If you have watched an autonomous robot competition (I am assuming you have) you know they would not be that entertaining to the average person. A geek would find that entertaining but not average joe sixpack.
And what do you think the battlebox is now? It is 1 inch thick BULLETPROOF lexan. You will see (if you watch) in the new season of Battlebots now airing some very spectacular fights near the end of the competition.
Oh, and the current audience does sign waivers and there has been audience injuries.
It is a robot hand, not a robot arm. So, they don't provide any data for the elbow or shoulder because there isn't any. As for the hand, as another poster already pointed out, one of the fingers could lift about 2.5 pounds at the fingertip, not very much. Which is expected because air muscles are not very strong.
Nice thing about titanium is that it is very saw resistant, which makes it good for bottom armour on Battlebots (like mine). It also makes for good TV because when it is struck hard enough, or hit with a saw it makes nice big, bright white sparks. When you see those sparks on Battlebots, it's not special effects, it's Titanium!!
There is a reason they put the audience behind bullet proof screens. Those machines are dangerous!!
As a competitor, I know.
Even the wedge shape one can be dangerous too. Imagine a 300 pound pointy hunk of metal flying at you at 15-20 mph. It would give you more just just a bruised toe.
How long before we start seeing fuel cell refill kits like the inkjet refill kits they have now. Probably not long since they charge $3-5 per refill and methanol costs a fraction of that.
Let's do the math: lets say $3 for a 120 mL cartidge, that is $25 per liter or $96 per gallon. Considering in the Wired article that they say methanol costs $0.33 per gallon that is a bit much don't you think?
But wasn't Final Fantasy a flop financially? Cost $138 million but only grossed $61 million worldwide. It was still cool though. Too bad it didn't do better.
With Cyrix gone and AMD kind of falling behind Intel and now resorting to similar tactics that Cyrix used before they went under, the marketing of their CPUs at a higher apparent clock speed than they are actually running, does anyone think AMD will be around in 2009 to capitalize on their research?
After the XM story was posted after this one, it looks like alot of people agree with me. XM is not worth the money they are asking for it right now. I predict that it will go the way of a lot of dot coms, unless they change the way they market their service.
Kinda like XM satellite radio being launched today in Dallas an San Diego - $10 a month for something you can already get for free, PLUS you have to pay for an expensive new radio. Yeah, like many people are going to go for that!
The USA was founded for the people and by the people, but corporations have control of it now.
The proof is right in front of our eyes. The DMCA is another case of corporations getting more rights at the
expense of the people. Bush not signing the Kyoto treaty is yet another example of corporations flexing their influence over the government for their benefit at the expense of everyone else.
The land of the free is becoming less so every day.
I got a letter a while back from Progessive Insurance promising a "FREE" GPS for my car as long they they get to "Monitor" it.
This is EXACTLY the situation I thought about when I saw this. Oh great! The insurance company will put this in my car and monitor it and know my every move. How fast I go. Where I go, when and how often.
Not only is this an invasion of privacy, I would suspect I would get worse insurance rates than I am getting now instead of better. It's just another form of insurance discrimination.
I just wonder how many suckers they got to sign up for this "DEAL"
If you read the judgement, you will see it is only illegal if the person doing the typosquatting is profiting from it. In this case the typosqatter was ONLY profiting from the domains through mouse trapping and ads. When the owner of joecartoon.com told him to stop, thats when the typosquatter changed his web pages to make it look like he was criticizing joecartoon.com for being violent and bad for little kids, in an effort probably to ward off the lawsuit.
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If you have watched an autonomous robot competition (I am assuming you have) you know they would not be that entertaining to the average person. A geek would find that entertaining but not average joe sixpack.
And what do you think the battlebox is now? It is 1 inch thick BULLETPROOF lexan. You will see (if you watch) in the new season of Battlebots now airing some very spectacular fights near the end of the competition.
Oh, and the current audience does sign waivers and there has been audience injuries.
I suspect that most of those "wires" are actually pneumatic lines and you can really reduce the number of them unless
1) The air supply is in the arm.
2) You can make or find air solenoid values small enough to fit inside the arm.
There is probably a huge amount of support equipment they don't show you to supply and control the air flows.
It is a robot hand, not a robot arm. So, they don't provide any data for the elbow or shoulder because there isn't any. As for the hand, as another poster already pointed out, one of the fingers could lift about 2.5 pounds at the fingertip, not very much. Which is expected because air muscles are not very strong.
Before the visit ended the other day, a final question had to be asked: What is the purpose of the floating ping-pong ball?
"Oh that?" Mr. Lobenstein smiled like a child. "That's just to amuse us. Sometimes we get bored."
There is a difference between inches and cm
12" != 12 cm
This is the real reason Americans are afraid of their money being colored!
Check it with a multimeter some time, make sure the meter is set for voltage reading though or you'll get a nastsy surprise.
Nice thing about titanium is that it is very saw resistant, which makes it good for bottom armour on Battlebots (like mine). It also makes for good TV because when it is struck hard enough, or hit with a saw it makes nice big, bright white sparks. When you see those sparks on Battlebots, it's not special effects, it's Titanium!!
What?!?!? A slashdot story with no link. Well, here's one for the Treo
There is a reason they put the audience behind bullet proof screens. Those machines are dangerous!!
As a competitor, I know.
Even the wedge shape one can be dangerous too. Imagine a 300 pound pointy hunk of metal flying at you at 15-20 mph. It would give you more just just a bruised toe.
How long before we start seeing fuel cell refill kits like the inkjet refill kits they have now. Probably not long since they charge $3-5 per refill and methanol costs a fraction of that.
Let's do the math: lets say $3 for a 120 mL cartidge, that is $25 per liter or $96 per gallon. Considering in the Wired article that they say methanol costs $0.33 per gallon that is a bit much don't you think?
I see where they make all of their money now.
But wasn't Final Fantasy a flop financially? Cost $138 million but only grossed $61 million worldwide. It was still cool though. Too bad it didn't do better.
With Cyrix gone and AMD kind of falling behind Intel and now resorting to similar tactics that Cyrix used before they went under, the marketing of their CPUs at a higher apparent clock speed than they are actually running, does anyone think AMD will be around in 2009 to capitalize on their research?
Why didn't they ask him about tivo? They mention his Tivo hacking in the into but then, leave the readers hanging.
Probably just misquoted by a tech-clueless reporter. They should have said microamps like you stated.
After the XM story was posted after this one, it looks like alot of people agree with me. XM is not worth the money they are asking for it right now. I predict that it will go the way of a lot of dot coms, unless they change the way they market their service.
Kinda like XM satellite radio being launched today in Dallas an San Diego - $10 a month for something you can already get for free, PLUS you have to pay for an expensive new radio. Yeah, like many people are going to go for that!
I have a better idea. Send the MPAA an anonymous tip that someone at 209.67.152.159 is illegally pirating movies and see what happens.
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When I saw the subject, I initially saw "99% Blockage Isn't Good Enough...says Judge" and thought - "I knew judges were anal, this just proves it."
The proof is right in front of our eyes. The DMCA is another case of corporations getting more rights at the expense of the people. Bush not signing the Kyoto treaty is yet another example of corporations flexing their influence over the government for their benefit at the expense of everyone else.
The land of the free is becoming less so every day.
Did you read the rest of the article? They do have that except it is $500,000 not $8000-10,000. It is full color in both eyes.
Any you read every single line of every single contract and software license agreement you have ever seen? Not likely.
This is EXACTLY the situation I thought about when I saw this. Oh great! The insurance company will put this in my car and monitor it and know my every move. How fast I go. Where I go, when and how often.
Not only is this an invasion of privacy, I would suspect I would get worse insurance rates than I am getting now instead of better. It's just another form of insurance discrimination.
I just wonder how many suckers they got to sign up for this "DEAL"
If you read the judgement, you will see it is only illegal if the person doing the typosquatting is profiting from it. In this case the typosqatter was ONLY profiting from the domains through mouse trapping and ads. When the owner of joecartoon.com told him to stop, thats when the typosquatter changed his web pages to make it look like he was criticizing joecartoon.com for being violent and bad for little kids, in an effort probably to ward off the lawsuit.