Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00458
To: "'JVernonM@aol.com'" JVernonM@aol.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:52:30 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: hmmm...i wonder which subject
You're allright, Jim! And it's a freebie to the BEAM community (hotdamn,
just gave away a megabuck idea) . Oh well, on to produce the first
prototype, and may the best tech win.
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JVernonM@aol.com [SMTP:JVernonM@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 2:05 PM
> To: Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
> Cc: beam@palladium.corp.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: hmmm...i wonder which subject
>
> In a message dated 2/15/99 3:52:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca writes:
>
> > I already mentioned BIcoreCYCLES: walkers about 4-5 ft high with a
> saddle,
> > stirrups, and bridle that you can ride through rough terrain (like a
> camel
> > or elephant). The bridle controls a microcore with proportional speed,
> > turning, and reverse and big antenna "feelers" for collision detection.
> If
> > you release the bridle your walker stops. I imagine herds of people out
> for
> > a "walk". To ride off into the sunset with everybody else just set the
> auto
> > pilot on "phototropic" and sit back and follow the herd, your walker's
> > "feelers" gently tapping along the bumper to bumper walker caravan.
> Ahhh!
> >
> I love it! Great ideas! A beam amusement park. Kind of a real life future
> world, populated by biomorphs. I love it! I'd pay to spend the weekend
> there
> over Disney anytime. A sizable investment, even for a small riding park.
> But
> that idea may be able to attract funding. A part of an already established
> amusment park, as a way of deterring cost? Great idea. And a real world
> application. I knew you guys had it in you.
> Sincerely,
> Jim
------------------------------------------------------------------------
eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/alt-beam
Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com
Home