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For our video project, we have already spliced the video into three thirty second clips & we have already added music to the clips for the soundtrack. Phat had the idea of adding the Benny Hill theme song to the clip of our friend, Felipe eating the saltine crackers. I have also been thinking of whether to speed up the clip or not since it might make it much smaller. That is done & now hopefully we can get started on the audio clip now. Until then, I’ll keep y’all posted. Thanks bye!

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For my project, I am building a spider trap out of plastic beer pong cups. I will saw off the bottom of a 16 oz plastic cup & use it as the base of the spider trap. I will then saw off the bottom part of a 9 oz plastic cup & use it as the cover of the spider trap. I will then cut out doors in the side of the 9 oz plastic cup part where the spider will go in. Inside the spider trap, there will be an LED light component & possibly a magnet inside that will suck the spider in when it follows the LED light component. Once the spider is sucked in, there will be no escape for it & it will detonate a mini explosion to kill the spider. It will be inspired by something like this. --> http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/products/atrap.htm

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Last week, we had finished shooting our video project. We had filmed our friend attempting to eat six saltine crackers in sixty seconds. Afterwards, we had interviewed him on the challenge, what it was like for him, & what he had expected. For the final thirty second clip, he had interviewed us on our ideas & how we had come up with this challenge. There really is no script for this video project since there really isn't any "acting" per se. We are capturing someone trying to take on a challenge & the outcome of it is & was undetermined until the end.

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In the year 2020, the military has deployed robotic spiders that are designed to spy on their enemies & relay the information back to headquarters. Soon however, a renegade military scientist is able to confiscate many of these robotic spiders & sells them to the enemy who reprograms them & deploys them to spy on us & our allies. Soon, they are found lurking in our offices & in our homes threatening our lives & our well beings as well as those of our coworkers, our loved ones, & our friends.
For my idea, I have decided to build a spider trap that resembles an ant trap. The spider trap will be small to medium sized & will be designed to trap & kill the robotic spider by filling the insides with chemicals & acids that would melt the robotic spider upon contact. When the spider enters the trap, there will be doors that close automatically to trap the spider inside. Then the rest is history. The spider trap will be shaped like a hexagon with six doors or an octagon with eight doors. It will be able to hold & kill up to six or eight spiders. The spider trap will contain LED lights that will attract the spider & entice it to enter the trap. The spider trap can be placed anywhere on a flat surface whether it is horizontal or vertical. It can be placed on a floor, it can be placed on a wall where it will have adhesives to hold it to the surface, or it can even be strong enough to be placed on a ceiling. The spider trap is designed to be used for many different settings. Most likely, it is designed for use in the war zone where it can very much function like a landmine to explode on impact; it can be used in the office to trap pesky spiders that threaten you & your coworkers; or it can be used at home to trap those same pesky spiders that spy on & threaten the security & well being of yourself & your family. The spider trap is electronically powered & requires batteries that are sold with it. If you order now, you will get three for the price of one that comes along with the three batteries required for operation. The spider trap is heat resistant & can resist any temperature in any condition whether it is hot, cold, or wet. You will also get a free brochure on how to trap & kill spiders, where to find spiders, how to avoid spiders, & what they can possibly do to you or your family & friends when they are crawling around. No assembly is required for the spider trap & it is easy to take apart when removing the destroyed spider parts by removing the top of it & placing it back on. The spider trap is not sold in stores. Call now & order your spider trap. Only you can prevent spider threats.

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For our video project, we decided to record our friend Felipe trying to down six saltine crackers in 60 seconds without any water. After the challenge, we did a post challenge interview with Felipe giving his thoughts and opinions on the challenge & how he did. Felipe then took the camera & recorded an interview with myself & Phat on how we came up with the concept for our video, how we think we did. In terms of editing, we plan to speed it up & add some Benny Hill music to give it an edge of humor as well. That is all for now. Until next time, MegaMaverickMan is out.

Robotic Spiders

My research on robotic spiders developed for the military has led me to the following article below which can be used for spying & surveillance. Originally developed for military usage, these robotic spiders have been domesticated & transformed for civilian usage for much more sinister purposes such as spying on family & friends.

Robot Spiders, Dragonflies, Snakes to Aid Soldiers in War Zones

by Blake Besharian (RSS feed) — May 10th 2008 at 8:52AM

As if warfare weren't already creepy enough, BAE Systems, a British defense company, has released a promotional video of robotic spiders, dragonflies and snakes it is developing to aid soldiers in combat zones. The robotic creatures are being funded by a $38 million contract with the U.S. Army that is part of a massive, and costly, effort to modernize the weaponry of the armed forces. The robots will slither and crawl around corners, into caves, and through booby-trapped streets, sending images back to screens in a command center or to a screen mounted on a soldiers wrist.

The purpose is to "extend the warfighter's senses and reach, providing operational capabilities that would otherwise be costly, impossible, or deadly to achieve," says Joseph Mait, MAST cooperative agreement manager for the Army Research Laboratory.

Other remote controlled devices are in the works as well, such as the unmanned drones that are currently used for bombing raids and reconnaissance. The hope is that using these robots will cut down on the number of casualties suffered by U.S. forces, and possibly civilians, while improving the accuracy of missile attacks and raids. However the potential for misuse of these robots, such as spying on citizens or other governments, is straight out of some sci-fi movie.

In any case we hope we never see one of these little creatures on our windowsill. [Source: Daily Mail UK]

Art 74 Video Project

Here is our final video project. Sit back, relax, & enjoy the show!

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