It’s probably no secret that I love birds, including hummingbirds. That’s why I thought this video was super cool. It’s a super slow-motion video of a hummingbird. After watching this video, scientists discovered that a hummingbirds neck acts like a reservoir for liquids. If the hummingbird hadn’t evolved this way, it would choke to death while drinking. I also like watching the ruffling of feathers as it beats its wings.

I could watch this video over and over:

Keepon is a Beatbot developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski. To be clear, Keepon is a robot, not a puppet, as some have assumed. Check out the website to see his insides: Beat Bots dot org.

The song is Spoon’s I Turn My Camera On.

Human social behavior shares much in common with dance. Our speech, as well as the movement of our body, head, and hands, is periodic and rhythmic. The goal of the BeatBots project is to develop robots that can interact with people by synchronizing with these social rhythms. We believe that rhythmic synchrony is as important for establishing engagement, rapport, and comfort between a robot and a person as it is between people.

Reason 5,986,463 why I love Dan: He wrote this.

I had to have this. I practically demanded that Dan buy it for me. The cats are not fans.

How sweet are Max and Meg? Too bad they can’t be this sweet while they’re awake.