Here’s a spiffy thing sent along by the irrefutable Amacker Bullwinkle:

“My friend Mikey is on the crew that just did Nexi. . .his girlfriend Neri, is Nexi’s voice.”

Who the heck is Nexi? I hear you cry. Well:

And by awesome, I mean totally sweet.

I love those crazy kids down at the MIT Media Lab.

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The New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called “Dextre the Magnificent”

“In a surprising and potentially troubling request, the new space station robot known as Dextre demanded that astronauts refer to it in the future at “Dextre the Magnificent.” Brandishing power tools that would make any handyperson blush, the mobile servicing system thanked humans for creating it and promised a glorious future where humans would retain an important role in the new robot order. Dextre was deployed last month to help build and service the International Space Station. As seen in the above picture, Dextre is truly a technological marvel, wielding long arms capable of handling both small tools and large modules with precision dexterity. ”

NASA [via Bot Junkie]