Comments on: Giant mechanical spider awakens in Liverpool http://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/ Fresh hacks every day Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:43:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: zero http://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/comment-page-1/#comment-41781 zero Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:59:20 +0000 http://www.hackaday.com/?p=7874#comment-41781 Yeah...Damn you Hack A Day with your screenshots! Anyway, it really is impressive when you see it 'in the flesh'. A piece of art I can agree with! Yeah…Damn you Hack A Day with your screenshots!

Anyway, it really is impressive when you see it ‘in the flesh’. A piece of art I can agree with!

]]> By: PocketBrain http://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/comment-page-1/#comment-41649 PocketBrain Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://www.hackaday.com/?p=7874#comment-41649 I love how they made a screenshot of the player; I was wondering what the hell was wrong with my computer. Aside from that, I'm not sure I would want to see that thing up-close; somebody almost gets stepped on at 0:39! And it's not a hood ornament, it's a parade float. I love how they made a screenshot of the player; I was wondering what the hell was wrong with my computer. Aside from that, I’m not sure I would want to see that thing up-close; somebody almost gets stepped on at 0:39!

And it’s not a hood ornament, it’s a parade float.

]]> By: BruceR http://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/comment-page-1/#comment-41648 BruceR Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:43:44 +0000 http://www.hackaday.com/?p=7874#comment-41648 take a closer look at that elephant, it's pulled along with wheels and not it's legs. Having seen the spider with my own eyes yesterday, you've missed the point, check out the Spider Saturday video here.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/ It's meant to be walking round the city and it did look like it was. But there's no way the spider could have walked on it's own legs through the city, the public safety aspect alone would have killed the project. It weighs 38 tonnes. take a closer look at that elephant, it’s pulled along with

wheels and not it’s legs.

Having seen the spider with my own eyes yesterday, you’ve

missed the point, check out the Spider Saturday video here..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/

It’s meant to be walking round the city and it did look like

it was. But there’s no way the spider could have walked on

it’s own legs through the city, the public safety aspect

alone would have killed the project. It weighs 38 tonnes.

]]> By: roy http://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/comment-page-1/#comment-41647 roy Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.hackaday.com/?p=7874#comment-41647 admittedly it does look very impressive but what the video doesn't make totally clear is that the spider is mounted on a motorised trolley and not suspended from a crane. essentially they've made a giant animated hood ornament. when I first heard about it i was really excited, after seeing the giant wooden self propelled elephant the company previously made, but an animated hood ornament? no thanks i'll pass ;) admittedly it does look very impressive but what the video doesn’t make

totally clear is that the spider is mounted on a motorised trolley and not suspended

from a crane. essentially they’ve made a giant animated hood ornament.

when I first heard about it i was really excited, after seeing the giant wooden

self propelled elephant the company previously made, but an animated hood ornament?

no thanks i’ll pass ;)

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