From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 11:35:52 MDT
> ... I built a Heathkit "Hero
> Jr" robot back in the 80s and programmed it to chase my kids around the
> house. It had a very primitive light sensor and a sonar distance detector
> so it could roughly tell when someone was moving around in front of it.
> It also had a voice synthesizer so it could make menacing noises when
> it would chase them.
Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
Imagine making a thousand of the kid chasers...
How low could savvy transhumanist builders take per unit price, using up to
the minute tech?
Under $50? In time for Newtonmass?
How about producing the robots in kit form?
Some assembly needed?
Does it (absolutely) need wheels?
Could future KCG models run on dust mites, like optimized Gastrobots?
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
http://www.kartoo.com/cgi-bin/k.cgi?q=virtropy&l=0&m=1
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