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Re: Strandbeest

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Post by joegibbs » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 12:31 AM UTC

phendrenad2 wrote: post #30

I love simulation theory because it keeps me from going insane when I think of something randomly and it's on the front page of HN the next day (for the first time in 7 months). Anyway these would be cool if they could actually move humans. Imagine crossing a vast desert with some friends on one of these bad boys.

What if it's only after you see it that you think you thought of it the day before? If it's all in your head, there's no way of knowing that your mind didn't just make up the memory of thinking about something in the past, like deja vu.

Re: Strandbeest

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Post by numpad0 » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 3:34 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #26

polishdude20 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't a legged vehicle still have that problem if it can achieve the same speeds and weights that regular cars go at? Scale up a human for example to the weight and speed of a car. Crazy powerful and big legs, big feet, big shoes. The rubber must hit the road either way and push down with a force to propel the weight of this car-heavy legged human at speeds of 100km/h. It would still wear rubber away just like tir…

> The rubber must hit the road if the wheels were metal and the roadway was also metal, but arranged into parallel small roadways, then we could avoid using rubber and not have the problem of rubber particulates.

You'll get microsteels, microstones, microbrakedusts and microlubricants for trains, by the way. Some of those may also qualify as microplastics too.

Re: Strandbeest

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Post by GaryNumanVevo » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 8:41 AM UTC

jackcosgrove wrote: post #47

phendrenad2 wrote: post #30

I love simulation theory because it keeps me from going insane when I think of something randomly and it's on the front page of HN the next day (for the first time in 7 months). Anyway these would be cool if they could actually move humans. Imagine crossing a vast desert with some friends on one of these bad boys.

On the subject of coincidences, I went to order one of the Strandbeest mini sets from this very website last week. Unfortunately their virtual store is closed for a couple weeks more. I was prepared to place an order and wait, but on the website checkout page there was a random person's name as if I was checking out someone else's order. It's probably an innocent mistake, like a hard coded default value or something.…

July and August are when he's out prototyping new animals, no time to run an online store.

Re: Strandbeest

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 4:57 PM UTC

throwaway920102 wrote: post #11

For anyone who wants to know more: This is an application of Jansen's linkage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen%27s_linkage There are other similar linkages but Jansen's is quite good. For anyone who doesn't have an idea why something like this matters or is inspiring beyond art, legged vehicles have many downsides but one big upside is that you can theoretically avoid the rubber/microplastic particulate emission…

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