Comments on: Bionic penguins http://cityoftongues.com/2009/04/23/bionic-penguins/ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James Bradley http://cityoftongues.com/2009/04/23/bionic-penguins/#comment-237 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:59:53 +0000 http://cityoftongues.com/?p=1959#comment-237 I wondered whether it was a hoax as well, but it was in New Scientist, the company have a website, the video looks too expensive to be fake (unless it’s some weird viral marketing thing for a movie) and they’ve got a track record making things like bionic jellyfish, so I think it’s on the level.

]]> By: Adster http://cityoftongues.com/2009/04/23/bionic-penguins/#comment-236 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:22:20 +0000 http://cityoftongues.com/?p=1959#comment-236 The Air Penguin? The freaking BRANDED AIR PENGUIN?!!

I’m gonna assume this is real for now… in which case that voiceover is the scariest thing I have heard in a long time “self-regulating bio-mechatronic systems… free will to explore this space.”

Do bionic penguins dream of electronic fish?

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