Linkage ~ "BigDog"

I'm sure anyone's who as tapped into the Net as I am has seen this video already, but I couldn't help but give it some more attention. I've had it on the brain ever since I saw it. It reminds me of how wonderful the times we're living in are. Everything's changing so rapidly. Everything's evolving and advancing at such an incredible pace. It makes me wonder if the future is closer at hand than I ever realized. It makes me hope that I'll be around to see even more of this change. We're very much on the edge of something truly great.

So anyway, here's the video of Boston Dynamics' DARPA-funded quadruped robot, BigDog:



Watching the video, I can't help but wonder if most of the people watching it even realize the importance and significance of such an advancement in robotics. I've never seen a robot with this degree of balance. It's amazing! It's astounding! The machine is enough to marvel at as is, but I've also the mind to imagine what this hints at. These things only get better. So I keep imagining what this will ultimately lead to. Not just the machine, but every other technology working in concert. What that will lead to. What that change will bring. It's both beautiful and horrifying to contemplate. I'm more of an evangelist in this regard so my outlook's optimistic. I'm so excited to see things like these. To see such a leap forward is awe-inspiring. I've had my finger on the pulse of these things and always thought of how sad it was that I would never be alive to see something more refined and practical. They've always been bulky, tethered and impractical. This gets my mind racing. I don't think the tachikoma could be far off. :P ;)


DS333, optimistic.