Comments on: Lego recreation of the "Most Useless Machine" http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JDMcDonnell http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784138 JDMcDonnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784138 Operating system provided by Windows Vista. Operating system provided by Windows Vista.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784147 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784147 Dude! for god's sake put the box on it's side and orient the switch to be like a light switch. Then it makes sense for someone to flick it on, and then some being pops out and quickly switches it off by pushing it back into the down position... So much more expressive and interesting. Like the being inside is trying to get some sleep and doesn't want the light on. Dude! for god’s sake put the box on it’s side and orient the switch to be like a light switch. Then it makes sense for someone to flick it on, and then some being pops out and quickly switches it off by pushing it back into the down position… So much more expressive and interesting. Like the being inside is trying to get some sleep and doesn’t want the light on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784159 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784159 I once saw a story (on boingboing?) about a machine that consisted of an open box which, as anyone got close, it closed itself. When you moved away it re-opened. I'd like to find that story (and the box) but have been unable to find the words that would lead me there. This is close, does anyone else remember the other box? I once saw a story (on boingboing?) about a machine that consisted of an open box which, as anyone got close, it closed itself. When you moved away it re-opened. I’d like to find that story (and the box) but have been unable to find the words that would lead me there. This is close, does anyone else remember the other box?

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784164 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784164 It is definitely not useless. In electronics it's called an monostable multivibrator or "one-shot". It is definitely not useless. In electronics it’s called an monostable multivibrator or “one-shot”.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784183 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784183 This is way similar to the novelty piggy bank that you put a penny in a slot and it has a small hand that steals the penny. Too similar. However, that one isn't quite useless. It steals pennies from you. This is way similar to the novelty piggy bank that you put a penny in a slot and it has a small hand that steals the penny. Too similar.

However, that one isn’t quite useless. It steals pennies from you.

]]> By: theLadyfingers http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784189 theLadyfingers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784189 That's great! I'm a little disppointed that that the switch-off mechanism isn't pure Lego powered by the flip of the button, but I can't even imagine how one creates a mechanical delay without a spring, clutch or flywheel of some kind. That’s great!

I’m a little disppointed that that the switch-off mechanism isn’t pure Lego powered by the flip of the button, but I can’t even imagine how one creates a mechanical delay without a spring, clutch or flywheel of some kind.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784191 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784191 > The Plural is 'Legos'. In America, yes. Not in Australia or the UK. > LEGO is short for danish 'Leg godt' (play good/nice) as far as i remember. That's what I've heard. > The Plural is ‘Legos’.

In America, yes. Not in Australia or the UK.

> LEGO is short for danish ‘Leg godt’ (play good/nice) as far as i remember.

That’s what I’ve heard.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784195 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784195 Ah, I had that piggy bank...it was great. I think this box here is great. Ah, I had that piggy bank…it was great. I think this box here is great.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784223 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784223 @ friendpuppy, I thought it was silly when the wood box creation was releleased a while ago. But finally! the Lego version elicits the truth! I didn't even think of it as being a one shot, but you are absolutely right. The electronic parallel is indeed a one-shot. Nice! @ friendpuppy, I thought it was silly when the wood box creation was releleased a while ago. But finally! the Lego version elicits the truth! I didn’t even think of it as being a one shot, but you are absolutely right. The electronic parallel is indeed a one-shot. Nice!

]]> By: theLadyfingers http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784237 theLadyfingers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784237 I (originally from Africa, since this seems a dialect issue) always thought of "Lego" as a substance: something was made of Lego. I (originally from Africa, since this seems a dialect issue) always thought of “Lego” as a substance: something was made of Lego.

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784250 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784250 Lego as a substance--cool idea! Lego as a substance–cool idea!

]]> By: MatanArie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784262 MatanArie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784262 Already done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcPd8ft4h84&feature=related Already done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcPd8ft4h84&feature=related

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784270 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784270 I guess somebody should make one that is normally on, the hand comes up, turns it off, then it springs back to life. Oscillator! I guess somebody should make one that is normally on, the hand comes up, turns it off, then it springs back to life. Oscillator!

]]> By: jackdavinci http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784784 jackdavinci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784784 It would be cooler if the user flipping the switch also wound up the mechanism such that the extra step wasn't needed. It would be cooler if the user flipping the switch also wound up the mechanism such that the extra step wasn’t needed.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784055 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784055 I was expecting a television made of legoes. I was expecting a television made of legoes.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784056 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784056 So much hotter than a unicorn chaser! So much hotter than a unicorn chaser!

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784062 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784062 Hehehe! Wait, I thought the plural was legi, from the original Latin. :-P Hehehe! Wait, I thought the plural was legi, from the original Latin. :-P

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784068 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784068 If it were Latin, the plural would be legones. If it were Latin, the plural would be legones.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784085 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784085 Maybe I'm thinking of Italian...although that would probably be leghi. Damned legoes, octopodes and cactii! Or did you mean <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5397883/the-perfect-lego-nes-only-plays-bricked-tetris"</a>Lego NES</a>? Maybe I’m thinking of Italian…although that would probably be leghi. Damned legoes, octopodes and cactii!

Or did you mean Lego NES?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784086 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784086 The Plural is 'Legos'. LEGO is short for danish 'Leg godt' (play good/nice) as far as i remember. mkH The Plural is ‘Legos’.
LEGO is short for danish ‘Leg godt’ (play good/nice) as far as i remember.

mkH

]]> By: Chris the Carpenter http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784107 Chris the Carpenter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784107 I know of the original. This is in a league of it's own. Quality. I know of the original. This is in a league of it’s own. Quality.

]]> By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-784118 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784118 Very well done. I like how it can be taken apart so that one can see the mechanism at work. Very well done. Very well done. I like how it can be taken apart so that one can see the mechanism at work. Very well done.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/lego-recreation-of-t.html#comment-1093625 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1093625 I used my recently bought Mindstorms kit to create one. It's bigger, as I had to put the controller block inside. I added a small feature, when you come close with your hand to "switch it on" it tries to escape. Have a look: http://abiteof.com/2011/04/20/lego-mindstorms-a-most-useless-machine/ I really like the smooth mechanism of this one though! I used my recently bought Mindstorms kit to create one. It’s bigger, as I had to put the controller block inside. I added a small feature, when you come close with your hand to “switch it on” it tries to escape. Have a look: http://abiteof.com/2011/04/20/lego-mindstorms-a-most-useless-machine/
I really like the smooth mechanism of this one though!

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