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Ralph Osterhout: Toys That Find Their Way Into Combat

The Entertainment Gathering 2008
Monterey, CA
Dec 13th, 2008
FORA.tv


Ralph Osterhout describes the "perverse symbiotic relationship" between the children's toy industry and military innovation.

Homemade Robot Has Water Cannon, Shoots Vagrants

The regulars hardly glance outside. They've seen bar owner Rufus Terrill's invention on patrol before — its bright red lights and even brighter spotlight blazing, infrared video camera filming and water cannon at the ready in the spinning turret on top. An environmental engineer by day, Terrill gathered the makings of his robot for three months. A three-wheel scooter gives the Bum Bot mobility. A home-alarm loudspeaker attached to a walkie-talkie gives it a voice. Its head is a former home meat-smoker. The red lights are from a 1997 Chevrolet, and it's powered by four car batteries. 

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