Comment Re:Sci fi (Score 1) 93
Same here. I recall something about a pressurized cavern in which people would strap on mechanical wings and fly around in 1/6 gravity.
Teenager Builds Himself a Robotic Prosthetic Arm Using Lego Pieces (abc.net.au) 63
David Aguila, a 19-year-old bioengineering student at the Universitat Internacional de Catulunya in Spain, has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces. David was born with Poland syndrome that affects his right peck and right arm. From a report: Once his favorite toys, the plastic bricks became the building material for Mr Aguilar's first, still very rudimentary, artificial arm at the age of nine, and each new version had more movement than the one before. He uses the artificial arm only occasionally and is self-sufficient without it, with all the versions on display in his room in the university residence on the outskirts of Barcelona. In November 2017 Mr Aguilar, who uses Lego pieces provided by a friend, proudly displayed a fully functional red and yellow robotic arm, built when he was 18, bending it in the elbow joint and flexing the grabber.
The latest models are marked MK followed by the number -- a tribute to comic book superhero Iron Man and his MK armor suits. The MK II was a predominantly blue model built from a Lego plane set, including a motor, while MK III was created from a set for a piece of mining equipment. After graduating from university, he wants to create affordable prosthetic solutions for people who need them.
The latest models are marked MK followed by the number -- a tribute to comic book superhero Iron Man and his MK armor suits. The MK II was a predominantly blue model built from a Lego plane set, including a motor, while MK III was created from a set for a piece of mining equipment. After graduating from university, he wants to create affordable prosthetic solutions for people who need them.
Comment A little more information please (Score 1) 1042
Which one saves more gas:
a) replace a 10 mpg car with a 20 mpg car.
b) replace a 33 mpg car with a 50 mpg car.
From the way the question is posed it is impossible to say. How many miles-per-year does each drive?
Comment Re:Musicians (Score 1) 257
Any jazz organist does this when he carries the bass line for the group. There appears to be a complete separation between the left hand which is carrying the bass and the right which is comping and soloing.
Comment Re:Yup, they block (Score 1) 746
Where I work all the flushables were replaced by flushless, probably fifty or more. They lasted about a month then the blocking up thing happened. I was in there when the unfortunate facilites worker was attempting to fix it - he was making the Most Distressing Noises working on this thing that I've ever heard. It was not a pretty sound. Afterwards I asked him about it - he said he told management to just try it in one bathroom first but no, they replaced all of them in the plant. Shortly after this they ripped them all out and put the flushable back in.
I wonder if they sent them back and got a refund?
I wonder if they sent them back and got a refund?
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