The Pool, The Final Frontier
This would be an incredibly awesome Super Terrific Japanese Thing, but after last week’s wacky Gundam tree and the previous week’s cute kitty bank, I feel I need to showcase something horrific this week. So this amazing remote control starship Enterprise just gets a regular Monday article, despite the fact that it actually flies… in the sense that it’s underwater. Okay, it doesn’t really fly at all. But as you can tell from the video of the Enterprise in action, it still looks awesome at it boldly traverses the deep end of wherever the hell they’re at. Apparently underwater R/C spaceships is a new fad in Japan; I immediately imagined an R/C SDF. Then I imagined it could transform into its robot mode. Then I wet myself. And then I called a pool contractor, because I seriously want to be ready… just in case. Thanks to Hersh and Gleeman for the tip. (Via Wired)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.