Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05700
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:22:56 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Contest entry
Oh yeah. Quicktime seems to not like a particular format of MPG file.
some MPGs I can view, some I can't. I can't view this one at all!!! Is
there an AVI or Quicktime version of this file anywhere that could be
posted? It's the 2nd video this week that has been in that annoying MPG
format. I don't know what the deal is. Quicktime is supposed to read
these, but it seems to only read certain types of MPGs. Crud!
Ian Bernstein wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Check out my contest entry at....
> http://beam-online.com/chiucontest899/
>
> and tell me what you think. It's the first "useful" robot in my
> collection. What it does is goes around my room at night and cleans the
> floor!
>
> Laterz
>
> *-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-*
> Ian Bernstein "aka - Synet" The Master Builder
>
> E-Mail - Ian@beam-online.com
> BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
> Quote - "Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer
>
> are called hardware; those program instructions that you
> can
> only curse at are called software."
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--
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
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5701 Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:33:02 -0400 [alt-beam] DustBot, maybe, but VacuBot??? No way, Ian! (was: John A. deVries II
> It certainly is a cool application, particularly for tile, linoleum, wood
> and other surface floors, but it is NOT a _-VACUUM-_ cleaner... more a
> polisher. You might find interesting results if you sprayed some kind of
> cleaner (EndDust???) or the like on the paper towel. Even DustBot would
be
> a more appropriate name 'cuz although I have no doubt that you are already
> attached to the name you've created, it just doesn't fit. But then
BEAMers
> love to misuse words, eh?
>
> A bizarre idea: "real" floor polishers tend to be rotary devices, i.e.
the
> pad spins. If you ran a solar engine off of the same solar panel (hopably
> done in a manner so as to not upset the hextile circuit) you could run a
> motor that spins the paper towel every once in a while -- I think you'd be
> able to pick up even more dirt. Of course, this is only a vague
> suggestion. Also: do the touch sensors fire when it hits something
"thick"
> like carpet? Obviously, you'd want it to avoid carpets because (a) it
> would most likely get stuck and (b) it would do much good practically
speaking.
>
>
> Zoz
> Heretic at large
>
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