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Deviousness `ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
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I have a single complaint, however... I can notice some parts in the armoring that would conflict and collide with each others, which would make the travel awkward and even potentially trip up the user and restrict movement too much. It's not a very good thing if your armor causes you to have accidents. I know that it's supposed to aid in protection, but the pieces are too close together in some cases... Visualize yourself in that armoring, visualize yourself moving around. now think... where would the movement become constricted, or the armor would get in the way? I can see quite a few myself, but I'll leave it at that, see if you can locate said clumsy spots. The most vital part in designing anything is to think of not only the function and the look, but how useful it actually is to the average user. You can make it as shiny and feature-filled as you can, but it'll just become scrap if it's too difficult or clumsy to use.
Just think Windows. Shiny and full of interesting bonuses and features (even if most of them are useless bling), and generally very handy and cool... but then there's all the unnecessary bullshit involved in installing, its frequent tendency to break down or stop working over the most pitiful reasons, and requiring you to pay through the nose just to install a bunch of stuff to ensure it STAYS working, so the end pricetag is usually much more than what the original computer was to start with unless you pirate. Blech! Sure, Windows is the most compatible and customizable OS, but its handling makes it extremely frustrating to work with. Honestly, even the Terminal is easier to work with.
I don't hate Windows, but Microsoft seriously needs to start working on removing flaws and making it actually usable for the customers rather than making it shinier and shinier.
A handful of people who have never seen anything like it and tried them have told me afterward that their ability to move and perform normal activities/tasks were nearly unhindered. So my goal for reaching an ergonomic stilt isn't far off. Great thing about them, which I've heard time and again, is that many of the people who have worn them felt no discomfort or pain while performing either dancing, playing a sport (i.e. basketball on a court, soccer on a real field or intense physical training). I myself have worn them all day and felt no discomfort or pain.
If anything should be a problem it would be the slave ankle and foot cable cluster. They can nearly mimic the master ankle and foot cable platforms but some binding has occurred on occasion from complex moves, however, not enough to incapacitate someone or cause them to fall and injure themselves while using the stilts; some what like a hiccup or a light trip... still a work in progress. I've spent nearly the price of two sedans on this project but the out come looks very promising.
As for the antigrav concept, that will only exist in my fictional world. Seem a little farfetched to have actual real world application at this point and time; obviously.
Unfortunately, I have not and will not post photo's or video's of this project online. I plan on selling the idea once I've reached my goal; close but still far from reaching the finish line. If you want to see them, you'll have to visit the work shop and sign a few liability papers before trying them yourself. In fact, your the third person from dA who's shown enough interest to see them and probably will be the second to wear them assuming you visit the shop.
I would love to see it, although I don't think I would use it well, I'm not in good shape. And I highly doubt I'm within distance to visit your shop. I wish I could see a picture, privately even. A pity. Well, I'll see it when it's ready!
Sell the idea? Don't you want to keep your name on it? I've heard way too much of people who get their ideas more or less stolen from them through legal loopholes and lawyer asshattery. Greed is practically an American past time. I'd rather see you keep it under your own name.
Selling the idea was a thought but not I'm reconsidering it after what you wrote here. Greed is a bitch. Perhaps I might develop a business out of this? *shrug*