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The Mythbusters Construct a Kit Bot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-am-your-robo-friend-please-remove-packaging dept.

A reader wrote in to mention a writeup of a really great Mythbusters project. Hyneman, Savage, and Imahara went out and purchased a 'Vex' robot kit from RadioShack, and constructed the bot to see what it was like. They were pleasantly surprised. From the article: "Jamie Hyneman: I must admit I was expecting to turn up my nose at a do-it yourself robotics kit from Radio Shack. But guess what? The VEX System kicks butt. In a total of about 12 person-hours, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara (my cohosts on MythBusters) and I were able to build a functional, if somewhat basic, prototype equivalent of an iRobot's PackBot."

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  1. Vex Robot stuff is 50%off at Radio Shack by jasonw61 · · Score: 5, Informative



    http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId =&kw=vex

  2. Radio Shack is going to be selling a ton of them by cavalierlwt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good break for Radio Shack, you can't pay for that kind of advertising.

  3. I don't get it by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

    What myth are they busting here, exactly? That everything from RadioShack sucks?

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  4. Re:Person Hours? by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I love mythbusters too, but if you really think Kari and Scotti are hot, you gotta get out more. They're not ugly, average sure, but far from a "hottie" classification.

    Are you kidding me? Kari has that whole Earth-mother, freaky San Fran chick action going on, and Scottie is a tatooed hippy chick who can weld and build stuff.

    Hell, in some of her outfits, Kari looks like a friggin' Anime character, and in a bikini she's amazing -- she's hot like Willow was hot.

    We're talking two protypical geek-girls if I've ever seen 'em. Except they're artists and techicians.

    Are they the protypical fashion hottie? Nope. Does the total package of coolness transcend all of that? Absolutely. They're hot in a counter-culture way that's way better than what Vogue tells us is hot. Like I said, tank girl not fashion model.

    But, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So your mileage may vary.
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