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by DerGolgo » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:49 am
You know, I just had an idea, I had ... they're selling three of these, right?
Now, imagine if you could, in fact, power them with wind turbines or something. Cut of everything you don't need to structurally support those wind turbines, for lightness and all.
Now, back in the day, there used to be this geeky toy. A kit you could buy, to build little robots. Maybe the size of a soda can. They'd drive around, like a Roomba, but without cleaning stuff. If they got near an obstacle, they'd change course. Things'd get interesting if you put several of them in the same room. They'd sorta, you know ... dance. They couldn't remember where they had been, and they had nothing but some very crude proximity sensors to guide their way ... but it could look downright mesmerizing.
Now, combine the two. Take some old salt pan or other flat surface with no indigenous life or interesting geological features. Maybe in the Atacama desert. And then, just let them ... dance. Slowly, but for weeks, months, years maybe ... hire some local talent to give a grease job every few weeks, should probably do it, no?
Maybe, instead of wind-turbines, use a huge, self-aligning parabolic mirror as a solar oven and a steam driven generator or something ...
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
