Coral Amber

I have a lot of projects I’ve done for my library technical assistant classes and I wanted to show them off in a fun way. I created an online portfolio in scrapblog with pictures, videos, and links to my written projects. This took me about a week to make, working a few hours (or more) [...]

I’ll admit I am a bit biased towards female type robots. They are just cuter. After all, half the point of having a robot is that it’s adorable to look at (which also explains my feelings toward robo-kitties). Last Christmas, Sakura was at the top of my list. She was adorable, lit up, and had [...]

This is the new design for the OLPC XO-2. This smaller model will have dual touchscreens so it can be used as a laptop, a tablet, or an ebook. I love the ability to swap between the horizontal and vertical so I can read comfortably. It’s what I have been looking for in a device [...]

Inspired by my green life feature in Domino magazine, I tracked my day, with both my fantasy and reality. 9:04 – Fantasy. Wake up to my robo-kitty alarm clock saying “Rise and shine” in an little cute voice (Think Sumomo from Chobits). Then it reminds me of what I have to do that day, the [...]

While watching the Dog Whisperer on NatGeo there was a commercial for a new show, Dogtown, that showed this scruffy puppy with a cataract eye and his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth. He definitely looked half zombie, so I doodled this on a napkin with a sharpie. Check out more doodles at [...]

I’ve had some downtime lately due to server issues and have been watching even more tv than usual. I noticed a new commercial for the Lexus ES350 in which robotic arms are sensually caressing fenders and headrests as they finish assembling the car. Not only is this ad clever (a car so sexy even robots [...]

I recently tried to start dating again. My first real date was a while ago with a guy who seemed very nice and funny, much to my relief. We had a good date (with fun, laughter, and some appropriate arm touching) and got along great. At the end of the date we hugged goodbye and [...]