Terms of Venery (Collective Nouns):

- A group of unicorns is called a blessing. (how often does that happen?)
- Twelve or more cows (kine) are known as a flink.
- A group of frogs is called an army.
- A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- A group of ravens (or crows) is called a murder.
- A group of larks is called an exaltation.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.

So, once we begin hunting robots for sport, what shall we call a grouping of them?
- A 'can of robots'?
- A 'bismuth of robots'?
- A 'bottle of robots'?
- A 'leet of robots'?

Most of my ideas come from my amusement at the image of a small container full of struggling robots - eager, in their way, to get out, but too stupid to know how.

But, robot-hunting could be a lucrative endeavor in the near future. Get some woods and some hillbillies and toss in a robot. Everyone wins!

Nitinol - Muscle Wire: The Mauling




(sort of like muscle cars, except long and very skinny)

- the plan
- the implementation
- history and information about nitinol
- links

Project: Operation Boris II

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Intro to Physical Computing
Fall, 2003
Jeff Feddersen

Week 8

I saw more stars last night than I've ever seen in Manhattan. Admittedly only a hundred perhaps, not the tens of thousands one can see elsewhere in the world, but it was still cool to see Orion's belt.

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Intro to Physical Computing
Fall, 2003
Jeff Feddersen

Week 3

I had been invited to the beach where friends have a cottage this weekend, but said no because I had planned to go upstate to see other friends - but now they're all sick, and the beach friends are already gone.


So I'll spend Saturday haging out with some wires.

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Intro to Physical Computing
Fall, 2003
Jeff Feddersen

Week 2

 
Intro to Physical Computing
Fall, 2003
Jeff Feddersen

Week 1