Time to admit some things... maybe you can already guess since I clearly spent a large portion of my free time building what I like to refer to as a "Guitar Robot"... but if it is not entirely obvious, I really think robots are cool. I'm a realist, however, I know in reality robots are simply appliances and the picture of the robot with a personality we all have in our head (think R2D2) is somewhat idealistic. In reality the robots we live with every day do in fact wash our dishes and clothes and take us to work but they aren't quite as endearing. Appliances are more advanced than ever and becoming part of the IOT (Internet of Things)... take this washer and dryer by LG that lets you monitor your wash from miles away or even change the wash cycle: http://www.lg.com/us/washers/lg-WT6001HV-top-load-washer and don't forget Google's driverless cars. We're already where we thought we should be but it somehow seems anticlimactic at times. If only those cars flew and our dishwasher could talk, oh, and put the dishes away... The closest we have to a robot that can fold clothes costs $400K and takes forever to fold just 5 items. Check out the PR2 doing exactly that here: https://youtu.be/gy5g33S0Gzo
OK, back on topic. My love for Robots, like many others is firmly rooted in my original love for Star Wars in the '70's. I was 7 years old and was pulled into that universe with no way out. I even joined the Star Wars Fan club and loved my monthly subscription to Bantha Tracks newsletter. I had my walls plastered with the 8X10" glossy's of all of the actors I received with the fan club membership. I have always felt like I had the inside scoop knowing that it was Bantha Tracks that first clued me in that there would be 9 Star Wars Movies including 3 prequels and 3 sequels to the much loved 3 I grew up with. Now I get to share it with my 9 and 7 year old son and daughter... I wonder if hypnosis will make them as excited as I am. If not, I guess I'll just need to seek out other 40 somethings that can't contain themselves.
Either way, now I get to enjoy some of those nostalgic feelings again thanks to the actual release of the final sequels this coming December.
If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at the trailer. It will make you feel like "we're home".
Here is the teaser released last November: https://youtu.be/OMOVFvcNfvE
And... the official trailer: https://youtu.be/wCc2v7izk8w
OK, back on topic. My love for Robots, like many others is firmly rooted in my original love for Star Wars in the '70's. I was 7 years old and was pulled into that universe with no way out. I even joined the Star Wars Fan club and loved my monthly subscription to Bantha Tracks newsletter. I had my walls plastered with the 8X10" glossy's of all of the actors I received with the fan club membership. I have always felt like I had the inside scoop knowing that it was Bantha Tracks that first clued me in that there would be 9 Star Wars Movies including 3 prequels and 3 sequels to the much loved 3 I grew up with. Now I get to share it with my 9 and 7 year old son and daughter... I wonder if hypnosis will make them as excited as I am. If not, I guess I'll just need to seek out other 40 somethings that can't contain themselves.
Either way, now I get to enjoy some of those nostalgic feelings again thanks to the actual release of the final sequels this coming December.
If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at the trailer. It will make you feel like "we're home".
Here is the teaser released last November: https://youtu.be/OMOVFvcNfvE
And... the official trailer: https://youtu.be/wCc2v7izk8w
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