On: Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project

[abraae]

No need for the classic HN "but why" question.

The video of the table obediently delivering a beer and bowl of snacks to the owner says it all.

[yojo → abraae]

Now I want the version with a hidden camera and machine vision so it can follow me around like an obedient puppy.

“Be back in a few hun, just taking the table for a walk.”

[reportgunner → yojo]

Give it a display with a face too so it can look sorry when it spills your drink again.

[rob74 → abraae]

Ok, he could have done the same thing more easily using wheels, but where's the fun in that?

[joseda-hg → rob74]

Half the fun of homemade engineering is to overcomplicate stuff to test your boundaries

As opposed to work related engineering, where you shall KISS as posible to keep your sanity (And more often than not fail in the process)

[tway_GdBRwW → joseda-hg]

I think the full acronym would be

Keep It Simple Stupid, Active Sanity Saver