Robotic hand - $16

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For $16, this could be really useful for a lot of projects... A robot hand - "The various gears and levers inside this clear plastic hand interact to move the fingers as if they are playing one of six classic piano pieces; as the digits play selections from Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony", Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer," or Chopin's "Minute Waltz," you'll be fascinated by their precise movement and precision-tuned mechanical genius. Sound sensor starts the music when you clap; requires 2 AA batteries (not included)." [via] - Link.

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Posted by: dang_quesadilla on November 5, 2006 at 7:41 AM

Sounds like it could be useful if my hand gets cut off with a lightsaber. Or if the blood in my veins turns into sand.


Posted by: trebuchet03 on November 5, 2006 at 1:11 PM

that is so asking to be hacked....


Posted by: kineticelite on November 5, 2006 at 2:29 PM

I want one!


Posted by: Concerned_Citizen on November 5, 2006 at 3:35 PM

More photos & video...

http://www.stupid.com/stat/PIAN.html


Posted by: mpeg2tom on November 5, 2006 at 9:55 PM

Oh yeah, I'm buying one!

I happen to be working on touching over IP.


Posted by: mpeg2tom on November 5, 2006 at 10:02 PM

Oh yeah, I'm buying one!

I happen to be working on touching over IP.


Posted by: cheesy on November 5, 2006 at 10:42 PM

Sweet.. I smell a computer controlled middle finger / shocka generator


Posted by: cheesy on November 5, 2006 at 10:51 PM

Just ordered one. I hope there's enough travel in the fingers to get some quality inappropriate hand gestures...


Posted by: aplumb on November 6, 2006 at 8:53 AM

Groovey!


Posted by: cheesy on November 6, 2006 at 5:21 PM

Bah, upon closer viewing of the movie at stupid.com it appears that the 4 fingers are all linked, and only the thumb is separate, which will make it totally useless. Lame.

Unless I can fit some servos or solenoids or something in there...


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