--- Day changed Fri Jan 09 2009 01:20 -!- willPow3r [n=will@cpe-66-75-6-181.san.res.rr.com] has quit ["Leaving"] 02:18 -!- chizu [n=chizu@osuosl/staff/chizu] has quit [Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)] 02:18 -!- chizu [n=chizu@osuosl/staff/chizu] has joined #hplusroadmap 03:44 < bkero> I'd be able to smuggle a couple libraries of congress in my keister. 03:53 -!- genehacker_ [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Read error: 113 (No route to host)] 04:59 < UtopiahGHML> "0wnz0red" Programmers who hack their own bodies don't need exercise and never get sick: A new short story from one of science fiction's bright young stars. By Cory Doctorowhttp://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/print.html 08:39 -!- jm|afk [n=jm@p57B9EDF6.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 08:45 -!- jm|earth [n=jm@p57B9E419.dip.t-dialin.net] has quit [Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)] 09:04 -!- ferrouswheel [n=jp@121-73-144-159.cable.telstraclear.net] has quit [Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)] 10:40 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 11:11 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Read error: 113 (No route to host)] 12:08 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 12:20 -!- xp_prg [n=xp_prg3@99.2.31.217] has joined #hplusroadmap 12:37 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Read error: 113 (No route to host)] 13:17 < kanzure_> http://www.thomasnet.com/cadmodels.html?WT.mc_t=blg&WT.mc_n=blg0109&channel=email <- new CADregister on thomasnet 14:25 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 14:27 < genehacker> you there kanzure? 14:38 < kanzure_> yes 14:46 < genehacker> I've been thinking about that UAV supply network that fenn was talking about 14:47 < genehacker> something like a skyhook might make sense for the pick up and delivery mechanism 14:49 < genehacker> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system 14:58 < genehacker> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/25/chicagos-airmail-pick-up-catapults-mail-bags-to-planes/ 14:58 < genehacker> maybe something like this 15:00 < genehacker> but that means everyone who wants to use the service has to buy a complex device and have enough room for a model airplane to buzz it 15:07 < genehacker> but I'm thinking at this point UAV mail systems for delivering small bits and pieces could be implemented much in a similar manner to hobbyist ham radio 15:08 < genehacker> as in people do it for a hobby 16:41 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Read error: 113 (No route to host)] 16:47 < kanzure_> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustinTeam huh 16:47 < kanzure_> "yes, this group is indeed active. We had 4 people attend the August 2008 meeting." 16:47 < kanzure_> austin sucks. 16:54 -!- Splicer [n=Splicer@h209n2c1o261.bredband.skanova.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 16:56 -!- Splicer [n=Splicer@h209n2c1o261.bredband.skanova.com] has left #hplusroadmap [] 16:57 -!- Splicer [n=Splicer@h209n2c1o261.bredband.skanova.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 17:10 -!- xp_prg [n=xp_prg3@99.2.31.217] has quit [Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)] 18:14 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 18:25 -!- Splicer [n=Splicer@h209n2c1o261.bredband.skanova.com] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 18:27 -!- samrose [n=samrose@c-24-11-214-181.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #hplusroadmap 18:32 < genehacker> The purpose of the reverse engineering project was for us to apply the 3d modelling skills we learned while learing engineering ethics, leadership, and how to work with other engineers. Pictured above is one of the 3D models I made for this projected, which is a projectile storage container for a toy catapult. 18:32 < genehacker> oops wrong paste ignore above 18:32 < genehacker> http://www.iip.kth.se/documents/courses/4k1131/FAA%20Systems.pdf 18:33 < genehacker> this is what I meant to post 18:34 < genehacker> it's about automatic assembly 18:35 < genehacker> Isn't this SKDB? "To form a process map of all the required functions of the assembly process and thereafter form classes which can be accounted for by ”modules”." 18:50 < kanzure_> yep 18:50 < kanzure_> "Lego-type interconnections (standards)" 18:51 < kanzure_> from a few pages previous 18:52 < genehacker> yeah 18:52 < genehacker> so I guess I see the point to it know 18:52 < genehacker> now 18:52 < genehacker> they also mention the problem of standardization 18:53 < genehacker> guess we need standardized robot part grippers 18:54 < genehacker> they mention the problem with one-off automatic assembly like this is that it isn't fast 18:55 < genehacker> highest cost seems to be programming 18:59 < genehacker> so what do they mean by lego type interconnections? 18:59 < genehacker> as in the parts being made are like legos, or the robots assembling them are 19:03 < genehacker> so the hardest part of assembling is picking up the part and holding it 19:06 < genehacker> one way you can solve this is by making the part easy to grab by robots 19:15 < kanzure_> http://arbesman.net/milkyway/ Milky Way Transit Authority 19:15 < kanzure_> genehacker: robots are made from parts too 19:15 < kanzure_> so your question ("what do you mean by lego type interconnections?") doesn't make sense to me 19:16 < kanzure_> (the "as in the parts being made are like legos, or the robots assembling them are") 19:17 < genehacker> are the interconnections between systems of robots or systems of parts that the robots are making 19:20 < kanzure_> how are those two things different 19:21 < genehacker> ok so all interconnections 19:38 -!- willPow3r [n=will@cpe-66-75-6-181.san.res.rr.com] has joined #hplusroadmap 21:34 < kanzure_> http://ginkgobioworks.com/ "We make biology easy to engineer. 21:34 < kanzure_> Ginkgo BioWorks is focused on improving biology as a substrate for engineering. We develop standards, biological parts, and technologies that allow for reliable, rapid prototyping of engineered biological systems." 21:34 < kanzure_> gasp, they stole me. 21:35 < kanzure_> Tom Knight, PhD 21:35 < kanzure_> well I'll be damned 21:47 < kanzure_> http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=550821996141 <- wtf, Joseph Jackson. *WTF* 21:57 < genehacker> can't see it 22:02 < kanzure_> body building transhumanist. background music is some dark metal. 22:11 < genehacker> that is odd 23:23 -!- genehacker [n=chatzill@pool-71-164-238-185.dllstx.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)] 23:24 -!- samrose [n=samrose@c-24-11-214-181.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has quit [Remote closed the connection]