Robot Bomb Squad FAIL!!

I thought bomb squads used robots is to extract explosives in a safe manner. When said robot drops potentially-live grenades AND THEN RUNS OVER THEM with its treads, I don't think the robot is doing a very good job.

ROBOT FAIL!!!

The robot was put into action by the San Francisco PD yesterday when they discovered the grenades in a garage. If you skip to the 2:30 mark in the video, you can watch the robot drop a grenade onto the ground, and then at 3:40 you can see its operator direct the bot on top of the grenade, as even the news anchors can't help but ask, WTF?

[via Gizmodo]

UK: Xbox 360 Is Unreliable

In an another episode of as the Xbox burns, the UK checks in with these gems.

According to Micromart which is an independent repair service in the UK, has refused to fix anymore Xbox 360s stating that it has to many issues. The problem seems to be with the motherboard, and the problems that it frequently has. The buzz around the net is that this is a larger problem than anyone thought.

Microsoft has stated that the Xbox has a 3% failure rate, which is within their level of acceptable limits. But as reported right here, there have been claims of up to 30% of the Xbox 360s are failing. This is an issue!!!

Come on Microsoft, you're off to a nice start in the console market. Don't screw it up now!!!

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