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Daniel Whiston Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 4:23am | IP Logged | 1
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Hi Nathan. I rent desk space here, at The Dispensary: http://www.dialradio.com/dispensary.html (if the link doesn’t work, just Google ‘dial radio bath’) – it’s an amazing old stone building in Bath in the UK (think an Oxford College or Hogwarts for the colour of the stone) which has a design agency in it who have transformed it within and filled it with pop culture artefacts – including a working cinema in the basement in 1930s style, in a room that I heard used to be the morgue back in the 19th Century! Here’s what’s hanging from the ceiling outside the meeting room: 
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Bill Mimbu Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 14 April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 7373
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 8:49am | IP Logged | 2
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As a follow-up to the plastic kit, Fujimi will be coming out with a competed version of the BLADE RUNNER Police Spinner vehicle (and priced accordingly): [HLJ Link]
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Bill Mimbu Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 8:50am | IP Logged | 3
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Daniel, is that rocket ship from the Tintin book?
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Daniel Whiston Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 17 January 2012 Posts: 4
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 9:14am | IP Logged | 4
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Indeed it is Bill - there's a whole bunch of other stuff in the place as well, such as a rather charming bust of Tintin wearing a Fez in the Library Room (which itself hosts a charming collection of Americana), and whose shelves are mostly filled with graphic novels and design books. Quite the place to sit and work if you happen to be someone who shares our kinds of interests!
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Andy Mokler Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 20 January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2795
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 10:53am | IP Logged | 5
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I am being tortured right now by Bone Clones' full sized, articulated gorilla skeleton *replica". Argh! I have to spend money on the HOUSE!! This doesn't COUNT!!
The bones in human forearms don't "twist" like that gorilla's do they? Even the gorilla's legs don't have that twist in the lower leg bones. I don't look at a lot of skeletons so I hope it isn't a common thing but that really caught me eye.
My mind instantly started coming up with ideas about the bones crossing over producing some kind of beneficial torque or leverage that explains a gorilla's proportionally stronger arms over humans. I'm pulling it out of my butt, but it sounded good.
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Brad Krawchuk Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 19 June 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5814
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 11:26am | IP Logged | 6
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The bones in human forearms don't "twist" like that gorilla's do they?
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Sure they do - can't you turn your arms?
Grab something in your fist - a pen, a stapler, whatever is close by - and hold it in your fist with your palm facing up. Now twist the object so that your palm is facing down as if you're going to drop the object. Notice how your forearms turned?
That gorilla is walking on his knuckles - with his palms facing that direction, that's how his radius and ulna would appear. If he was able to stand palms out, the bones would appear parallel and not twisted around.
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Andy Mokler Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 11:52am | IP Logged | 7
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That gorilla is walking on his knuckles - with his palms facing that direction, that's how his radius and ulna would appear. If he was able to stand palms out, the bones would appear parallel and not twisted around.
Well, that's the obvious answer that I overlooked. I was thinking that the bones were "twisted" at rest(as opposed to being basically parallel like humans) not that human bones couldn't flex and twist.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | 8
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I am being tortured right now by Bone Clones' full sized, articulated gorilla skeleton *replica". Argh! I have to spend money on the HOUSE!! This doesn't COUNT!!++ The bones in human forearms don't "twist" like that gorilla's do they? •• Evolution has given us a pair of bones in our forearms and lower legs precisely so we can rotate our hands and feet. If there was a single bone, we would be severely limited in our range of movement.
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Joe Hollon Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 08 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 13734
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Posted: 06 March 2012 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | 9
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Pronation:

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Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 20 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 9154
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Posted: 08 March 2012 at 1:44am | IP Logged | 10
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Thanks, Evolution!
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Dave B Stewart Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 438
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Posted: 08 March 2012 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 11
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Sonic Drive In current kids meal toy: DC tots.
http://www.sonicdrivein.com/kids/index.jsp
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John Byrne
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Posted: 08 March 2012 at 9:11am | IP Logged | 12
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Thanks, Evolution! •• Amazing what can be accomplished, with billions of years to do it in, and billions of species to play with!
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