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Big things (was Re: For Those That *Don't Get* the 2nd Amendement (was Re: Those stupid liberal))
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Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:36:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > To me that means anything man portable. (up to and including mechs :-)...
> > see Real Life a while back where Tony and the New Girl duke it out in mechs
> > they built out of scrap computer cases they melted down)
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> Bring on the mechs!!! I would love to see a load lifter a la "Aliens" or an
> ED-209 (under human control, of course) stomping about! Dunno if all that
> Japanimation mech stuff is possible, but it would be neat to see.
Interesting note in reference to the Aliens Power Loader - Caterpillar
actually built it, and it actually works. Well, sort of. The footage of
the loader lifting heavy things and walking around with them is live footage
- what they don't show you is the cables running from the two 'shoulder
spines' on the loader up to a crane. The crane is what keeps it from
falling on it's face when it picks up something heavy and over-balances.
There's some neat articles out there on mechanical exoskeletons, and
technology has come a long way, but the net-net is that other things are
still cheaper and more versatile.
Mechs are still, alas, more fiction than science. :(
James
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