Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin
Technology, art and personal faff
30min sketch. Rough image I’ve had in my head a while.
This is why I’d like to be able to draw faster. I could join in at Void Battles, and throw in blatant homages in the background, the unwritten background battles of NPCs, VCPD Blue, or whatever.
Guess what I was listening to on youtube? :P
1. Use the creation of Electrostatic Buckytube memory as a sub-neuron computer interface.
Create buckytubes with chemical receptors and emiters, so that the entry of a neurochemical “flips” the bucky-RAM state, before emiting another of the particular neurochemical to be on it’s way. Could be read by additional artificial Glial cells.
Pro’s: Would allow reading and potential manipulation of neural chemistry, and perhaps connection to external devices.
Cons: The additional step of flipping the memory state and releasing fresh neuro-chemicals could slow down brain chemistry.
2. RFID cards such as the Oyster use induction-coils for power and data transmission. As electro-magnetic pulse devices can be tuned to select bands, it seems plausible that you could create a localised EMP device running at 13.56Mhz that could overload and burn-out all RFID devices of that type within the local vicinity.
Seafood BBQ anyone?
I am officially looking for a treadmill to rip apart. I almost had one tonight but went to make a sandwich and got bid-sniped before I got back.
I know, with all I’ve said about just going straight in with your max-bid.. :P
Maybe I just want something new to mess around with.
Thinking of combining several of my existing half-done projects to conserve resources. Like taking the steering rack off the electric kids car, the motor and axle from the golf-caddy and the wheels from the big robot to make an electric go-cart. I can allways re-use it for the robot project later anyway.
Likewise thinking to combine the never-quite-functional robot dog thing with the robot camera-arm to make a sort of Scutter robot.
The treadmill I’m after with a view to fixing up the milling machine more with new head. Would be relatively easy to mount a slender DC motor on the mill’s front compared with a chunky AC motor of similar power. Plus I’d get a nice flat torque curve and less pully-gearing requirements (I anticipate at least 3 “gears” to give additional range. 8000rpm motors will probably only go down to 150rpm before stalling. Proper mills can get to low double-digits).
I suppose they’ll always be these things around, and I should concentrate on more pressing matters. But likewise I want to feel like I’m progressing. And the easiest way is to try and buy progress.
I’m acting no better than those militant Doomers who pile up their homes with survival gear they’ve never used and have no idea how to, just for the safety blanket of feeling more protected.
QD, you are officially punked. Steampunked anyway!
Told you the outfit from that video would suit you! :D
Excuse it being a poor image, I broke out the A3 pad again so had to photograph it. I’ll scan it in parts if I get to cleaning it up.
Seeeee, I can draw people. Got some reasonable perspective into it too, but mostly just tried to make it flow nice. I’ll probably see a bunch of things to change come morning.
I found a wee bit more wood on Saturday morning and hauled it home.
That’s right, another Honduras Mahogany staircase. Almost the same distance from our house as the last one was, but in the opposite direction.
But look carefully! This one’s been pulled out mostly intact! The other one sadly had most of the reads cut in half to rip it out, so few usable planks. These are also mounted differently, so there’s fewer holes. Means when it comes time to trim them up and biscuit them together into one large surface, there shouldn’t be as much wastage.
Gotta love people pulling out these from their 70s loft extensions.
Does mean I’ve got to spend another day pulling wood apart and removing duff nails & screws, but for such nice recycled timber I can accept that!
I should have ample wood at my disposal now I can do tests first and stop worrying about cutting design-corners to accommodate unpleasant off-cuts.
Plus look at those meaty long beams the treads are planted on. Provided those metal risers don’t go in too far, that’s going to be wonderful for something. Certainly not making the desk, but something.
Is it bad to think about making a Saint Andrew’s Cross out of them? I’m told they sell for three figures. And with mahogany expensive to buy these days, I would have thought it’d sell.
One project at a time though!
It’d been in the rain a bit, but it’s a hardwood so doesn’t seem to have soaked up much especially in the cold weather. It’s under cover now. Small bits have been moved through and I’ll try to break up the rest to move through the maze of the house early in the week.
The metal risers look like brass. Will have to see. They may come in handy later too.