This clip looks like something from an alien invasion movie, but it is a real automaton design and built by Boston
Dynamics. "Big Dog," as it has been dubbed, was created in a DARPA research and development contract to provide a
vehicle for lugging soldiers' battle gear across rough terrain in order to unburden the soldiers.
There is more computing power hardware and software in that thing than in any of the Apollo moon shots.
Amazing.
RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools"
in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide
me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing
my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet)
was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity.
Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line,
and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...