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Message #12024



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Jason -" evenflow88@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:08:26 GMT
Subject: [alt-beam] Mark Tilden Tact(Mr.mark T please reply)


Hie ,

I am just wondering what material does mark T use to construct the legs of
his walkers.....it seemed so configurable and can be easily be
bent......just like in the extreme machine's show incredible robot
showcasing him making a two motor walker under one hour........and what did
he use for a tactile sensor...cause the tactile sensor i see in his recent
botz are so tough......are they piano wires?....and if i were to make the
tactile sensor can i use other materials other than piano wires as it is
really hard to be found here in the east..thanks a lot

p/s: i hope mark will reply me.....thanks


jason


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12025 Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:47:45 -0500 Re: A little irrelevant.................. Brian Boeckmann
> I am just getting started in the BEAM scene. However, I would be VERY
> interested in just LISTENING to an advanced mailing list. I don't believe
> any sort of tests,etc. should be required to sign up for the advanced
list.
> Just inform anyone asking simple questions to politely ask them on the
other
> list. Also, I am signed up for the spinal column mailing list already, but
> there is no traffic whatsoever. Maybe if everyone interested signed up on
> that list, things could get rolling.
> Brian Boeckmann
>
> Steve,
> >
> >I've also considered leaving the list. I've learned very little from this
> >list as it is mostly people asking simple electronics questions. Not
that
> >it's a bad thing...it's just that I'm a little beyond the basics. Maybe
> the
> >answer would be to have another list. One that allows the more advanced
> >BEAMer's a chance to discuss their passions and thoughts without having
to
> >stop and explain the basics in order to talk about the advanced stuff.
We
> >seem to have hit a brick wall with developments lately. I see people
> >spending more time explaining that if you increase a resistor or a cap in
> an
> >RC circuit you increase the time it takes for the cap to charge, when
they
> >should be using that biological neural net for something that pushes it's
> >limit. Think about the future, not perpetually reviewing the past.
Damn,
> >I'm ranting...sorry. Yes, I think that an 'ADVANCED' BEAM mailing list
> would
> >be a good solution to the problem, but how are we going to determine who
> >gets on it? Set up a test? Or go by who has been here the longest? Or
> >just allow anybody on...but refuse to answer the 'basic' questions? How
do
> >you segregate (bad word, but the only one I can think of) the two? How
do
> >we discern who is worthy and who is new? Either way...if someone wants
to
> >start one up, I'll be there on the front line!
> >
> >Dane
> >
> >
> >
>

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