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Must be a god, he walks on water
And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg brothers eh ? -- geoff |
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from raden contains these words: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off This ain't fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf7r6_l7AVk&eurl= but he has solved the problems of stability with walking robots - but putting a human on top to do the balancing. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
In message , Guy King
writes The message from raden contains these words: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off This ain't fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf7r6_l7AVk&eurl= but he has solved the problems of stability with walking robots - but putting a human on top to do the balancing. Werry twee -- geoff |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
raden wrote:
And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David |
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raden wrote:
And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-EygeAcKHw) |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
"Staffbull" wrote in message oups.com... Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) -------------------------------------------------------------- Me too, sadly it was deemed too intellectually challenging for this century so they had to cancel it. H |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:48:27 +0100, "HLAH"
wrote: "Staffbull" wrote in message roups.com... Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) -------------------------------------------------------------- Me too, sadly it was deemed too intellectually challenging for this century so they had to cancel it. H More likely the viewers just got bored with the phrase "but within a few years". Like those 1930 cinema goers are still awaiting "Mr 1990, going to "the city" in his gyrocopter". Or was it ornithopter? |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
"EricP" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:48:27 +0100, "HLAH" wrote: "Staffbull" wrote in message groups.com... Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) -------------------------------------------------------------- Me too, sadly it was deemed too intellectually challenging for this century so they had to cancel it. H More likely the viewers just got bored with the phrase "but within a few years". Like those 1930 cinema goers are still awaiting "Mr 1990, going to "the city" in his gyrocopter". Or was it ornithopter? I think you might have a point, where the f**k is my flying car! :-) H |
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In message , Lobster
writes raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? Now that you mention it, yes -- geoff |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
In message .com,
Staffbull writes Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) ISTR it ended up being "and look at the latest thing you can do with a microprocessor" Wonder what happened to James Burke -- geoff |
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Must be a god, he walks on water
In message , raden
writes In message .com, Staffbull writes Lobster wrote: raden wrote: And now officially the fastest and £5000 better off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603nhPLHisg Anyone remember one of those Tomorrow's World "this-is-the-future-of-single-person-transport-yeah-right" features probably in the 70s, where they had a large transparent inflatable pyramid, which worked in much the same way as the above clip - they showed a bowler-clad city gent commuting to work down the Thames zipped up inside his? David Yes I remember that!! I miss that program :-) ISTR it ended up being "and look at the latest thing you can do with a microprocessor" Wonder what happened to James Burke Bloody hell - a clip from Tomorrows World on BBC2 right now Michael Rodd explaining how the sun works -- geoff |
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