Futurama fans (and Bender freaks in particular) may need to be sitting down when viewing this one, as we're fairly certain you'll be at least somewhat blown away by what lies ahead. On a whimsical request from a friend, a pioneering lad set out to not only create a lifelike rendition of Bender, but to "give it a
brain" and make it brew
beer (saywha?). Judging by his other endeavors, this won't go down as the first alcohol-related project he's undertaken, but he's well on his way to creating what's sure to be a fanboy's dream. The creature is being constructed with an assortment of MDF, glue, polystyrene balls, fiberglass, paint, and all sorts of electronic internals, and while it's not quite complete as of this writing, feel free to bookmark the read link and tag along as the
process unfolds.
posted Aug 9th 2007 7:43AM
Someone has already done this, saw it in maximum pc once.
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bender/brain.jpg looks like a bomb
that was a simple case, and didn't brew beer. this one brews benderbrau! big difference
Yes and it was much better than the Engadget posted hack job.
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/bender/
That thing is awesome and terrifying at the same time.
I, for one, welco...
Oh hell, we're screwed.
I guess we'll all be biting shiny metal ass soon.
Bender, Futurama AND a VIC20 all in the same article. I think I need to change my pants.
I was going to build a real Bender, but Dolomite is hard to come by.
The beer thing is because in at least one episode in the show, Bender brewed beer in his body, and 'gave birth' to them at the end of the episode. Sounds cool.
Congratulations on your promotion..... to GOD!
Will it bend?
Of course it can... 32 degrees, 30 degrees, 31 degrees...
You didn't see the episode where they brew beer inside of Bender? Classic.
Yeah, Its gunna have a lil of his Natural Robot Flavoring..
I hope it's a lager so I can take it to a ball game.
Remember him.
I'll go build my own Bender, with blackjack... and hookers!
Oh-aw-well... screw the blackjack... and the Bender... yeah...
He had me when I saw he makes Benders antennae light up. Priceless.
I think we should ALL pitch in $1 to some Japanese robotics firm and convince them to make a line of Bender robots.
Then we should hide our valuables.