Comments on: Babies driving robot wheelchairs (super cute video) http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cjporkchop http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408574 cjporkchop Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408574 I notice that the chair moves forward when the joystick is pulled toward the user, or in the "down" direction if it were a video game controller. Is this the normal setup for a motorized wheelchair? I would have expected the opposite. I notice that the chair moves forward when the joystick is pulled toward the user, or in the “down” direction if it were a video game controller. Is this the normal setup for a motorized wheelchair? I would have expected the opposite.

]]> By: Marc45 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408473 Marc45 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408473 Cute video but why did they overlay it on top of those moving graphics...distracting. Cute video but why did they overlay it on top of those moving graphics…distracting.

]]> By: thefool http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408468 thefool Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408468 Also, the robot towing the seat is a B21R from the early 90s, so it does have a bit of an old school dalek look.  (It's the bottom part of the b21r. The full robot looks even more like a Dalek...  https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&q=b21r+robot) Also, the robot towing the seat is a B21R from the early 90s, so it does have a bit of an old school dalek look.  (It’s the bottom part of the b21r. The full robot looks even more like a Dalek…  https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&q=b21r+robot)

]]> By: thefool http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408465 thefool Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408465 Here are more babies driving robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgumWrXzfL0  (with a Wii balance board) Here are more babies driving robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgumWrXzfL0  (with a Wii balance board)

]]> By: Marios P. http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408360 Marios P. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408360 Kick start the damn thing! Kick start the damn thing!

]]> By: Cole Cabler http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408263 Cole Cabler Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408263 Cerebral Palsy isn't a disease, but other then that mistake, this makes a lot of sense.   Especially from a therapists point of view.  Cerebral Palsy isn’t a disease, but other then that mistake, this makes a lot of sense.   Especially from a therapists point of view. 

]]> By: Tarliman http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408204 Tarliman Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408204 My first thought wasn't Daleks, but shell people, cf. Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship Who Sang". My first thought wasn’t Daleks, but shell people, cf. Anne McCaffrey’s “The Ship Who Sang”.

]]> By: MaximumOvertroll http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408196 MaximumOvertroll Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408196 LE-GIS-LATE!! LE-GIS-LATE!! LE-GIS-LATE!! LE-GIS-LATE!!

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408181 JoshP Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408181 I'm glad i wasn't the only one to think dalek.  I mean, great biotech and all, but the resemblance is uncanny. I’m glad i wasn’t the only one to think dalek.  I mean, great biotech and all, but the resemblance is uncanny.

]]> By: kichigaijin http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408143 kichigaijin Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408143  I always imagine Republicans speaking like Daleks...  WE WILL LEGISLATE!!  I always imagine Republicans speaking like Daleks… 

WE WILL LEGISLATE!!

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408139 Ambiguity Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408139 I know I should find this heartwarming, but I think I feel about this the same way you feel about lemonade stand-funded chemotherapy. Yea, it's great, but it just makes me sad. I know I should find this heartwarming, but I think I feel about this the same way you feel about lemonade stand-funded chemotherapy.

Yea, it’s great, but it just makes me sad.

]]> By: PinkWithIndignation http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408112 PinkWithIndignation Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408112 Not to detract from the wonderfulness of this, but I can't help but remember this comedic video about completely unnecessary baby wheelchairs:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHjHPo9UWw  Not to detract from the wonderfulness of this, but I can’t help but remember this comedic video about completely unnecessary baby wheelchairs: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHjHPo9UWw 

]]> By: chaoskittenii http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408088 chaoskittenii Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408088 Yep, I went straight there too, especially when you factor in the lack of exercise from using it. Yep, I went straight there too, especially when you factor in the lack of exercise from using it.

]]> By: MaximumOvertroll http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408068 MaximumOvertroll Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408068 Shh, you'll ruin RepublicanDalek's plans! Shh, you’ll ruin RepublicanDalek’s plans!

]]> By: MaximumOvertroll http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408065 MaximumOvertroll Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408065 Not commercially available yet? Perfect! All I have to do is shove a chair and a joystick on a roomba and I can beat this to market! Not commercially available yet? Perfect! All I have to do is shove a chair and a joystick on a roomba and I can beat this to market!

]]> By: Ryan Brown http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408058 Ryan Brown Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408058 Probably not the only one who thinks this is actually a Dalek mk1? Probably not the only one who thinks this is actually a Dalek mk1?

]]> By: Charles Céleste Hutchins http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408053 Charles Céleste Hutchins Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408053 This looks a project that Makers could do!  Although they would need to do a fair amount of QA before handing it over to babies. This looks a project that Makers could do!  Although they would need to do a fair amount of QA before handing it over to babies.

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408045 retepslluerb Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408045 The cynic in me predicts that most of them will be used by 30 kg toddlers. The cynic in me predicts that most of them will be used by 30 kg toddlers.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408038 Xeni Jardin Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408038 NICE NICE

]]> By: Meredith L Patterson http://boingboing.net/2012/04/27/babys-first-biotech-robotic.html#comment-1408029 Meredith L Patterson Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157196#comment-1408029 Roombaby! Roombaby!

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