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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 21, 2013 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] This is one amazing robot!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>They've got horse-grade locomotion figured out in outdoor lab environments, yeah. Now if they can work on the power source and productize it...<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The power source sounds to me like two independent two-stroke IC motors. My guess is that they chose that for space and weight minimization. Good chance they could go to four-stroke ICs and get it a little quieter and less smoky. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The path forward is clear enough to see: mechanical horse racing: traditional Kentucky Derby style (wouldn’t that be cool to see?) racing over rough terrain that wheeled vehicles cannot handle, racing on ice, racing over mixed cross country/street conditions, oh this will be fun to watch. Look at how much money we dump into NASCAR and Indy racers. Even for big fans such as me, it does get a little boring. But I would pay good money to watch mechanical horses gallop around, get them to jump over stuff like the steeple chase they used to have in the Olympics, that sort of thing, maybe polo on mechanical horses, or mechanical guys playing polo on real horses, or mechanical guys riding mechanical horses doing old-time Monte-Python-esque jousting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is this a fun time to be alive or what?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>