28-01-2009 15:29

Vikesrock

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

You guys CNCed out a calculator? That's quite impressive!

28-01-2009 15:38

EricH

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

I'm guessing that the calculator is telling us the material. Unfortunately...

It's a TI-84+ Silver. That means that the metal is..

a) titanium (Ti on the periodic table)
b) silver (expensive)
c) whatever element has the number 84
d) some alloy with any or all of the above
e) none of the above.

I would also guess that the Pepsi crate is significant; Pepsi makes Mountain Dew.

28-01-2009 15:42

ATannahill

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

My guess is the calculator is a reference to size, telling us how big stuff is.

28-01-2009 22:43

RyanB

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

Very nice parts, i wonder what they are for.

28-01-2009 23:40

lemon1324

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

[quote=EricH;809822]
c) whatever element has the number 84
[quote]

84 is polonium, and I'm pretty sure FIRST doesn't allow radioactive materials.

28-01-2009 23:58

smurfgirl

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

[quote=lemon1324;810169][quote=EricH;809822]
c) whatever element has the number 84

No radioactive materials? Man, I really have to rethink things now. Why didn't someone tell me this sooner?

29-01-2009 00:05

Ian Curtis

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

So, FIRST can name a field after someone who named polonium (Madame Curie) but they won't let us use it on our robots? Lame!

Relevant to the topic, what are the insets cut into the rectangularish tabs? They don't particularly look like lightening holes, and I can't see another use for them.

29-01-2009 09:40

Chief Pride

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

Its a.... WIND CHIME??

29-01-2009 09:51

Mr_I

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

It's a code! Look at them as letters: CCIII. That's the Roman Numeral for 203. Now every good C coder knows what '==' means (relational comparison), and the small dots are obviously ellipses ...

Okay, I got nothin'

29-01-2009 15:26

ZInventor

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

[quote=smurfgirl;810177][quote=lemon1324;810169]

ya, i was thinking of increasing the mass with some depleated Uranium!!!

30-01-2009 21:27

5n1p3r

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

Whats going on here? whats this all mean? Is it a code of some kind? lol

31-01-2009 04:16

daltore

Re: pic: 1510 teaser, fresh from the CNC. 2009

*gasp* Molds question mark question mark

Or are those cutouts just decorative? Maybe a label for an orientation-critical part?

Pretty sure polonium is also kind of hard to get without a license.