Clouds : sometimes they look like dinosaurs. Other times they might look Yoda , Jabba the Hutt or a viking ship. And even OTHER times, they look like this this. A unique formation some meteorologists want to classify as a new type of cloud, and give a name . Give a name — ha! It’s not like it’s gonna come when you call it. Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised with a name. Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it ‘Asperatus’ after the Latin word for ‘rough’. If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century. Asperatus?! That’s a terrible name. I say we start a petition to name them ‘Geekologie Writer’, after the Latin word internet slang for ‘that d-bag with all the word magic’. Oh — oh geez: ?Butterfly in the sky — I’m at least thrice as high take a look, I ain’t in no book, I’m a f***ing cloud, yo? Hit the jump for several more shots of the Asparagus or whatever.

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It’s….Beautiful: New Form Of Cloud Discovered

Another day, another deathbot . I didn’t realize just how quickly humanoid robot technology was progressing until I watched the video of HRP4 here in action. I found it frightening to say the least. I found a turd in the back of my pants to probably say too much. The HRP4 is the latest and greatest in helper robot technology. Developed by AIST and Kawada Industries, this five-foot-tall robot weighs in at 86 pounds and is excited to serve you. The HRP4 has full arm articulation and simple hand movements, giving it a grasping force of 1.1 pounds. It has facial recognition built in, so it’ll know who you are, and it also reacts to voice commands. Now I have no idea how strong a grasping force of 1.1 pounds actually is, but I guarantee it’s enough to choke you out in your sleep. Thank God I’m a light sleeper, amirite? Seriously, I haven’t slept without the lights on since I was twelve. And not just because I used to be visited by a ghost, but in hindsight it did look a lot like my uncle wearing a bedsheet. Worthwhile skip-aroundable video of iRobot in action after the jump.

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DO NOT WANT: Creepy Humanoid Robot

Note: Video is after the jump because I’d prefer all the shitted-pants on the second page for easier cleanup. Q : What’s cooler than an autonomous quadrocopter that can fly through windows and perch on vertical surfaces? A : Everything, including drowning. We don’t know whether we should be terrified or overjoyed. We’ve just come across a video demo from the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab that shows an autonomous quadrotor helicopter performing “precise aggressive maneuvers.” You’ve got to watch the video to see just how amazingly this thing moves, it’s 100% terrifying. And speaking of terrifying: my face in the mirror when I woke up this morning. Joking — I’M THE FAIREST BITCH THIS SIDE OF FAIRYTALE LAND. Suck it, Snow White! … … Haha, what do you mean, “after all the dwarfs”? Hit it for the aerial acrobatics.

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Autonomous Quadrocopter Can Fly Through Windows, Perch, Murder You In Your Sleep