Comments on: Junkbot flying saucer http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Luis Gottardi http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1199285 Luis Gottardi Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1199285 Congratulations to Sarah and Cyber Craft Robots! I've known Sarah and her work for some time, and reviewed it. Glad to see it here. Back in the day, decades ago, my friends and I used to throw hubcaps like frisbees, though none of us dared try catching one! http://art-taco.blogspot.com Congratulations to Sarah and Cyber Craft Robots! I’ve known Sarah and her work for some time, and reviewed it. Glad to see it here.

Back in the day, decades ago, my friends and I used to throw hubcaps like frisbees, though none of us dared try catching one!

http://art-taco.blogspot.com

]]> By: LydiRae http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198278 LydiRae Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198278 http://www.Landfillart.org is still looking for more art submissions created on or from hubcaps. I did mine a year or so ago, and they sent me a very fine piece of chromed steel to paint on. It's an awesomely large art project and I think their goal is a thousand or more art pieces. http://www.Landfillart.org is still looking for more art submissions created on or from hubcaps. I did mine a year or so ago, and they sent me a very fine piece of chromed steel to paint on. It’s an awesomely large art project and I think their goal is a thousand or more art pieces.

]]> By: daev http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198219 daev Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198219 Looks a bit like what happened to Bender in Roswell That Ends Well. (and very cool, BTW...) Looks a bit like what happened to Bender in Roswell That Ends Well.
(and very cool, BTW…)

]]> By: ethancoop http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198198 ethancoop Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198198 this has been up all day and not a single "Batteries Not Included" reference? this has been up all day and not a single “Batteries Not Included” reference?

]]> By: Neal Ross Attinson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198168 Neal Ross Attinson Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198168 Hmmm. A Billy Meier #6, with legs. Well done, Pleiadian puppet. Well done. Hmmm. A Billy Meier #6, with legs. Well done, Pleiadian puppet. Well done.

]]> By: herartsheloves http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198164 herartsheloves Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198164 Story on robots? Of course, I'll comment! Always in awe of junk art, but turning them into awesome robots. Uber Awesome. Story on robots? Of course, I’ll comment! Always in awe of junk art, but turning them into awesome robots. Uber Awesome.

]]> By: Patrick Girouard http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198166 Patrick Girouard Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198166 Also - http://www.etsy.com/shop/drawboy?ref=pr_shop_more Also – http://www.etsy.com/shop/drawboy?ref=pr_shop_more

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198075 Matthew Petty Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198075 http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/04/ufo-sculpture-by-nem.html I was about to make the same comment about the Central Scrutinizer... http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/04/ufo-sculpture-by-nem.html
I was about to make the same comment about the Central Scrutinizer…

]]> By: CyberCraftRobots http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1198002 CyberCraftRobots Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1198002 Thanks for the post!  Stop by the Orbiting Laboratory and meet all the CyberCraft Robots!  http://CyberCraftRobots.com Thanks for the post!  Stop by the Orbiting Laboratory and meet all the CyberCraft Robots!  http://CyberCraftRobots.com

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1197999 BarBarSeven Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1197999 One puny human’s junk is another superior lifeform’s treasure. One puny human’s junk is another superior lifeform’s treasure.

]]> By: captaintrips http://boingboing.net/2011/08/24/junkbot-flying-saucer.html#comment-1197997 captaintrips Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115332#comment-1197997 I wonder if I can attach a gas feed at the top, and have it come out of the little exhaust nozzles... I wonder if I can attach a gas feed at the top, and have it come out of the little exhaust nozzles…

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