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Bring back Amanda :-) Good storys though
The steambot and snakebot were both original and interesting. The steambot reminded me of the fanciful inventions in the TV show and movie “Wild Wild West”. I enjoyed those portions of your report very much.
As you indicate, though, the arca musarithmica is hardly original. The concept has been available since at least the 16th century and was (I believe) perfected by F.T. Kaufmann in 1851 with his orchestrion, a “mechanical musical instrument, automatically played by means of revolving cylinders…. It comprises a complete wind orchestra, with the addition of kettle-drums, side-drums, cymbals and triangle.” The difference is that the rudimentary orchestrion in your report was made with “found” objects.
bre it amazes me how much you are like amanda! (humor-wise)
Great show!
Enjoyed the additional info in the links also. Glad to see more and more technology infiltrating the art world.
The last guy needs to take his bot to a toy manufacturer. Every electric toy I ever owned always tried to “fight” me when I handled it. It would be great if toys could be more lifelike–very much following the natural design elements already present in his animal like robot.
Bre, great show. Well done!
Drew, if Amanda is not going to be on the show, please warn the viewers ahead of time, i.e., “No-Amanda Monday”.
Innovation in musical (vis sound) often precede other innovations. From the calliope(Fulton), to vacuum tubes(Babbitt), transistors(Moog, et al.), and now, er, 20 years ago…. microprocessor control. Your report is a good example, and the snakebot is cool, too…For more information about the new cool music tech stuff see http://www.cycling74.com.
HMMM….did anyone else find the snakebot guy a little creepy? “play with it, rub it on yourself….”. Another fine example of not getting out of the basement often enough. Great episode!!
Is this what Amanda really looks like without the makeup, hair extensions, and specialized t-shirts?
I recognize the glasses, but apparently her makeup really conceals her nose.
She must have the absolute best cosmetic makeup group in the world. ;)
what a goobfest!
bre seems a robot of himself the way he speaks, he made me laugh from the beginning ahahaha :)
We want Amanda!!
Bring back Amanda!!
Not bad. Amanda w/o the sassy hair moves.
(and some other things)
Nice story.
Jay
“You can get close to it . . .”
Whoa, there, buddy.
“HaHahaHaHahahaHa…”
-steve
fff
bre,
you are oddly sensual in the way you talk and move. you bring this really soft and palatable tone to whatever you are reporting on. it’s very mild and soothing.
quote= “Jon:
what a goobfest!”
LMFAO…..
I couldn’t of said it better.
Sorry, guys, I like Amanda, of course, but nice to have a hottie like Bre to watch, too. Very expressive eyebrows.
Who thinks up these dumb topics. Could that host have been any gayer looking. I tell you. I think that rocketboom should give equal time to right wing ideas. It would make rocketboom more fair and balanced.
RocketBoom used to inspire me and get the pulse going a little bit. Lately, it’s just kind of sad. I know it’s VERY difficult to come up with good material every day, but RB is striking out for me more than it’s hitting doubles any more.
Sorry. No offense intended.
These Mu-bots will rock your face off.
http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/
Give Bre and Amanda a break … Bre did an excellent job on a very interesting topic.
People who are into this sort of thing should check out First LEGO League for kids and the folks who innovate with LEGO Mindstorms.
Also, RoboNexus is a pretty sweet new-ish trade show out in the Bay Area . Absolutely incredible robotics displayed there for hobbyists, industry, military, education, etc.
D@mn! the Ironic1 has procreated! Notice how the Ironic1 talked about robots in a daylong conversation…didn’t really do anything tho. I’ll bet the Ironic1 was a DUer in the last election but didn’t accomplish a thing!
D@mn, Drew just deleted my comment!
I get some of the comments that you are expecting to see Amanda and didn’t so you are disapointed but give the guy a break. He did try to act like Amanda a bit. Also she does need a break sometimes. I have only watched rocketboom in 2006 and a couple from 2005. What I wanna know is has Amanda been off sick for any long period of time. Like a week or two with the Flu. I had that once and could hardly move out bed for 8 days straight. It was AG-ON-Y.
Pretty interesting stuff, but if you’ve seen it on the MAKE Vlog before, you kinda feel ripped off.
I have to admit though, I havnt seen the snakebot on MAKE yet ;)
Great topic, but please don’t try to be like Amanda. Just be Bre… Looking forward to see you again with another great topic.
Groetjes uit Nederland!
Steam powered robots - cool! One of my favourite webcomics uses the steam-punk-robot theme to the max… http://www.girlgenius.com...
I was reminded of one of Agatha\’s earliest \”clanks\” when I saw that guy\’s little four-footed puffer bumbling along… :-)
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