This guy made a rover out of junk to store Klein bottles in his basement - Page 1
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author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 04:39:58 pm
content: https://youtu.be/-k3mVnRlQLUThe man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his houseThought I'd share with you guys. The guy is nuts, but he's a good guy.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 06:14:27 pm
content: I LIKE this guy. Given a space of about 70cm under a house most people might store some stuff in the immediate area to the hatch but he uses the whole space for something practical. The world needs more people like this man.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 07:16:10 pm
content: Nowadays I calculate whether the storage costs more or less than the items I want to store. Usually the items cost less so they go into the bin. Problem solved.

author: rfeecs
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 07:26:52 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on August 10, 2015, 06:14:27 pmHe wrote an interesting book about computer hacking in the early-ish days of the internet called "The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage".PBS had a NOVA episode about the story:https://youtu.be/EcKxaq1FTac

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:01:17 pm
content: I really like the guy. He is clever and inventive. A really nice guy who would be fun to know.His robot is a perfect example of what can be achieved with junk and a good mind for the practicalAurora

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:30:22 pm
content: Quote from: rfeecs on August 10, 2015, 07:26:52 pmDefinitely a fun read, highly recommended.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:32:45 pm
content: Fun stuff - this is why I like this forum

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 02:42:03 am
content: Oh how cool!I wonder when the nice flat concrete floor in that crawlspace was built? Before or after the house above?If he had the foresight to put it in before the house, I'm doubly impressed.Or is that standard construction in the US?Here in Oz, ground crawlspaces under houses are just bare dirt. And crawling around in the mixture of cat poop, small dead animals, random broken glass, rusty metal, spiders and sewage overflows is no fun at all. I like his version much better.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 05:41:41 am
content: My crawlspace in the US (California) was bare dirt. The house was built in 1997.Here in Canada, the crawlspace on a previous house was concrete. That house was built in 1963.It might have something to do with the weather differences, or the age of the house.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 06:30:54 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on August 10, 2015, 06:14:27 pmThat's Cliff Stoll. His shtick is being hyper active.http://www.ted.com/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything?language=en

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 01:34:41 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on August 10, 2015, 06:14:27 pmYup, that's why I like his system. And he's a cool guy.

author: LabSpokane
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 06:32:55 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on August 11, 2015, 06:30:54 amI like him too. I'd just not take him too seriously.https://books.google.com.br/books?id=AN--9QZe4VAC&dq=inauthor:Clifford+inauthor:Stoll&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMI84LdvNShxwIVR4wNCh3x9AoP