The "Walking TC"

[d3500ram]

First off, the appropriate music for this topic:

I'm Walkin' -Fats Domino

Aerosmith- Walk This Way

Johnny Cash- I Walk the Line

Now that we are in the right mood, here is the article in today's TC Magazine: The Walking Truck Camper

Think of the possibilities: Self-loading, self-parking tucked away in the corner of your yard, getting to that ideal spot up on a hill in the backwoods where your tuck cannot go.

Neat concept it is... wonder if it could become a mass produced reality?

[burningman]

I think that’s the point everyone is missing. It’s art, not a practical thing.
And it’s cool.

[Bedlam]

I checked the date of the article. Either Gordon was a day late or this is art over function with no practical use in the current form.

[Daryl_B]

Did anyone else think this was just an April fools joke?

[Camper_Jeff___K]

K Mac wrote:

Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
Interesting but I'm waiting for the drone model.

I'm waiting for the one that can "beam" it up to Scotty !:E

I've decided I'll get one when I can play fetch with it. 🙂

[profdant139]

I guess I am still in the "gee whiz, what will they think of next" phase -- I very clearly remember a world not only without the Internet and cell phones but without personal computers, and without answering machines (really!). So the pace of change is still interesting to me, and I am looking forward to the time when RVs in general begin to feature advanced technology at reasonable prices -- carbon fiber, high capacity batteries, ultra rugged components, etc.

So, why not legs, too, as long as I'm dreaming?? 😉

[d3500ram]

I am suggesting nothing other than the possibilities should such an item be available at some point, but thank you for reading my mind:p... To think it is a component that is actually for use at this time is ridiculous.

Without being too presumptive, I guess folks only saw the thread title and one image in the link and then made a judgment that it is ready for use... but I do not want to assume anything as that would be ridiculous.;)

[jimh406]

I think it depends on what question/comment people are responding to. Sure, the creator was creating a sculpture, but the OP and a few others seem to be suggesting that it should be a product.

Still others are comparing the sculptor to some of the greatest engineering minds in history. That's a way bit over the top considering that she made a sculpture.

Holy thread hijack, Batman. 😉

[K_Mac]

Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
Interesting but I'm waiting for the drone model.

I'm waiting for the one that can "beam" it up to Scotty !:E

[profdant139]

Ben Franklin attended the first balloon launch in Paris. Someone asked, "What good is it?" His reply: "What good is a newborn baby?"

Yes, this device is crude and useless. But check out this astonishing video, and now imagine a really robust set of "smart legs" on a small boxy trailer (or TC) that can step over big rocks and through streams -- there would be no campsite out of reach!

Boston Dynamics quadruped robots working together to open doors and walk out

[ctilsie242]

That would be cool when the TC is parked... it could take a hike to the dump station, and empty itself when needed.

[d3500ram]

DWeikert wrote:

I'd be willing to bet Wilbur and Orville heard similar comments.
:B

....as well as Copernicus, Galileo and Da Vinci were perhaps also mocked.

[work2much]

Some of the comments here make me chuckle. First off Xiao is female, not a guy. Second this is kinetic art sculpture not a bid for a new product. Watch the video of her making this thing. Very cool, she has fab and engineering skills very few guys posses. She is an art student who came up with a crazy idea that is pretty awesome IMO. It doesn't need to make practice sense.

[bjohns]

How about an ez-loader one that walks onto the bed of my pickup?

[jimh406]

DWeikert wrote:

gbopp wrote:
Seriously? :h
It's probably not the dumbest thing I've seen but, it makes the top ten.

I'd be willing to bet Wilbur and Orville heard similar comments.
:B

Joke, right?