Comments on: TED2012: Robot quadcopters perform James Bond theme http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1359223 OtherMichael Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1359223  It's the quadro-copter secret police they've come for you and your un-cool neice.  It’s the quadro-copter secret police
they’ve come for you
and your un-cool neice.

]]> By: chemix http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357753 chemix Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357753 Watching the ones bounce up and down (for the keyboard) looks almost too fluid to be real, like CGI, but I guess that might be the uncanny valley effect in reverse. Watching the ones bounce up and down (for the keyboard) looks almost too fluid to be real, like CGI, but I guess that might be the uncanny valley effect in reverse.

]]> By: taro3yen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357672 taro3yen Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357672 Hot-damn, it's great to live in the Future! Hot-damn, it’s great to live in the Future!

]]> By: David http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357661 David Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357661 I, for one, am now hoping that "swarm of tiny robots" is part of the villain's scheme in the next Bond movie... I, for one, am now hoping that “swarm of tiny robots” is part of the villain’s scheme in the next Bond movie…

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357659 chaopoiesis Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357659 About halfway through I had the distinct impression I was watching a fur-free Muppets segment. About halfway through I had the distinct impression I was watching a fur-free Muppets segment.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357529 pjcamp Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357529 As envisioned by a hung over Kurt Weill at 16 RPM. As envisioned by a hung over Kurt Weill at 16 RPM.

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357490 Ant Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357490 Or the real thing by Intel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAQX8W3D6Mg ;) Or the real thing by Intel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAQX8W3D6Mg ;)

]]> By: Eark_the_Bunny http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357398 Eark_the_Bunny Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357398  This looks like something out of an ANIMUSIC video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo  This looks like something out of an ANIMUSIC video.

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

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357372 Robert Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357372 I have seen the future, and it is little quadro-bugs killing me with cute. I have seen the future, and it is little quadro-bugs killing me with cute.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357360 TimmoWarner Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357360 Many times in Science Fiction I've seen a swarm of tiny robots go to work on something all moving in coordinated chaos and it's always given me a weird feeling of unease. Like I was viewing an alien life form even though it's robotic. This is the first time robots in real life have given me that feeling. Many times in Science Fiction I’ve seen a swarm of tiny robots go to work on something all moving in coordinated chaos and it’s always given me a weird feeling of unease. Like I was viewing an alien life form even though it’s robotic.

This is the first time robots in real life have given me that feeling.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357348 irksome Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357348 A coupla thousand hipsters just lost interest in playing the ukulele. A coupla thousand hipsters just lost interest in playing the ukulele.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357317 awjt Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357317 Exactly.  The droning buzz in the background was scarrrrrrrry to me.  And the odd minor key and flatness. Exactly.  The droning buzz in the background was scarrrrrrrry to me.  And the odd minor key and flatness.

]]> By: skeptacally http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357306 skeptacally Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357306 WAY scarier than the Vietnamese water bugs! WAY scarier than the Vietnamese water bugs!

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357189 OtherMichael Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357189  Served by cute little quadro-copter laywers, hovering menacingly in front of your door....  Served by cute little quadro-copter laywers, hovering menacingly in front of your door….

]]> By: Andy Murdock http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357089 Andy Murdock Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357089 These little fly spies also have a license to kill. These little fly spies also have a license to kill.

]]> By: Marcelo Teson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357076 Marcelo Teson Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357076 The guitar at the end made me LOL. Like actually in real life. The guitar at the end made me LOL. Like actually in real life.

]]> By: TimRowledge http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357049 TimRowledge Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357049 How long before the automated take-down notice? How long before the automated take-down notice?

]]> By: jb http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357051 jb Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357051 OK! Have you picked out your favorite bunker site for the coming robopocalypse? Because we're officially all doomed. OK! Have you picked out your favorite bunker site for the coming robopocalypse? Because we’re officially all doomed.

]]> By: Red Monk http://boingboing.net/2012/02/29/ted2012-robot-quadcopters-per.html#comment-1357035 Red Monk Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146501#comment-1357035 Now lets see them do Buckethead. Now lets see them do Buckethead.

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