I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

  • http://twitter.com/eksith Eksith Rodrigo

    He could have picked a different color :/

    • Stooge

      Yes, tentacle porn green would have been better.

      • Preston Sturges

        Now he’s working on the followup/companion piece “Pneumatic Manga Japanese Schoolgirl”

  • Snig

    “Air Powered 3D printed Robot Tentacle”  is a pretty good name for a band.  

    • http://twitter.com/eksith Eksith Rodrigo

      AP3DPRT ? Looks good on a t-shirt.

    • Fogbert

      I saw them at the Cow Palace in ’67.

      Oh wait.  That wasn’t me.

  • euansmith

    Let me be touched by his noodly appendage!

    Very cool.

  • millie fink

    Wow, that’s some good robot-porn theme music!

    • Preston Sturges

      Everything goes better with 70′s slap bass. 

  • class_enemy

    Why, thank you, Thing!!

  • Bender

    Don’t just sit there with a silly smile on your face, tell me where my robot tentacle is!

  • RaidenDaigo

    Pneumaticcally fantastic!

  • bcsizemo

    Sybian 2.0…

    • http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo

      Snap. Was gonna say,

      Sybian builders take note.

  • simonbarsinister

    Erotic?
    High pressure air hoses inflating cheap plastic inserted into your body. What could possibly go wrong?

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/RIXYW7GMXTJ2M2OEEXIQADTB5I Cheef

      When compared to the vast collection of things I’ve managed to get inside me, (and retrive!) this is fairly tame.

      • Jen Onymous

         Have you talked to A&E about your own reality show?  :D  Srsly, I’m sort of waiting for that to be the next exploitation/reality show:  “You got WHAT WHERE?”  Think of the social media possibilities:

        “Like us on Facebook and get a chance to vote on what this week’s guest GOT WHAT WHERE.  If you guess right, you’ll be entered to win an all-expenses paid trip to our studio, and a $500 gift certificate to Babeland.com….”  *click through to Facebook page to see a voting-button system showing a taxidermed badger, a moped engine block, and a size 14 sneaker as choices*

    • Jen Onymous

       Simon,

      Yeah.  High pressure air ANYTHING and uteri=possible air embolism.  Common cause of death before Roe v. Wade. 

      OTOH something battery-operated, with a small chip that sent low-level charges to an electro-reactive gel, the whole being enclosed in an insulating skin…could get interesting.

    • http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo

      Prolly not much with a condom or two on it and some grooves in the surface.

    • DewiMorgan

       So make it hydraulic, avoid the explosive expansion and risk of embolism.

      And feel it wiggle….

  • simonbarsinister

     ”And tonight’s winner is… Jenn and the Bust of Caesar! Congratulations Jenn!”

  • http://twitter.com/vornicus Dan Uznanski

    In that photo it reminds me of nothing more than a banana.

  • Nash Rambler

    In a nondescript filthy Hollywood office, a horror movie producer is diving for his phone.  This thing has quality movie prop written all over it.  My flesh crawled a bit just watching this small example.  Scale this badboy up, use the right paint and light (and perhaps the right sort of screaming female), and it’s creep-out city.

  • dustbuster7000

    That is very cool and I’m fascinated with how it moves and how he controls it. But its not 3D printed. Its cast silicone.