Bionic Penguins

it it seems like this is actually a legitimate company. unbelievable

Also - remote controlled fish

http://www.festo.com/INetDomino/coorp_site...2d0004bb182.htm

wow those molecubes are pretty cool too

How do the penguins fly? With hot air?

eye-grabbing and really cool, but nothing in here is really new. the only thing that really made an impression on me was the flying penguins and reactowall. very breathtaking pieces of art... but they're downplaying the art and bigging up their, er, futuristic technology...

bionic brain shit --> neural networks

3D rapid prototyping --> been next big thing for years

microprocessors give them free will??

nature inspires engineering, never thought of that

and yes the cubes look cool, but who buys legos that cost $500 a block? most parents will stick w/ fischer technic and capsella

it's a video of flashy shit so they land more contracts

ok i wanna work at festo

they should make pesto

That would be awesome to have movable walls in your house.

  Root5 said:

How do the penguins fly? With hot air?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1699...-the-skies.html

I found the answer:

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Using their flippers, the mechanical penguins can paddle through water just like real ones, while larger helium-filled designs can "swim" through the air.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2012...one-before.html

holy fuck

yea the air penguins are crazy, at first I had a hard time deciding if the movie was all CGI or if it was legitimate.

it really shows just how far AI and robotics have come in the last 5-10 years. If this is what they are showing to the public imagine what they've got behind closed doors...

  cuntlicker said:

yea the air penguins are crazy, at first I had a hard time deciding if the movie was all CGI or if it was legitimate.

 

it really shows just how far AI and robotics have come in the last 5-10 years. If this is what they are showing to the public imagine what they've got behind closed doors...

i don't know why i still post in general banter

but still pretty cool