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A liquid-filled (encased in a plastic membrane), wire-boned Slinky which, due to the low and carefully-adjusted viscosity of the liquid, is able to push itself a few feet on a flat surface. Not much more fun than a normal Slinky, and a commercial flop.
A robot-powered Slinky.
http://www.ai.mit.e...98/mattw-iros98.pdf [Amos Kito, Oct 05 2004]
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//commercial flop// hee hee |
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[thumbwax] So [8th] has finally turned you? |
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Regular Slinkys are powered by gravity. If you want your invention to propel itself, it needs some source of energy. Encasing it with liquid and plastic ain't gonna help any. |
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CUSTARD !! WHERE's the CUSTARD !!
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I think we may probably have eaten it all by now. |
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I want so much to like this. Self-propelled Slinky is a great idea, but as [Curry] pointed out, it needs something to make it go. Can't we somehow motorize it or (heaven forbid) piezo-ize it or something? |
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Some sort of moving weight that throws itself around dragging the slinky along with? |
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a wee little skinny worm or a few little skinny worms running through it... |
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Put a few goldfish inside. That'll get it going. |
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magnolia technology. ooohh uuummm don't that just smell lovely mmmm, ducky. |
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Magnum technology. Just pull the trigger. |
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//If you want your invention to propel itself, it needs some source of energy. Encasing it with liquid and plastic ain't gonna help any.// |
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"Push it and watch it go...for a short while, at least." |
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Your finger is the source of energy. |
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