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David L. Jones
- Jan 1, 1970
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Impressive!
Dave.
Dave.
Impressive!
Wow! I wonder if they cheated, by wiring up an ant and using it to
control the legs ...
Impressive!
Dave.
David said:Impressive!
Imagine if you spent the day in a peaceful forest... picking and eating
some magic mushrooms... and then you saw *this* thing coming at ya. Fark!
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David said:Impressive!
Wow! I wonder if they cheated, by wiring up an ant and using it to
control the legs ...
Naah, not that impressive. You notice that it was connected back to
something else (large scale processor) when it had to do something
complex, like walk on something other than a "flat" surface.
Wonder if it meets the 72 hours of power standard.
Nope, ants are insects and have six legs.
Different ball game.
They have had 30+ yeas of program development in this area.
The said:
Jeßus said:Poor bugger, but he has my respect.
Naah, not that impressive. You notice that it was connected back to
something else (large scale processor) when it had to do something
complex, like walk on something other than a "flat" surface.
Ants start off with six legs, but can get by with four. There has been
quite a lot of work done on working out what kind of control algorithm
they use, and some people have been sticking micro-electrodes into
insects and driving the insect muscles directly.
http://www.benettontalk.com/remote-controlled-insects/
"Sparrowhawk" was rubbish.
Ants have rather more.
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:20:19 -0700 (PDT), "David L. Jones"
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23401052-952,00.html
Seems like he wanted to be 100% certain he'd end up dead? Otherwise it seems
like a lot of effort to go to when he could have just put a gun to his head
and pulled the trigger?
It is, of course, very unfortunate, but I can understand why a person might
choose death at 81 rather than being forced into a nursing home.
But does it bark?
Joel said:Seems like he wanted to be 100% certain he'd end up dead? Otherwise it seems
like a lot of effort to go to when he could have just put a gun to his head
and pulled the trigger?
It is, of course, very unfortunate, but I can understand why a person might
choose death at 81 rather than being forced into a nursing home.
Rich said:I've already decided that the day I can't get out of bed to poop, I'm
cashing it in.