Fooey on Youtube exclusions...

Led Pengwin

Hydrogen filled terror penguins!

/The next Batman movie!

re: #1 freetoken

Fooey on Youtube exclusions...

Just double click on it to open up Youtube in a new window (I'm using Firefox).

Very cool. And probably house trained, too.

Click it twice... it's worth the effort.

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, I know. Still, removing embedding is so... protective.

A nice respit after that last post

re: #7 Charles

Click it twice... it's worth the effort.

It is it's very cool!

re: #3 buzzsawmonkey

You did this last night. Did G&S do something about flightless waterfowl? No--not the Mikado.

Did one of the penguins say "Who is Ron Paul?" on the side?

/

You know, you can almost hear Burgess Meredith...

Lovely. Nice job, Festo. Whoever or whatever you are.

re: #15 Last Mohican

Lovely. Nice job, Festo. Whoever or whatever you are.

Festo's Magnum Opus, if you will.

re: #15 Last Mohican

Lovely. Nice job, Festo. Whoever or whatever you are.

And whatever the air penguins are or are supposed to be or do. One of the commenters under the video said something to the effect that if he were rich, he would build a ginormous lobby just so he could have some of those floating around.
How cool would that be!

I'm watching the Water Penguin. ?

re: #16 Bloodnok

Festo's Magnum Opus, if you will.

Fantastic!

UN Security Council 'Deeply Concerned' For Sri Lankans Caught in Fighting

/then leap into action and condemn Israel

I say we buy some and send them to orbit over South Waziristan.

It'd sure give the Taliban pause.

"Run! The Juice have sent their liquid metal flying robots after us!"

Extremely intelligent design.

I thought festo was something you put on fettucini.

Next:

Assembly Line of the Penguins

Is it the same Festo that makes industrial pneumatic solenoids?

what do they do besides float around?

re: #25 Hhar

Don't get saucy.

re: #24 Spare O'Lake

Extremely intelligent design.

I contended the design evolved over time!

;-P

re: #18 reine.de.tout

And whatever the air penguins are or are supposed to be or do. One of the commenters under the video said something to the effect that if he were rich, he would build a ginormous lobby just so he could have some of those floating around.
How cool would that be!

Absolutely. If I had a ginormous lobby, I would definitely fill it with Festo AirPenguins.

I wonder if they're stable enough to fly outside.

Going to get drunk, man, going to get gassed...

Can anyone translate the text that is the description of the video?

Its an AquaPenguin. Now if it could be the Air Penguin and fly, that would really be something.

Cool

re: #29 calcajun

Don't get saucy.

He's just using his noodle.

re: #28 sbvft contributor

what do they do besides float around?

Give potheads something to look at?

That's... that's... wow.

re: #28 sbvft contributor

what do they do besides float around?

/shop

re: #28 sbvft contributor

what do they do besides float around?

When he NSA get's done with them? I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you!

/;-P

these guys don't seem to be affected by the economic downturn if the can be building this kind of prototype
go festo!

re: #28 sbvft contributor

what do they do besides float around?

That's not enough for you?

re: #29 calcajun

Don't get saucy.

I'm pastall of that.

re: #24 Spare O'Lake

Extremely intelligent design.

re: #30 jcm

I contended the design evolved over time!

;-P

Teach the Controversy!

//

Forget the penguins, get your own Personal Blimp!

re: #28 sbvft contributor

It is appropriate at times to just possess something useless and beautiful. Like my cat.

Very cool. The Molecubes are pretty neat too.

Here's the brochure from the Festo website:

Additional information on the AirPenguin

Includes specs.

I hate to be the one to say this... but that penguin looks tortured... (a little)

re: #28 sbvft contributor

what do they do besides float around?

/spy cameras ;)

re: #46 ArmyWife

It is appropriate at times to just possess something useless and beautiful. Like my cat.

I now have 2 pugs...does useless and cute count? at least the cat keeps the field mice in check

re: #44 Dark_Falcon

Teach the Controversy!

//

I have drawings from the vault!

But where is the intermediary drawing?

re: #50 brookly red

/spy cameras ;)

That's alright, until someone develops the Floating Killer Whale and then they're screwed.

OT:

This is important :

GM reportedly to miss $1 bln debt payment due June 1

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp., struggling to restructure itself amid increasing odds of a bankruptcy filing, said it plans to skip a $1 billion debt payment due June 1, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
GM's finance chief Ray Young told reporters at a Chinese auto industry summit in Detroit the beleaguered automaker is relying on a debt-for-equity exchange or court protection to lower its $28 billion in debt.
He said bankruptcy is "probable," though GM, with the full backing of the U.S. government, will right the ship "in court or out of court," the Journal reported.
GM spokeswoman Renee Rashid-Merem said the company is working aggressively to reach a deal with bondholders, which she said is an "essential element" of the restructuring efforts.

This is why the market took a nose dive late in the afternoon. When you miss a debt service payment, you by definition are bankrupt. The only question left at this point is how much more public money will we pump into this entity in the meantime.

Word is also that GM will close down for 9 weeks (they are denying it publicly cause they have to first inform their collective bargaining units as required by contract) in order to get rid of backlogged inventory.

It's the end of an era. Hopefully it will be the birth of a stronger car maker, but in any event this has to happen.

I'd like to see 'em fly in a nice crosswind.

Awww. They cut out the part where the air penguins turn into agents and beat the crap out of those guys at the desk.

First, their swimming motion while in the air hypnotizes it potential victim while the following predator drone sneaks up later to hit 'em with the hell fire missile.

More information

They were on display at a trade show in Hannover.

More info.

ulp...just thought of this...what's their carbon footprint?

/there is no fun in Global-warming-land! (stole that from Khomeni)

re: #41 IslandLibertarian

these guys don't seem to be affected by the economic downturn if the can be building this kind of prototype
go festo!

Wow, they make lots of other cool stuff.
Festo AirJelly

re: #50 brookly red

/spy cameras ;)

You just gotta figure there are military applications...maybe anti-pirate submarines?

re: #50 brookly red

/spy cameras ;)

LOL! Very inconspicuous.

"Ahmad, there is an infidel drone spying on our camp!"
"Where did you see it, Omar? What did it look like?"
"It was a big floating penguin, by Allah!"
"Omar, have you been huffing this month's poppy crop again?"
"No, Ahmad! Well, not much... what are you doing with that swor-"

FWIW, a whole lot of top notch litigators are lining up to volunteer to defend for free any CIA staff or other policy makers that may get pursued by the White House.

If I were a mylar Spongebob balloon, that is what I would dream about.

Obama announces plan to lease federal waters for clean energy

President Obama marked Earth Day Wednesday by announcing a new initiative to lease federal waters for the purpose of generating electricity from wind and ocean currents.

Wouldn't Festo Penguins and Festo Dolphins become endangered by this plan?

re: #61 Last Mohican

Wow, they make lots of other cool stuff.
Festo AirJelly

Wow.

Cool video here with the penguins under water.

Also has the air penguin.

In German.

re: #64 3 wood

Not a good move by BigO

re: #54 3 wood

3wood! It's almost time to dust off the golf clubs for the next 6 months!
Hope you are well!

Can the Air Penguin carry a camera? The Penguin Cam would be very cool.

re: #64 3 wood

FWIW, a whole lot of top notch litigators are lining up to volunteer to defend for free any CIA staff or other policy makers that may get pursued by the White House.

Glad to hear this there may be this tiny bit of relief for folks that may have their lives turned upside down for doing the jobs they were hired to do

re: #64 3 wood

FWIW, a whole lot of top notch litigators are lining up to volunteer to defend for free any CIA staff or other policy makers that may get pursued by the White House.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I'm happy that these lawyers are willing to work for free, but if someone wants to set up a legal defense fund, I'll contribute.

re: #71 Mich-again

Can the Air Penguin carry a camera? The Penguin Cam would be very cool.

I'm sure it could do that. Although I think I like it more if it doesn't actually do anything useful.

I'd like to see small flocks of them gracefully soaring through city now and then. Maybe it would chill everyone out a little bit.

re: #51 srb1976

That falls under uber-useless. They are in good company with my chihuahuas.

That. is. just. too cool for school.

I think one of the Youtube commenters put it best:

das ist der hammer!

gogo festo

re: #54 3 wood

General Motors defaulting on a bond payment.

Wow.

Did you ever think you'd see the day?

The IMF is looking for some money:
I.M.F. Puts Bank Losses From Global Financial Crisis at $4.1 Trillion

WASHINGTON — As finance ministers gather here this weekend for meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they will focus on two eye-popping numbers: $4.1 trillion, the fund’s latest projected losses from the global economic crisis, and $1.1 trillion to help fix it.

Guess who they blame for this?

Of that amount, $2.7 trillion is from loans and assets originating in the United States, the fund said. That estimate is up from $2.2

trillion in the fund’s interim report in January, and $1.4 trillion last October.

Notice they don't care who the other side of the transactions were with.

Guess who they think should come up with most of the $1.1 trillion they want to keep giving handouts?

Analysts said the $1.1 trillion sum assumed huge contributions by the United States, China and other countries, which may or may not come through. It also counts some contributions more than once, and it counts some in the form of a synthetic I.M.F. currency that is not hard cash.

re: #74 Last Mohican

I'm sure it could do that. Although I think I like it more if it doesn't actually do anything useful.

I'd like to see small flocks of them gracefully soaring through city now and then. Maybe it would chill everyone out a little bit.

Upding!

why are these not called jellyfish?

re: #69 BignJames

I agree. He loses all benefit of the doubt with this move.

And if we get hit again by terrorists (and I hope we don't), I think his Presidency is crippled.

re: #70 HoosierHoops

3wood! It's almost time to dust off the golf clubs for the next 6 months!
Hope you are well!

I'm doing fine, thanks. Did not touch a club all winter and the pain in my shoulders subsided. I might play in a couple weeks, too busy until then.

re: #72 reine.de.tout

Glad to hear this there may be this tiny bit of relief for folks that may have their lives turned upside down for doing the jobs they were hired to do

There are a whole bunch who are just itching to go after Pelosi, Reid, Kerry, Biden, Gibb's and Obama's entire administration with depositions. If they start it, they are going to probably end up wishing they had not.

re: #73 Last Mohican

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I'm happy that these lawyers are willing to work for free, but if someone wants to set up a legal defense fund, I'll contribute.

I'm sure there will be an opportunity for that, but this will be a labor of love for the folks I have been hearing from.

Holder does not know what he is about to tie into with this. The Democrats will end up looking very, very foolish.

re: #77 Occasional Reader

General Motors defaulting on a bond payment.

Wow.

Did you ever think you'd see the day?

No. The market conditions of the 1920's and 30's are a particular area of study of mine. I never thought I would live to see a repeat, but I have done that too.

The only thing I'm sure of now is I will not live long enough to see the Cubs win a World Series.

I must have chased everyone away, or else another thread opened.

re: #86 3 wood

I must have chased everyone away, or else another thread opened.

Dude... it's your breath.

I'm saying this as a friend.

It is still early in the Obama administration. But were I a member of the Obamanation, I'd have to be concerned a little about this trendline.

Rasmussen

The USA pretty much controls the world market for helium. Most of it is refined from extreme helium-rich natural gas from the Hugoton Kansas area and fields in Texas, and Oklahoma. Helium is a necessary material for all sorts of high tech industry and scientific research. You need it to make rocket fuel. You need it in supersonic wind tunnels, superconductor research, growing silicon crystals.

Could be a strategic advantage. Just a thought.

re: #16 Bloodnok

Festo's Magnum Opus, if you will.

If that were the case it'd have to be the "Pesto Puffin".

*Price is Right loser horns*

re: #1 freetoken

Fooey on Youtube exclusions...

Check out the other cool stuff they do.

re: #2 Bloodnok

Led Pengwin

A penguin had to take his car for engine repair.

The mechanic told the penguin to leave his car with him for about two hours, to find out whats wrong.

The penguin goes across the street to a grocery store, climbs into a freezer and ate vanilla ice cream.

When the two hours was up the penguin went back to the garage to find out what happened to his car.

When the penguin entered the garage, the mechanic looked at him and said, "Looks like you blew a seal."

The penguin replied, "NO way, thats vanilla ice-cream!"

re: #68 Gus 802

Cool video here with the penguins under water.

Also has the air penguin.

In German.

Don't understand German, did they explain how they get the Penguins to float in mid air? If they didn't, anybody know how they did it?

"Embedding disbled ..."
Festo AirPenguin
There's a HD option, if you have enough bandwidth.

I found these recently:
Robert Full: How engineers learn from evolution
Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches

re: #95 So?

Don't understand German, did they explain how they get the Penguins to float in mid air? If they didn't, anybody know how they did it?

Hydrogen or helium in mylar bags. Blimps with newfangled control.

I've seen this kind of thing before.

Festo is just a front group. It's The Combine, people! Open up your eyes!
/

Wow! That is super cool technology.
Air penguins. Can air manatees be far behind? And air sharks? C'mon, you gotta have air sharks.

Seriously, though, devices like this could be extremely useful as remote-controlled observation platforms for military use. Totally silent in operation, with low power consumption allowing for long duration on station. I expect that they'd have trouble coping with strong winds, though.

Festo Air_ray is cool too.

That's wild. Someone had to have the imagination to produce those things, and then the money and interest. I like things like this, but I couldn't find any description for die Englander.

In the words of re: #94 Dustyvet

When the penguin entered the garage, the mechanic looked at him and said, "Looks like you blew a seal."

The penguin replied, "NO way, thats vanilla ice-cream!"

Closeted penguins always have a ready excuse like that. "Oh, it's just vanilla ice cream!" or "The puffin and I were just practicing wrestling moves." It's kinda sad, really.

Why won't Youtube just give me what I want NOW and stop getting in the way of my entertainment!

Very cool, beautiful and graceful too.
Sort of like Cultural Evolution for penguins.
Man can't fly, can't swim very well, can't run very fast, but he can invent planes that fly faster than the fastest bird, build boats and submarines that rule the oceans, and make cars that make road kill out of too-slow-animals.
Now we have given 'flight' to a flightless bird.