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Christian Side Hug (via jaket282)

No joke today; too scared. If...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P-HmDE0Plj0?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-HmDE0Plj0&amp;feature=player_embedded#" target="_blank"&gt;Christian Side Hug&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/jaket282" target="_blank"&gt;jaket282&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No joke today; too scared. If the future is anywhere near this confusing on a regular basis, I’m going to have to bow out.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/268175893</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/268175893</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:58:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Sinister Sabre Warrior Drone Will Kill Us All One Day -...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A-f2OfXu6js?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5393496/sinister-sabre-warrior-drone-will-kill-us-all-one-day" target="_blank"&gt;Sinister Sabre Warrior Drone Will Kill Us All One Day - Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Lockheed Martin, thanks for helping the recovery by re-employing out of work 80’s teen movie soundtrack composers. Sabre Warrior’s finally going to come out of his shell and find a girlfriend this year!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/227995505</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/227995505</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:23:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Light-emitting shirts! (via joostbijsterveld)

Hey Philips,...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yd99gyE4jCk?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Light-emitting shirts! &lt;/b&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/joostbijsterveld" target="_blank"&gt;joostbijsterveld&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Philips, thanks for finally eliminating need for a couch AND a clock. So inconvenient!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/220317321</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/220317321</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:58:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Skiing robot - Boing Boing

Hey Bojan Nemec, thanks for devising...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/luzs63dGHQs?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/20/skiing-robot.html" target="_blank"&gt;Skiing robot - Boing Boing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Bojan Nemec, thanks for devising an altogether new way to make ski lifts less comfortable.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/219238954</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/219238954</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:13:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.nowhereelse.fr/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf" style="" id="player1" name="player1" quality="high" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="height=400&amp;amp;width=610&amp;amp;displayheight=400&amp;amp;file=http://video.nowhereelse.fr/video/Mood_Tail.flv&amp;amp;backcolor=0x666666&amp;amp;frontcolor=0xeeeeee&amp;amp;lightcolor=0x93bbbc&amp;amp;link=http://video.nowhereelse.fr/video/Mood_Tail.flv&amp;amp;showstop=true&amp;amp;volume=50" width="610" height="400"&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;

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Hey Wei-Chieh Tseng, best tech demo ever. I can&amp;#8217;t front. &lt;/embed&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/214861969</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/214861969</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:29:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>iRobot Makes First Version of T-1000 or Number Six—We Will All...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SbqHERKdlK8?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5380955/irobot-makes-first-version-of-t+1000-or-number-sixwe-will-all-die-anyway" target="_blank"&gt;iRobot Makes First Version of T-1000 or Number Six—We Will All Die Anyway - iRobot - Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey DARPA and iRobot, thanks for thinking about all those nooks and crannies my Roomba is missing. That’s what you’re going to use this for, right?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/212860339</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/212860339</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:51:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Mechanical piano hacked to talk, says nothing you’d be...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/muCPjK4nGY4?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/mechanical-piano-hacked-to-talk-says-nothing-youd-be-intereste/" target="_blank"&gt;Mechanical piano hacked to talk, says nothing you’d be interested in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Peter Ablinger, thanks for showcasing the difficulties presented by climate change in such a straightforward way.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/208621328</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/208621328</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:26:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>via Soul Sides

Hey Audio Push, thanks for making school in San...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqwg1wiOc21qzvgeno1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.soul-sides.com" target="_blank"&gt;Soul Sides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Audio Push, thanks for making school in San Jose more interesting this year.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/202738483</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/202738483</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:15:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Do Even the Japanese Understand Japan Sometimes? - Wahha go go -...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/itmLxjMQdHE?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5347751/do-even-the-japanese-understand-japan-sometimes" target="_blank"&gt;Do Even the Japanese Understand Japan Sometimes? - Wahha go go - Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Japan, thanks for always going too far.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/174039791</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/174039791</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:52:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Six-Legged Insect-Droid Scuttles With Speed - Gizmodo

Hey...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2iYZVz8l0Nk?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5346008/six+legged-insect+droid-scuttles-with-speed" target="_blank"&gt;Six-Legged Insect-Droid Scuttles With Speed - Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Takram Design Engineering, can you make one of these that shoots out of my shower drain at 170 mph making a loud screeching noise? I think we could take that to market.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/08/Phasma1.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/172328626</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/172328626</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:40:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Video: The first (televised) kiss between robots

Hey Japan, are...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mwZNxFN17jc?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/video-the-first-televised-kiss-between-robots/" target="_blank"&gt;Video: The first (televised) kiss between robots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Japan, are you okay?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/171596327</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/171596327</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Winkers tm a 4 (via WAJ1936)

Hey Winkers, thanks for ruining my...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JyYhdY-A_Hs?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Winkers tm a 4 (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/WAJ1936" target="_blank"&gt;WAJ1936&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Winkers, thanks for ruining my visual cortex for the rest of the day. Are you sure this isn’t a &lt;a href="http://timanderic.com/cinco.html" target="_blank"&gt;Cinco&lt;/a&gt; product?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 50%; color: #CCCCCC; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;Thanks, Josh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/168453989</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/168453989</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:11:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>High Speed Robotic Hands (via GerbilGod7)

Hey Ishikawa Komuro...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bfdHY26E2jc?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;High Speed Robotic Hands&lt;/b&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/GerbilGod7" target="_blank"&gt;GerbilGod7&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory, thanks for developing the technology that will finally stop the uncontrollable juggernaut known as the Harlem Globetrotters.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/154893105</link><guid>http://heyfuturestopsucking.com/post/154893105</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:44:36 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

