Improved Honda Asimo Pretends to be a Bartender and Pour Drinks

Honda Asimo, the frighteningly realistic yet increasingly useless humanoid robot, has learned another new trick! It can pour drinks. Watch Asimo roll out a cart, open up a thermos, grab the cup, tilt the cup, pour,finish the pour and hand it off to a pretty lady.

It's amazing how human-like this guy is now. Honda has improved Asimo from its stair climbing days to now be able to understand different voices, recognize faces and respond to movement around it. Most importantly, Asimo can move on its own (it no longer needs an operator). Honda says that Asimo's intelligence and abilities have been upgraded tenfold, its top speed is 2mph faster at 5.6 mph and its new dexterous fingers can be even used for sign language. All this sounds awesome but if we can add an Asimo to every bar, I'd totally be down with that. 

[Via: Gizmodo & Reghardware]

Surfing a Massive 90-Foot Wave to Claim the World Record

Apparently born without a sense of fear, Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for Largest Wave Surfed by successfully navigating this 90-foot wall of watery death. The previous record—77 feet—was set by Mike Parsons in 2008. Sorry Mike.

Can we just take a moment and marvel at the fact that we have gear that can actually record this kind of insane deed—and easily! Those shots from the nose of the surfboard would have been a pipe dream just ten years ago, and now they're practically expected. Guessing McNamara used a GoPro, but if you have any better info, let us know in the gnarly comments brah. 

[Via: Gizmodo & Nick Bilton]