Comments on: Rideable strandbeest http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Atrum http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1159170 Atrum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1159170 1.) Build prototype rideable strandbeest. 2.) Motorize it or find minions to pedal. 3.) Make it 100x bigger. 4.) Attach lasers. 5.) ??? 6.) Profit. (World domination.) 1.) Build prototype rideable strandbeest.
2.) Motorize it or find minions to pedal.
3.) Make it 100x bigger.
4.) Attach lasers.
5.) ???
6.) Profit. (World domination.)

]]> By: Chris http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157644 Chris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157644 Want! Want!

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157443 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157443 something <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcoR5mQvAEE&NR=1">like this</a>? something like this?

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157502 Chrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157502 This is how legged contraptions should move. You see how smooth that is? The motorized spiders/quadrupeds that pop up on here occasionally almost always look unbelievably clanky, and move without any grace. This is how legged contraptions should move. You see how smooth that is? The motorized spiders/quadrupeds that pop up on here occasionally almost always look unbelievably clanky, and move without any grace.

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157503 Chrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157503 This is how legged contraptions should move. You see how smooth that is? The motorized spiders/quadrupeds that pop up on here occasionally almost always look unbelievably clanky, and move without any grace. This is how legged contraptions should move. You see how smooth that is? The motorized spiders/quadrupeds that pop up on here occasionally almost always look unbelievably clanky, and move without any grace.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1159827 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1159827 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONLZtAr57I8 I built this ^^^^^ for my senior design project a couple years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONLZtAr57I8
I built this ^^^^^ for my senior design project a couple years ago.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1158807 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1158807 Standbeest is Dutch for 'beach animal' or 'beach beast' or 'beach monster' Standbeest is Dutch for ‘beach animal’ or ‘beach beast’ or ‘beach monster’

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157280 Angryjim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157280 Looks like we are one step closer to our full size working ATAT. Looks like we are one step closer to our full size working ATAT.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157820 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157820 why do I have the feeling I might be seeing this in the desert at the end of august... why do I have the feeling I might be seeing this in the desert at the end of august…

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157313 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157313 I would love to see a more compact, single passenger model, that can traverse uneven terrain. Then I could fulfill my dream of getting rid of my pesky lower appendages and bring myself one step closer to full fledged cyborg-hood. I would love to see a more compact, single passenger model, that can traverse uneven terrain. Then I could fulfill my dream of getting rid of my pesky lower appendages and bring myself one step closer to full fledged cyborg-hood.

]]> By: duncan http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1159639 duncan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1159639 There was a mini maker faire heree? Dammit, I'd like to have gone to that. There was a mini maker faire heree? Dammit, I’d like to have gone to that.

]]> By: duncan http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1159641 duncan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1159641 I think maybe this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsGScdC2T4w&feature=related# I think maybe this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsGScdC2T4w&feature=related#

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157594 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157594 Another view of the same machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6SVkUSiBM Another view of the same machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6SVkUSiBM

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2011/07/07/rideable-strandbeest.html#comment-1157850 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157850 If it is to move over sand, i think it will need some wider feet to not sink in. If it is to move over sand, i think it will need some wider feet to not sink in.

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