Robotics + Car = Hallucigenia

News for nerds writes "I4U has news about a new transportation concept, called The Hallucigenia 01, which is a working 1/5 scale vehicle prototype, designed by Japanese design firm Leading Edge Design. PC Watch (Japanese) has photos and movies. Its 8 wheels are independent robotic arms controlled by their own satellite CPUs, interconnected to the main CPU by an internal LAN."

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Why drive...

[OriginalArlen]

when you can smoke dope and fly? Once upon a time I was a passenger in a car when the driver got the passenger to rack em out & hold up the lines just under his face. He took his eyes off the road, took a careful look, pinched up the spare nostril and carefully did a line, going back for the bits he'd missed. Eyes back to road, slight swerve, drive on like 'no big deal...'. Jeez, he was a helluva boss... **DISCLAIMER** Consuming illegal drugs is dangerous and Bad. Doing so and then driving is criminally irresponsible. Doing so WHILST driving suggests you should be in hospital, preferrably before you get carried there in a blue-light vehicle. Apart from a spot of weed late at night on those empty motorways...