Lucio Switch Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Something that is not often seen!! Really clever and funny!! Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 really cool idea, is it possible to make it motorized and have a feed system to recycle the program cards back into the hopper? Quote
AncientJames Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 really cool idea, is it possible to make it motorized and have a feed system to recycle the program cards back into the hopper? There's no reason it couldn't be motorised. Recycling the cards is something it really should do. I decided not to attempt that for this version because I figured it was going to be tricky enough getting it to work at all. It's something that would probably be too cumbersome to retrofit, and at some point I'll probably have another go from scratch. It would work best if the cards came back out the way they went in, rather than passing right through the mechanism. Quote
Jim Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I can't get enough of these kind of machines! Very well done. I've frontpaged it, so hopefully more people will enjoy it. Quote
DrJB Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Jim, Somehow many of your frontpages do not last long. You're doing a fantastic job highlighting these novel MOCs, but somehow there is always someone from a different subforum that brings something else up. Is there a way to 'force' frontpages to last a given/minimum number of days? Quote
Hobbythom Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I am not a very technical guy so to me this is as magical as any complex device. Totally awesome! Quote
Holodoc Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 This is absolutely amazing! Once again I am astonished to see what clever buildings people come up with. Very, very well done. Thank you so much for sharing it with us and explaining how you came to it. Much appreciated. Quote
DrJB Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 In principle, one can put the 'program' on a band (track elements) and have the display run messages one character at a time. I know, easier said than done of course. Quote
camaudio Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 precious x4 Now build 3 more and run them side by side Quote
bjorkan Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I wish I have studied technics, not medicine, I just can not follow some movements... but it looks amazing, and is very intelligent :) Quote
blackdeathgr Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Excellent idea! I wish i was that imaginative with technics :) Quote
bonox Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 ingenious and thankyou for the teaching explanations as well Quote
TechnicTobi Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Thanks for sharing!This is one of the most ingenious machines made from Lego I've ever seen. Quote
guandul Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Looks amazing. Thanks for the details about how the magic happens. Quote
AncientJames Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 In principle, one can put the 'program' on a band (track elements) and have the display run messages one character at a time. I know, easier said than done of course. My previous attempt used a continuous loop, although it was a bit slow and rickety: My goal with the new one was to make it update the whole screen in one go, do it quickly enough that I could display animations, and have a compact way of storing the data. If I do another one, looping will be at the top of my list. Quote
Technyk32231 Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 NPU = Numeric Processing Unit ? NPU means Nice Piece Usage Quote
DrJB Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 my second guess would have been No Pun Unintended. ;) Quote
DrJB Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 My previous attempt used a continuous loop, although it was a bit slow and rickety: Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I thought a bit more about the 'tape' and really, to display whole characters at once would be way more involved than I first thought, as the tape would need to move and pause regularly to display ALL pixels. What I find very 'deceptive' and not very fair in these contraptions is that the final product is often the result of several iterations/prototypes. And the final product rarely reflects all the effort that has gone into realizing such mechanism. I've always 'voiced' that the work of enginners is always more 'demanding' than that of other better paid professions (not naming them) but, that is a whole other discussion. Cheers. Quote
BachAddict Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Wow! Any chance this is coming to CBS2015? ...Say, did you happen to buy an 8880 recently? Edited April 22, 2015 by BachAddict Quote
Foton Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 It briliant! I like the idea and all these linkages. I realy love these mechanical "machines". Quote
AncientJames Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 Wow! Any chance this is coming to CBS2015? ...Say, did you happen to buy an 8880 recently? I'm probably bringing it to Christchurch, but still dithering at the mo. I haven't bought the 8880. Quote
BachAddict Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 I'm probably bringing it to Christchurch, but still dithering at the mo. I haven't bought the 8880. Oh ok, my buyer was also a James from Wellington. If you're not coming I'd love to build a copy! I would credit you and advertise any site you want. Quote
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