moments where technology just amazed you
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My iPod touch when I first got it, I'd never seen touchscreen technology so intuitively used before that
Yeah I know, each time I see the clip I feel the same way. I mean when it stumbles about on the ice it's like watching Bambi trying to keep upright on the ice or something. And that just goes to show how organic in movement robotics are starting to develop. Not just due to the fact that it's a machine that can stay upright on a number of legs but the fact that it looks so lifelike that we feel sorry for it when someone is shoving it or it has prolbems walking on the ice.The_Healer said:
The other scary part about it is that when it walked on normal ground the movements looked really twitchy and unnatural, so it sort of switched between hyper organic looking movements and twitchy robotic movements, so while it resembles an animal in movement some of the time it can also look completely unliving as well.
Freaky... Cool as hell and an amazing achievement, but still a bit freaky.
Ok, that is scary. I could get very nervous about robots like that....Housebroken Lunatic said:
Well no, not in the amounts that would be needed to build anything. It's just invisible because it's currently so small. The tube part comes from the molecular structure of the carbon. When you look at it in 3-D it's like a hexagonal prism, or tube.Fauxity said:
For me, though, it'd have to be the internet, and all the associated technologies thereof.
I was playing Uncharted 2 earlier with a mate and I stopped to look at the character model of Chloe. I looked at her face and said out loud "Man Nate's a lucky girl" in a jokey way. Shen then she mouthed the words "Man Nate's a lucky girl". My mouth dropped open in astonishment as she did.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. That crap is lifelike. If you haven't seen it, go do so: unless you've played through Final Fantasy VII's 40-hour fantasy epic, you won't get the plot at all, but it's still worth it for the beautiful CG, amazing soundtrack, and awe-inspiring battle scenes.
That light switch thing in the wall of my room. Fascinating.
On a more serious note: Computer technology. How in thehell can a few bits of different metals, and electric current, and other stuff, create an artificial brain? Amazing stuff.
On a more serious note: Computer technology. How in thehell can a few bits of different metals, and electric current, and other stuff, create an artificial brain? Amazing stuff.
