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    DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots

    Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean

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    07/13/09

    In reply to DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots
    So, this is basically a fuel-stealing, semi-sentient robot? Does anyone else see this as a bad thing? I didn't think so.
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    07/13/09

    In reply to DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots
    I saw this the other day. I still think that teh interweb is being punk'd. But I hold out hope that someone will develop a robot that is fueled exclusively by Ashton Kutcher.
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    07/13/09

    In reply to DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots
    Hey, as long as these things can be corralled into doing my dishes and laundry while I sit back and watch TV in my recliner, I'm all for it. I say bring it on!
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    07/13/09

    @WilliamG.: AND that they never end up enslaving me and making me do their dishes and laundry.
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    07/13/09

    @Mobius_1000_Club: That's the beauty of robot overlords. No clothes, no food; no laundry, no dishes. It's a win-win.
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    07/13/09

    In reply to DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots
    At first I'm all impressed, then I see a diagram drawn in Excel (or maybe even Word) and I'm a little less impressed.
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    07/13/09

    In reply to DARPA Develops BioMatter-Fueled Matrix-Like Robots
    With articles like this I can't even stay mad at you guys for various reasons. Awesome article.
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    I believe their tech specs were drawn up by the artist from Heavy Metal...


    Apparently the primary use for this vehicle is to find Loc Nar and destroy it. The tape deck will be left as is so that the appropriate sound track music can be enjoyed. Eugene Levy has signed on to do the voice over for the navigation system that will be optional.

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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    so um... we are to by driving around on metal balls in the future?


    mmmmm traction!

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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    I'd rather see a Lotus Esprit that converts into a submersible vehicle...
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    For the cocaine trafficker on your Christmas list!
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    magnetic balls... this will give a whole new meaning to truck nuts
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    OK so can it do donuts in snow? Hey can it even drive AT ALL in snow? What's traction like in the rain. OOOhh I see you forgot about real-world situations.
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    12/08/08

    @SuperMacGuy: Weather modification is next. Baby steps.
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    What we need to boost the space program is a contest to design a life-size scale of a certain Constitution-class starship. Yah, I'm a geek with dreams of grandeur.
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    12/08/08

    @beyondthetech: Yeah, not the space X Prize where some guys competed to actually get someone in space.


    Not that your idea is a bad one... Just needs refinement. The team will have to build a working 1701.

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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    I'm for it as long as they retain those sweet recessed amber flashers.
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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    I'd be impressed, but I could build that easily. And mine wouldn't work either.


    Rather like Eddie Izzard's commentary on why he was just as clever as Leonardo Da Vinci:


    "And he invented the helicopter! That did. Not. Work. And so did I! Yeah. Did. Not. Work. Just like Leonardo's!"

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    12/08/08

    @Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: Didn't he also state that it would go underwater, and that it didn't work on paper? I remember, he was trying to get it to work as a joke, but the audience wasn't laughing. I was though; I adore Eddie and his nonsensical brain.
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    12/08/08

    @KarinLovesYou: I also. Rather like his little song:


    "What I'm talking about is blasphemy! Blasphe-you! Blasphe-everybody in the room!


    Hmm. 6 person joke, that."

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    12/08/08

    In reply to Automotive X Prize Contestant To Build Hover DeLorean
    Am I allowed to use duct tape, cardboard vents, plastic tubing, chicken wire, and silver-painted styrofoam?
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