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Old 20-04-2006, 11:39   #4
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Re: Spooky, robotic, self-assembling chair

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Originally Posted by Russ D
If I may use the late great Kenneth Williams' final words...

"What's the bloody point??"
Russ, try and think outside the box a little... at the moment it's just a chair, but now that they've got a working prototype it could lead to different uses/purposes.

Imagine instead of being a chair, it was ...i dunno, a crane that is used inside a nuclear reactor to transfer reactive components from one area to another. If the crane breaks down then you have to send someone inside the radioactive zone to repair the damage. If the crane can repair itself, however, then nobody needs to risk their health by entering a toxic area.

That's just the 1st example that sprang to mind... I'm sure with a bit of time and some more caffeine I could come up with more/better suggestions
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