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OK,
who's the wise guy?
http://boingboing.net/images/foo/Desktop-Pages/Image8.html
Chris.
Janey was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could be
better then mixing the two??
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> OK,
>
> who's the wise guy?
>
> http://boingboing.net/images/foo/Desktop-Pages/Image8.html
>
> Chris.
>
> Janey was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could be
> better then mixing the two??
I was thinking of building some sort of remotely controlled robot like DaveK's
yesterday. The best I could think of was a remote camera at the University that
you could pan and tilt or a robot plotter you could draw stuff with on scrap
pieces of paper (ie, some sort of robot art) and could watch on a digital
camera.
But this, this is something other, as Bruce Cockburn would say.
Calum
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> > OK,
> >
> > who's the wise guy?
> >
> > http://boingboing.net/images/foo/Desktop-Pages/Image8.html
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > Janey was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could be
> > better then mixing the two??
>
> I was thinking of building some sort of remotely controlled robot like DaveK's
> yesterday. The best I could think of was a remote camera at the University that
> you could pan and tilt or a robot plotter you could draw stuff with on scrap
> pieces of paper (ie, some sort of robot art) and could watch on a digital
> camera.
>
> But this, this is something other, as Bruce Cockburn would say.
>
> Calum
I love it.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.... Chocolate....
Gggahghghhghghhghhhhhhh...
(Homer Simpson drool...)
So I'm thinking I'd like to free up 16 square feet of real estate in my house by
taking the robocam down. However, I don't have an idea for a replacement.
I was thinking about some sort of CAD setup, so people could draw on paper, much
like that remote artist paint thing I saw years ago.
The only issue is that I'm competent enuf to set up buttons for movement--press
button 'x' and pen moves in 'x' direction for a set amount of time...
However, I'd like to set up a java applet or something that would give the user
a way to use the movement of the mouse cursor to move the pen--that way it'd be
more fluid...
But that's beyond me at this time.
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> > > OK,
> > >
> > > who's the wise guy?
> > >
> > > http://boingboing.net/images/foo/Desktop-Pages/Image8.html
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > > Janey was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could be
> > > better then mixing the two??
> >
> > I was thinking of building some sort of remotely controlled robot like DaveK's
> > yesterday. The best I could think of was a remote camera at the University that
> > you could pan and tilt or a robot plotter you could draw stuff with on scrap
> > pieces of paper (ie, some sort of robot art) and could watch on a digital
> > camera.
> >
> > But this, this is something other, as Bruce Cockburn would say.
> >
> > Calum
>
> I love it.
>
> Mmmmmmmmmmmm.... Chocolate....
>
> Gggahghghhghghhghhhhhhh...
> (Homer Simpson drool...)
>
> So I'm thinking I'd like to free up 16 square feet of real estate in my house by
> taking the robocam down. However, I don't have an idea for a replacement.
>
> I was thinking about some sort of CAD setup, so people could draw on paper, much
> like that remote artist paint thing I saw years ago.
>
> The only issue is that I'm competent enuf to set up buttons for movement--press
> button 'x' and pen moves in 'x' direction for a set amount of time...
>
> However, I'd like to set up a java applet or something that would give the user
> a way to use the movement of the mouse cursor to move the pen--that way it'd be
> more fluid...
>
> But that's beyond me at this time.
>
> Dave K
So, how does this thing work? Some of you might recall I toted around some LEGO
bricks made with various rapid prototyping machines at BrickFest (you can see a
photo here: http://www.ldraw.org/article/319). I'll have the opportunity to make
more RP LEGO parts in the future as well. This is a neat setup though that some
of my contacts at RP companies might enjoy seeing :-)
-Tim
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Tim Courtney wrote:
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So, how does this thing work?
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Hey Tim,
I came to this story through core77.com, a neat ID
e-zine.
As far as I can tell (I hate reading a geeky BLOG to figure out someone’s
project!) it “prints” a little dot of chocolate by moving a plate under a “print
head” that extrudes the product. Or maybe it moves the head over the plate? I
can’t tell. I have no idea how it handles undercuts, as it has no way of making
“support” (maybe add a second head extruding peanut butter? LOL). Without that I
guess it just makes a lump.
I love the idea of chocolate as an RP material - it melts into itself, so no
stepover marks! Of course the whole “part” also just melts into goo, so not
exactly stable to look at for very long. But I suppose it’s not made to be
looked at.. it’s supposed to be funny.
I wish the little movie link worked, that way we could see the finished product.
Darrell
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Darrell Urbien wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Tim Courtney wrote:
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So, how does this thing work?
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Hey Tim,
I came to this story through core77.com, a neat ID
e-zine.
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I did a simple search and was unsuccessful, do you have a direct link?
-Tim
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I was thinking of building some sort of remotely controlled robot like DaveK’s
yesterday. The best I could think of was a remote camera at the University
that you could pan and tilt or a robot plotter you could draw stuff with on
scrap pieces of paper (ie, some sort of robot art) and could watch on a
digital camera.
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Some internet controlled/monitored “things” I’ve bookmarked over the years:
Activemedia’s telerobotics:
http://webpion.mobilerobots.com/
PumaPaint - painting telerobotic:
http://pumapaint.rwu.edu/
RC web car:
http://www.hellspark.com/new/css/vcar/vcar.html
Bradford Robotic Telescope (currently in closed beta):
http://www.telescope.org/tenerife/tenerife-site.php
Web Etch-a-Sketch:
http://www.gadgeteer.org/
the Public Magic 8 ball:
http://8ball.federated.com/
UWA’s Telerobot:
http://telerobot.mech.uwa.edu.au/Telerobot/index.html
Telerobotic counterfitting lab(?):
http://www.eiu.org/legal_tender/
the Telegarden (now offline):
http://queue.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/garden/Ars/
Xavier the (sometimes) telecontrol robot):
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/Xavier/
Interactive model railroad:
http://rr.informatik.tu-freiberg.de/
MIT Random Hall Bathroom status:
http://bathroom.mit.edu/
Virtual (software only - but there is potential to make it real):
Fridge magnet messages:
http://www.savetz.com/fridge/fridge.cgi
coin flipping:
http://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/flip/
-Rob A>
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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OK,
who’s the wise guy?
http://boingboing.net/images/foo/Desktop-Pages/Image8.html
Chris.
Janey was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could
be better then mixing the two??
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Yes Chris, I’m secretly hiding my mindstorms skills and parts. My evil plan is
to come down for a competition and while you are all dumbfounded and getting
stuffed on chocolate bits, I will disable, disassemble and/ or disenchant
all of your robots so I can WIN!!!!!!!! It’s devious enough and delicious
too.
Janey “Red Brick”
Today’s post was brought to you by the letter “D”!
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