A big huge Hail and Arigato Gozaimasu to all the extremely kind, smart, interesting and beautiful people who sent us a bit of cash to help us out of our jam. We were stranded in the Vienna airport, with our luggage in hock and our credit card maxed out because of a very naughty hotel agency.

After making the hop from Vienna to Paris to Beijing, we have made it to Tokyo. The whole experience was not unlike one of those really high levels of Zelda where you just wander around a whole lot looking for power up and weapons until you get to the end guy. There is always another obstacle. We are finally ensconced in the world’s teeniest hotel room, and are walking out the door to detail for you wondrous tales of the IREX International Robotics Exhibition.

Big ups especially to Charlie Gadeken and Pouneh Mortazavi, our A-Number-One Flaming Lotus Girls (Go to the fundraiser on Friday, it’ll be a hoot)

Mom and Dad Suicidebot also pitched in for their machine obsessed daughter and loose cannon son-in-law. I am hereby sorry for my teenage years.

The fantabulous, good looking and sprightly Trossen Robotics also pitched in to save out collective kiester, no sponsor have ever gone so above and beyond.

Also, Magnus Wurzer of Shifz, our cohort in Vienna, sent us a little dosh, we love you Magnus!

We would also like to thank, with kisses and lots of 10-W-30, Li’l Joshy Mehlman (who is of course always free to point and laugh), Danny O’Brien, intrepid defender of our informational rights, Daniel Gaspari our biggest fan, and Erik Stevens of Roboverse, who all pitched in and got us upgraded to eating out of vending machines rather than waiting for the airline food to come along.

T Shirts, stickers, and extra special luuuurve will be sent out next week.

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