Help-me-find-that-quote-filter - along the lines of "over the next thousand years the struggle between machines and humankind will be a close run race but ultimately humankind will emerge triumphant"?
[more inside]
posted by Albondiga
on May 12, 2013 -
0 answers
A see people use a harness to hold the camera to eliminate jerking, up and down sideways
Is there a way to get the same effect on a smaller budget? Or an inexpensive
harness for a rather smallish light weight camera.
Making special effects, like a robot walking around would add amusement to the deal.
I have a program called FxGuru on my phone, which can add some limited special effects
and I like that. But I would like just a little bit more control.
[more inside]
posted by digividal
on Apr 1, 2013 -
10 answers
I'm trying to remember a book I read a long time ago in which a bitter supporting character complained about the fact that he was an ex-astronaut and he had a chip in his head and every moment of every day he received encouraging commentary from NASA engineers about whatever he happens to be doing. From memory the character might be homeless, or unemployed etc, and as the story progresses I think you just assume he's a little mad and the voices are imaginary.
[more inside]
posted by planetthoughtful
on Mar 16, 2013 -
7 answers
Looking for an Internet video: Humanoid robot soldier patrolling a real, Third World city. It combined live action footage -- which looked like Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, etc -- with a digitally inserted, Terminator-like robot soldier patrolling the streets on foot. The robot appeared to be a motion-captured actor, from its level of fidelity. The project appeared to have a somewhat political slant about the eventual use of robots in combat.
posted by Cool Papa Bell
on Sep 6, 2012 -
5 answers
I have long-term planning related questions about (home cleaning) robots and the acquisition, set up and maintenance therein.
[more inside]
posted by kalessin
on Sep 4, 2012 -
20 answers
Anyone remember a very old comedy site/blog that featured a guy dressed as a robot staging antics all over Plattsburgh, NY?
[more inside]
posted by BJE
on Aug 29, 2012 -
4 answers
I'm try to find a series of robot toys I had in the early 1970s. I've tried various relevant search terms on Google, AskMe and eBay, but have come up empty. Maybe you can help based on the details I remember.
[more inside]
posted by Rob Rockets
on Aug 5, 2012 -
4 answers
Yet another "help me identify this half-remembered thing from my childhood" post. Please help me identify this vaguely-remembered anime about a robot child?
[more inside]
posted by Ziggy500
on Jun 12, 2012 -
6 answers
Robot vacuum question: Neato or Roomba? Customer reviews seem to favor the Neato, but I can't tell whether the Neato is better or whether the company is better at astro-turfing. Guide me on my tiny robot vacuum choices!
[more inside]
posted by edbles
on May 4, 2012 -
13 answers
Looking for a short story I read 2 or 3 years ago about a robot who worked in a church, and started reading scripture, and was eventually killed by the townspeople because of it.
[more inside]
posted by Gargantuantoe
on Apr 10, 2012 -
5 answers
After seeing the
Human Bird Wings video (
doesn't matter if it's real or not), I thought about
this TED Talk again. Are there any 3D programs/motion-capturing software that can map out that bird and its motion from the talk and convert a 3D model out of it? Then all you would have to do is scale it to human size and build it offline right?
posted by querty
on Mar 21, 2012 -
4 answers
I saw this gif of this
spooky puppet thing on tumblr with no identifying information, and I'm dying to know more. Anyone know what this is or where it's from?
posted by whitneyarner
on Jan 29, 2012 -
3 answers
Chemists, Engineers, Tinkerers, and Adhesion experts of MeFi: Is there some sticky substance I can put in these metal ball+plates joints that will do the opposite of lubricating them -- increasing the friction between the surfaces? This is for a slightly nicer (chrome) version of
this lamp that I just got (new in box) at a flea market.
[more inside]
posted by amtho
on Jan 7, 2012 -
16 answers
I want to buy one or more robots for use in an office, and am looking for suggestions as to which robot(s) might work best. The purpose is purely for fun.
[more inside]
posted by SNACKeR
on Jan 3, 2012 -
2 answers
Help IDing a TV commercial involving a clear robot run by blue liquid
[more inside]
posted by Capa
on Dec 25, 2011 -
0 answers
We have a pool and we need a pool cleaner. The pool shop has recommended this
Pandora robotic cleaner. It costs a lot – A LOT – of money. And I can’t find any consumer reviews telling me if it’s worth the almost $2000 AUD. Does anyone have any experience with either this particular model, or the other models of robotic pool cleaners that are a step up from the
Kreepy Krawly or
Baracuda-style suction cleaners, but a step below a commercial pool cleaner?
[more inside]
posted by t0astie
on Oct 26, 2011 -
1 answer
I'm looking for stories (long or short) with self-aware robots or digital intelligences that are neither merciless killers of humanity/their makers nor effective slaves (created and forced to perform labor, either through laws or through programming). Ideally neither of those things would figure into their history, either. It'd be best if the constructed-people were the protagonists or main focus of the story, but this is not required.
posted by curious nu
on Oct 5, 2011 -
26 answers
I'd like to buy a little Internet-controlled robot I can use to monitor my cats during the day.
[more inside]
posted by Terheyden
on Sep 2, 2011 -
9 answers
We're unveiling a brand new computer lab in the school and someone came up with the bright idea of a talking robot video...
[more inside]
posted by mordecai
on Jul 28, 2011 -
2 answers
Where did I read a story that included someone threatening to install DOS 1.0 on a robot/android/uncooperative computer?
[more inside]
posted by Tesseractive
on Jul 27, 2011 -
3 answers
Seeking a command-line way to do text-to-speech in Windows 7 (64-bit), with a robot-sounding voice (something like the speech synthesizer in Wargames). I am able to do it with
ptts.exe from Jampal, but the only voice I can use is Microsoft Anna. She is nice, but I want a voice that sounds like a robot. I am not interested in doing this in Linux at all.
[more inside]
posted by marble
on Apr 9, 2011 -
3 answers
a couple of years ago i watched this great documentary about DARPA grand challenge "the great robot race" . (
site
,
full video ,
transcript).
and one quote stuck with me ever since. it goes
something like this.
[more inside]
posted by yosh
on Oct 24, 2010 -
3 answers
Gift filter: your recommendation for construction toys for the older crowd? (think lego, mechano, etc.)
[more inside]
posted by oracle bone
on Jul 12, 2010 -
12 answers
What would be a good place to find small plastic gears for hobby projects?
[more inside]
posted by DMan
on Jul 6, 2010 -
12 answers
Looking for the name of a science program we watched in class in elementary school. It was about British kids taught basic science lessons by a robot.
[more inside]
posted by distracts
on Feb 21, 2010 -
8 answers
Identify an old sci-fi short story - unstoppable robot slowly hunting a man across wilderness?
[more inside]
posted by Leud
on Jan 3, 2010 -
9 answers
I'm trying to find the name of or clips from an animated film that I saw on HBO or Showtime in the mid-1980s. It was about a robot who was looking for its mother. Some of the other robots said "One! One! One!" a lot. And there was a dumb joke in the middle: "Did you hear the one about the fire in the circus? The heat was intense!" Can anyone help?
posted by chavenet
on Nov 3, 2009 -
2 answers
What should I do with an old 450 MHz Sawtooth G4 Mac running OS X 10.2? Assume that it runs well as-is and that I have $100 to spend on accessories. Bonus points to answers involving robots (for which I don't have materials for) and/or digital cameras (for which I do).
posted by infinitewindow
on Jul 27, 2009 -
3 answers
My parents just put in a pool, and what with the rain washing dirt and worms in and the trees shedding, it takes hours and hours of skimming and vacuuming work a week. What's the best solution here?
[more inside]
posted by jeather
on Jul 16, 2009 -
16 answers
Teach me how to program a robot for my upcoming programming competition! I'm looking for tips, tricks, and sources of inspiration to help write an awesome AI.
[more inside]
posted by theiconoclast31
on May 3, 2009 -
7 answers
Any cool examples of robots (real or fictional) with LED, or LCD faces or mouths? Or any interesting robot faces or mouths that light up?
posted by SouthCNorthNY
on Apr 6, 2009 -
17 answers
I'd like to start making robots and tinkering with microcontrollers. Where do I start, and what do I need?
[more inside]
posted by Simon Barclay
on Feb 18, 2009 -
14 answers
