Comments on: Wait until you see its big brother http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: maxshcherban http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2567 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:19:30 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2567 The can didn't seem to understand what the heck was that. The can didn't seem to understand what the heck was that.

]]> by: Steven Den Beste http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2543 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:26:31 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2543 That cat sure is blase. You get the impression it's used to being assaulted by itty bitty mechanical thingies? That cat sure is blase. You get the impression it's used to being assaulted by itty bitty mechanical thingies?

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2539 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:03:31 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2539 R/C Tachikomas actually <a href="http://www.robo-garage.com/robo/tatikoma.html">already exist</a>, though not as a commercial product. R/C Tachikomas actually already exist, though not as a commercial product.

]]> by: kamikrae-z http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2538 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:14:33 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/21/wait-until-you-see-its-big-brother/#comment-2538 Two thoughts that come to mind after watching that video: 1) The tortoise reminds me a lot of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma" rel="nofollow">Tachikoma's</a> in Ghost in the Shell. I should mention that I've never actually watched GITS (just lurked a lot on 4chon), but I think a remote control Tachikoma complete with quadrupedal and wheeled means of ambulation would be a VERY popular toy. 2) Mr. Huang must have very well developed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thenar" rel="nofollow">thumb muscles</a> (much like anybody addicted to text messaging). Two thoughts that come to mind after watching that video:

1) The tortoise reminds me a lot of the Tachikoma's in Ghost in the Shell. I should mention that I've never actually watched GITS (just lurked a lot on 4chon), but I think a remote control Tachikoma complete with quadrupedal and wheeled means of ambulation would be a VERY popular toy.

2) Mr. Huang must have very well developed thumb muscles (much like anybody addicted to text messaging).

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