Heathkit Reincarnates the Hero Robot 119
DeviceGuru writes "Heathkit, which produced and sold mobile robots aimed at hobbyists and students back in the 1980s, is about to reenter the educational robot business. Heathkit's new HE-RObot incorporates an onboard computer running Windows XP Professional on a Core 2 Duo Processor. It stands 21 inches tall, weighs 55 pounds, and has a built-in 80 GB hard drive, IR sensors, bright LED headlights, and lots of space for custom project circuitry." As robots go, it also looks very much like certain models of SGI workstation. Now I'll need to update my 1980 Christmas wishlist -- it's probably lost between pages of Popular Mechanics.
Alternate OS? (Score:5, Funny)
--deckert
Obligatory... (Score:1, Funny)
Heathkit is not in charge of Gundam.
Heathcliff Reincarnates the Hero Robot (Score:3, Funny)
Heathcliff: "Wait a minute, Cathy. Make up your mind. This Love thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Cathy shrugs. "What's the difference?"
Or, alternatively:
Y.T.: My love for Hiro resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Juanita, I AM Hiro!
Re:Alternate OS? (Score:2, Funny)
Not to fear, Windows provides an automatic version of this feature where you don't even need to log in to have processes randomly killed.
Re:Heathkit in name only (Score:2, Funny)
Oh come on, Windows doesn't crash that often!
Re:Heathkit has lost touch with its core users (Score:3, Funny)
Re:linux! (Score:1, Funny)
They're still stress testing the hardware
Screw that (Score:2, Funny)