Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03515
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 10:10:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Evolution Comparison
On Sat, 22 May 1999, Dave Hrynkiw wrote:
> At 12:33 AM 5/22/1999 , Jean auBois wrote:
> >:The ScoutWalker walking robot is a simple basic implementation of
> >:Mark Tilden's Microcore technology : $300.00
> >
> >which is a KIT & basically doesn't do anything useful (um, vacuum floors
> >for example?) and certainly won't last 5..10 years without being very
> >carefully tended. Yeah, I know, it is great for educational purposes, but
> >that isn't the point, is it?
>
> That is the point of the kit - to be educational. Not to accomplish any
> real-world task EXCEPT to educate.
At $300,- surely it can't be targeting the educational market?
It seems to be intended as a `collector's item'.
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