I hereby moderate the review Offtopic
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I've been an avid reader of/. since it was 'Chips n Dips' many moons ago and as/. its 'News for nerds, Stuff that matters'. Now I'm not against book reviews and what gets posted is entirely up CmdrTacos little group of followers but how does this story fit into 'News for nerds'? Can you say 'scraping the bottom of the barrel'??
Come on people, keep to the idea of the site.
With that rant over I'll just sit and wait for this to be moderated into oblivion.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is really cool but I don't quite see how this would work on rough terrain because it uses the shearing forces on the wheels to push it forward(as I understand it). Snakes also move by sending ripples along their underside where special scales that are angled in a way such that they grip to the surface they are on thus moving them forward. If the wheels are free to move in either direction I can't see how the component of the shearing force that drives the snake forward would be larger that the force of gravity on the snake on a slope. Wouldn't there have to be some kind of friction present to hold the snake in place? I'm not expert, but scales for grip and ripples seem a better way to go to make it better for rough uneven terrain.
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I've been an avid reader of /. since it was 'Chips n Dips' many moons ago and as /. its 'News for nerds, Stuff that matters'. Now I'm not against book reviews and what gets posted is entirely up CmdrTacos little group of followers but how does this story fit into 'News for nerds'? Can you say 'scraping the bottom of the barrel'??
Come on people, keep to the idea of the site.
With that rant over I'll just sit and wait for this to be moderated into oblivion.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is really cool but I don't quite see how this would work on rough terrain because it uses the shearing forces on the wheels to push it forward(as I understand it). Snakes also move by sending ripples along their underside where special scales that are angled in a way such that they grip to the surface they are on thus moving them forward. If the wheels are free to move in either direction I can't see how the component of the shearing force that drives the snake forward would be larger that the force of gravity on the snake on a slope. Wouldn't there have to be some kind of friction present to hold the snake in place? I'm not expert, but scales for grip and ripples seem a better way to go to make it better for rough uneven terrain.
Still cool though, I want one!