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AT-ATs Coming to a Forest Near You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thinkgeek-should-carry-these dept.

Audent writes "Not strictly speaking anything any of us should classify as work related, or even open source, but holy shitbags! I want one of these. Plustech, a subsidiary of tractor maker John Deere, has built a six-legged walking logging machine that just has to be the prototype for an AT-AT walker. Imagine parking this puppy at the mall!"

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  1. Imagine doing crowd control in one of those! by crovira · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Let one of these these suckers on a crowd of rowdy drunken students or, after equipping it with 3D trackball controlled armament, wrapping it in titanium and Kevlar, on a throng of maniacs and religious zelots enacting scenes from "Palestinians VS Jews, Episode 28,000"

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  2. Re:What's the point? by Helter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you actually know anybody in the logging industry? No? I didn't think so.

  3. Re:Can It Plant Faster Than It Cuts? by infie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder what the 'terran biosphere' thought about the millions of acres of unmanaged 'pristine' forest that burnt to cinder in Utah... Maybe that was Earth Mother Gaia's reward to us living more 'well-integrated' in 'better harmony.' Or maybe she was giving us a lesson in how to 'consume longer-lived trees and forest habitat at higher rates'.