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Re: 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 18:50:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> The following post of James's is off-topic for debate. :-)
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> But it's neat anyway. XFUT geek
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> Let's see, we have John Deere prototyping walker/spider timber harvesters,
> and Caterpillar prototyping mechs. What's next? GM showing hovercars?
> Turboprop floatplanes? (no wait, that was in this month's issue of Private
> Pilot) How about a wristwatch that can double as a TV remote for when you're
> in bars and want to change the channel? (no wait, that was on CNN yesterday)
GM may not be making hovercars, but the good people at Moller certainly are.
http://www.moller.com/
I know this link's been posted before, because somebody made a Lego version
of the Skycar.
Adrian
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 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)
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > 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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