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The Michelin Challenge Design Award 08

Started by Jasper, April 17, 2008, 05:59:49 AM

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Cainad (dec.)

#1
April 17, 2008, 08:07:21 AM
Wow. I can't tell if I want one or not.


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Hell yes! Gimme!

Faust

#2
April 17, 2008, 02:42:05 PM
my dreams of becoming gizmoduck are one step closer to fruition.
Sleepless nights at the chateau

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#3
April 17, 2008, 09:05:41 PM
QuoteYou may look at the Snook and think "that's impossible" or "there's no way that could stand" or "I'm not driving that". However, I believe we were all thinking the same things when the Segway was revealed.

OH SNAP
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Payne

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April 17, 2008, 11:08:57 PM
QuoteThe Snook achieves its one-wheel balance with "agility through instability, controlled by artificial intelligence"

This is becoming quite a popular concept I think. It doesn't take AI to do it, though.

The EuroFighter is built along this principle:

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The fighter achieves high agility at both supersonic and low speeds by having a relaxed stability design. It has a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire control system providing artificial stability, as manual operation alone could not compensate for the inherent instability. The fly-by-wire system is described as "carefree" by preventing the pilot from exceeding the permitted manoeuvre envelope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter#Airframe_and_avionics

Which I find interesting in itself.

Richter

#5
April 17, 2008, 11:12:31 PM
Drunken boxing on a larger scale.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Jasper

#6
April 17, 2008, 11:45:16 PM
Quote from: Richter on April 17, 2008, 11:12:31 PM
Drunken boxing except in traffic, on a one wheeled car.

More like it.

Richter

#7
April 18, 2008, 12:30:56 AM
Truf.  I'd hate to road test in one of those.

All the tedium of a mornign commute with all the fun of a demolition derby.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Jasper

#8
April 18, 2008, 01:38:33 AM
Actually...

If everyone had a vehicle that could go in any direction, would there ever be traffic jams?
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