Get Better Soon Carol!
Some of you know that forum member and roboticist Carol Lynn Hazlett has been in the hospital.
Let's wish her well. Thanks to erco for some inspiration.
Ode to CLH
I knocked on the door, and asked someone,
“Can Carol, come out and play?”
“No! She’s sick” the doc has said,
“She’ll be better soon one day!”
In her bed, she “SENSING” new things!
Her friends just watch and pray.
And hope for a time - a time real soon,
When Carol comes out to play.
“So?” scoffers ask, “What’s C DIFF?”
“Well… she helps make my robot run!”
“It’s no big deal to program and build!”
“Ah, but Carol codes in PUNS!”
Let's wish her well. Thanks to erco for some inspiration.
Ode to CLH
I knocked on the door, and asked someone,
“Can Carol, come out and play?”
“No! She’s sick” the doc has said,
“She’ll be better soon one day!”
In her bed, she “SENSING” new things!
Her friends just watch and pray.
And hope for a time - a time real soon,
When Carol comes out to play.
“So?” scoffers ask, “What’s C DIFF?”
“Well… she helps make my robot run!”
“It’s no big deal to program and build!”
“Ah, but Carol codes in PUNS!”
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My mother ultimately died of the same condition, though she was in her 90s and frail toward the end, and it hits the elderly the hardest. It's a not uncommon illness in nursing homes, and tends to come about when they treat other bacterial infections, killing the protective bacteria in the intestines, and allowing the C.difficle to propagate. As Carol had noted in her FB posts, C.diff can cause kidney failure, and ultimately, sepsis.
So, Carol's condition is one to be concerned about, but as she has indicated, they appear to have caught it early, and with good hospital care, I'm sure she'll be out in no time, building more robots!
Carol, if you're reading this, please accept my best wishes for a full and speedy recovery! I know you're in good hands, so there's every reason to be optimistic.
Cheers!
-Phil
I want to write in the air using the ELEV-8 this ......
I'm waiting for your help....
Get Well soon!
Very good idea!
The question is how to manipulate the open-close operation of those 7 holes of your T manifold.......
From a first thought you need 7 servos- motors......
....... or maybe only one motor and two pipes. ........
The one rotating inside the other with different holes in their surface.....
.... So every time you 'll have a different combination from open holes......
Me, I'm just blowing smoke.
I did a couple test flights inside. It's fun but the LEDs you use for night time orientation get mixed up in the letters. I may have to go with autopilot.
Carol is planning on doing the same with the Elev-8. Here's a pic of the testing. I've made a few new routines since then. One of them are bubbles that look like exhaust. The letters look better inverted, so the background is always on and changing color and the letters are dark/off LEDs.
I'm with you erco - I was thinking the same idea or even multiple chimneys (per Nikos drawing).