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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:45 pm
by jakethebeast
Thanks BrB, i'm starting to get hang on this (after only few hundred blades hehe)
Another pic of this beauty, i just love the "random" pattern
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:05 pm
by Brian the brain
Looks like the flaming patters on early Danish swords...
Do you twist the material or fold it?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:05 pm
by jakethebeast
Just folding and hammering for this one
EDIT: Oh, and BtB, the other side has even nicer angles
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:00 pm
by ToasT
I tried making a blade once, out of a length of rebar.. Needless to say it didn't turn out this good.
What style of handle/hilt do you plan on making?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:17 am
by Gippeto
Simply gorgeous Jake. 8)
Bloody well done!
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:24 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Omg breaking bad is on again! A humorous tribute
might contain spoilers if you've never watched it.
Breaking Bad: The Middle School Musical
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*sings* I aaaam the one who knocks! lolol
Breaking Bad: Honest Trailer
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Roof pizza!
edit: Also, breaking bad as a sitcom heheh
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:56 am
by jakethebeast
Hehe, did some recalculating, turns out its 288 layers
Seems like that after few beers i can make damascus but not math
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:53 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
This is pretty cool IMHO ->
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:04 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
POLAND_SPUD wrote:This is pretty cool IMHO
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:22 am
by POLAND_SPUD
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Yes, I am. Sure all of this can be done using a webcam and a computer but this thing is much smaller and cheaper. Oh and it works at 50 frames per second so it's slightly faster than most webcams
Pixy will ship with the software and firmware that will do everything seen in the video and described here. You can use this software and firmware as-is (we expect 90% of users to do this.) .Or you can build on it, modify it, or completely replace it
I wonder if it would be possible to use the same algorithm that your autonomous turret uses. Possibly it wouldn't need a laptop to work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:16 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Ah... yes, sentry guns too. But if it can be fooled by colour, hmmm...
http://www.xojane.com/issues/my-picture ... inist-meme
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:40 am
by POLAND_SPUD
it can be fooled by colour
They claim you can upload your own firmware so something more advanced than colour detection is possible. Maybe not at 50frames per second
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:23 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Cut out the red tape
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:20 pm
by jakethebeast
My cave is nearing its completion 8)
(new table)
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:09 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Nice one Jake! All it needs is an
appropriate plaque
The BBC asks
"will we ever want to have sex with robots?"
I think the real question is, once robots are good enough, will we still want to have sex with humans?
At the heart of our relationships with such machines, fictional or not, is the question of what it means to be human and to relate to others.
While no machine, however well-engineered, can ever feel empathy - something which defines us humans - it might be able to simulate it well enough to allow us to play along and treat it as if it were a sentient being.
I disagree with this sentimental view. A human being
is a well engineered machine, and it is naive to belive that we won't one day create a machine capable of the same thought processes. Why would you want to replicate it though? The point of technology is to improve things. Why make a mechanical horse that can travel at 70 km/h when you can ride a Suzuki Hayabusa at 300 km/h?