Why did I become an engineer?

[Ankf00]

F spacecraft... THIS is the holy grail!!!

http://justkool.blogspot.com/2006/01/asahis-beer-pouring-robots.html

Asahi's Beer Pouring Robots

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2524/2030/1600/asahibeer1001974.jpg


Here’s a match made in heaven: beer and robots. For most of the world, it’s a match we are left to simply dream of (you know, slave bots bringing you a cold one, instead of the usual “Get it yourself!”) If you live in Japan however, you should know that Asahi is running a promotion where they’ll be giving away 5,000 fully stocked refrigerator robots. What do these lovely creatures do?
Well, aside from stocking and cooling up to six cans of beer and two mugs, upon the press of a button, the machine will open up a can, and pour in into the mug with a perfect head every time.

everyone from playersfan to manic to anteater to winston to dando can vouch for me on this one :)

P.S. Jack Bauer is still why God created men.

[Sean O'Gorman]

http://www.themoneyshot.tv/kid%20beer.jpg

Just get one of these to open them up and bring them to you.

[Night Train]

Where was the beer robot class when I was in Engineering school?

[Tifosi24]

This Asahi robot is way better than the Bud Light robot. Now if we can just get a beer robot that serves good brew, all will be right in the world. Echoing Ank's Jack Bauer comment, the fact that man invented a beer robot proves that there is a God and he loves people.

[Ed_Severson]

"Beer [robot?] is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin

I'm sure with a few calculations, this thing could be modified to serve something more palatable, like perhaps Sam Adams. And somewhere, some aspiring graduate student will undoubtedly make that his thesis work.

God bless that man, whoever he is. :thumbup:

[Fitti Fan]

No thanks, I've got one already and his name is Rob (BMEP to you). He's able to serve up Samuel Adams, Blue Moon, or whatever we happen to have on tap in the second fridge at the moment. Plus, he comes in pretty handy for some other things too! ;)

[TravelGal]

P.S. Jack Bauer is still why God created men.

We agree on THAT one for sure!

PS, whatever happened to that cosmic dust that landed and a few weeks ago? Cannister was supposed to be opened in Houston, I thought. Or?

[KLang]

PS, whatever happened to that cosmic dust that landed and a few weeks ago? Cannister was supposed to be opened in Houston, I thought. Or?

NASA Stardust site (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html)

[Ankf00]

NASA's Stardust spacecraft has exceeded the loftiest of expectations with a cosmic bounty that includes comet fragments visible without a microscope, thrilled scientists said Thursday.

Until the container was opened in an ultra-clean facility shared by moon rocks retrieved by the Apollo missions, scientists had only a faint hope that any of the thousands of fragments would be seen by unaided eyes.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/3599701.html


satty put into hibernation in case of future use:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/3623601.html

LOS ANGELES — NASA has deactivated most of the Stardust spacecraft that collected the first comet dust ever gathered in space, two weeks after the probe jettisoned samples to Earth from its seven-year voyage through the heavens.

A 100-pound capsule from the spacecraft parachuted to the Utah desert Jan. 15 carrying microscopic debris from comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust. But the capsule's mothership remained in orbit around the sun.

On Sunday, engineers powered down all of Stardust's systems except for its solar panels and receiver antenna. The move was necessary to maintain the spacecraft and save fuel for possible future missions.