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A Robotic Bartender, and How To Build One
Jamie Price writes with a nice tutorial on putting technology to use in the service of mankind, with one of his latest projects — BaR2D2. "BaR2D2 is a radio-controlled, mobile bar that features a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice/mixer drawer, six-bottle shot dispenser, and sound activated neon lighting. The robot is driveable so you can take the party on the road! It was created in my garage using standard hand/power tools and readily available parts and materials.
Here is a video of it in action.
To see the full how-to with tons of pictures, check out the build.
Is this story's bar red for anyone else on the front page? It's freaking me out. Is the beer robot mad at me? :(
I don't know what the big deal is with Barack Obama. I mean everyone is praising the man and he gets man of the year for what? The man has not even started his Presidential term yet and we are all kissing his ass like he accomplished Middle East Peace and solved world wide poverty in 3 days. If anything I think Mr Obama winning should be attributed to the energy and drive of the American people. The voters are the ones who should get praised for electing the first African American President in the history of the nation.
Too often these days we seem to attribute grandeur and greatness to our elected officials even though we should be looking inwards towards ourselves. Without the will of the people, do you honestly believe any of the policies towards social equality or change would have happened throughout the history of the nation? Poiliticans move when the people light a fire under their asses and at no other time. Mr. President Elect Obama is no different and not that he will be taking his new role we need to keep the pressure on for him to carry out the positives he has stated he would accomplish. What we should not be doing is putting portraits of him up all over the place, and talking about the man like he is the second coming. Obama is not the King of the United States, he is our representative and he thus represents something greater than himself. We need to stop focusing on the person and focus more on what he will do and how he will represent the 300 million people in this country.
Democratic supporters have been very notorious in doing this (Although Religious Republicans of the last 8 years are equally guilty) since their political ideals seem to shift more towards a centralist Government in Washington. A lot of these guys who voted for Obama seem to want to go towards a point where the Federal Government has complete control over the average citizen. Since when did we surrender the power of self determination and submit ourselves to a bunch of rich guys in Washington? You cannot blame the Federal Government, we elected these guys in and you will get what you vote for. I think it is high time we forego these cheap bailouts of OUR tax dollars and these quick fix rebate checks. This is only free money to those who don't pay taxes and will further hurt us down the line.