Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #11776
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Timothy Flytch" flytch@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:41:57 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: possible motors
well Daniel... when I say "liqueur store" I mean the little corner store
that sells candy,ice cream, soda, beer, and wine... I don't know were you
are... but here on the central coast of California they are everywhere...
Timothy...
>I _just_ turned 16, so I don't know how to get to most
>of these places, and definately can't check the
>liqueur store! thanks for the suggestions!
>
>~Daniel
>
>--- Timothy Flytch wrote:
> > There sold by private venders... so like all things
> > at wally word sometimes
> > they just don't have them and may never again... try
> > your local liqueur
> > store... I've seen them in the grocery stores too...
> > Albertsons... longs...
> > K-mart... and payless...
> >
> > Timothy...
> >
> > >
> > >I looked for the rotating suckers at the store
> > today.
> > >Wal-Mart doesn't carry them any more! Does anyone
> > know
> > >where they can be found?
> > >
> > >~Daniel
> > >
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11777 Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:54:02 -0800 RE: Zenbot "Wilf Rigter"
> hi Zane,
>
> On catching up with a backlog of unread mail i came across a few jewels
with
> your name attached, so i thought i'd say hello and welcome to our diverse
> little group! Good point on the cause, process and effect. It reminded me
> of an old sci-fi story about Tibetan monks using a computer to print out
all
> the names of God, speeding many centuries' of work with pen and ink to
> completion in a matter of days and then the universe winked out. Oops!
>
> wilf
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zane Bryan [SMTP:zipndani@transport.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 2:02 PM
> > To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> > Subject: Re: Zenbot
> >
> > Seems to me that some time ago I'd read an article (probably in
Omni)
> > about that "minimalist" behavior in an "army" of small robots that
> > performed
> > basic tasks based on minimal input...Larger robots (a few inches or so)
> > could wander about mowing the yard, smaller robots for washing windows
and
> > microscopic robots included in toothpaste to clean your teeth long after
> > you
> > are done brushing or creep around clearing arteries of debris to prevent
> > heart disease. I guess the simple behaviors of BEAM critters brings to
> > mind
> > these applications. I'm sure that through adaptations: increased
> > durability, our "tendency toward miniaturization"-ahem- and the like, we
> > may
> > well be on our way to useful application...
> > Creation of a Zen Garden would be pretty impressive, but if you are
> > not
> > the creator of the little beasties capable of performing the task, you
> > would
> > never get the same satisfaction of seeing it done...a large part of the
> > process of Zen rock/sand gardening. For those who have negated the
> > importance of "art" in BEAM robots themselves...they will never "get
> > it"....sad. There is a connection to beauty and function. Look at
> > Renaissance artists and the exploration of the golden ratio...it's found
> > in
> > man, nature, science and the arts (in terms of what pleases the eye).
> > Sorry, I seem to be weaving a tapestry of "threads" here...Sometimes
> > the
> > thoughts diverge instead of converge and I find myself on a new highway,
> > wondering how the onramp turned into an exit...that said...adieu.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sharon Williams"
> > To:
> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 1:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: Zenbot
> >
> >
> > > you would end up with problems of getting sand in the motors though
> > > (nothing that couldn't be overcome). but i like the idea.
> > >
> > > -Jeremy Williams
> > >
> > > At 09:56 AM 2/26/00 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Cool idea.
> > > >R.M.
> > > >
> > > >JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> In a message dated 2/25/00 7:08:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > >> malstudios@tradenet.net writes:
> > > >>
> > > >> > This sounds zen like, or the minimalist approach in art. Is this
> > sort
> > of,
> > > >> > almost, kinda, might be what you are describing.
> > > >> > R.M.
> > > >> This made me think of an idea I had, well, it was my wife actually.
I
> > > thought
> > > >> I would throw it out since the list has been so slow lately :). How
> > about a
> > > >> Unicore that lives in a sand box. It pulls a small rake behind it
and
> > > avoids
> > > >> 2 or 3 various sized smooth rocks in the center of the sand. The
tiny
> > rake
> > > >> scratches out rows of parallel lines as the bot travels randomly
> > around
> > the
> > > >> box. A Zen Garden bot! An ever changing pattern of rows and lines
> > > >> circumnavigating the entire surface of the sand. A Unicore roughly
> > the
> > size
> > > >> of Scarlet with wide wheels could be placed in a Zen garden roughly
> > the
> > > size
> > > >> of 2'x3' with ornamental rocks in the center. Patterns could be
> > > influenced by
> > > >> light whether natural or artificial. Zen gardens are traditionally
> > > places of
> > > >> meditation and reflection. A small bot making endlessly different
> > patterns
> > > >> would be a nice touch.
> > > >>
> > > >> See ya,
> > > >> Jim
> > > >> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
> > > >> ICQ# 55657870
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
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