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Do Cool Good Things - They Come Back

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Do cool good things and they come back.

They do.

(I think the opposite is true as well).

-R

 

Bionic Builders - Comic Book Characters Coming to Life

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At the Solidworks World 2011 General Sessions this morning the last speakers were the guys from Bionic Builders:

 

They were awesome and mind blowing. The stars are Hollywood stuntman and amputee Casey Pieretti and his personal inventor/design engineer Bill Spracher. Casey's dream is to have bionic limbs of all kinds that literally give him superpowers and capabilities that transcend human (that's him flying in the picture and on stage - he was practicing to have his leg explode off for a special effect). They designed a submarine propeller leg, one for mountain climbing, one that explodes, and I think one that shoots flames and/or baseballs(!) Awesome.

I do some pretty out there things with robots but these guys rocked.

-R

Notes From Solidworks World 2011 - Apollo 13

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One of the coolest events I have ever been to - hearing Gene Kranz and Jim Lovell talk together about space flight and the Apollo 13 mission at Solidworks World 2011. Gene was the NASA Flight Director for Mission Control "failure is not an option"- and Jim was the Apollo 13 Commander "Houston - we've got a problem".

Actually the dialogue went like this:

Swigert: 'Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.' 

Houston: 'This is Houston. Say again please.' 

Lovell: 'Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt.'

The reality was a bit more geeky but how many people have actually been to the other side on the moon in a space capsule that was on fire(!).

They just don't make guys like this anymore.

-R