So the news came in that Grant Imahara of Mythbusters
fame passed away. He was only 49. He had a brain aneurysm.
I thought he was the smartest guy on the show. He was on what
was called the “B Team,” but they tended to do the more inventive things. He
was a pretty modest guy on the show, but as an electrical engineer, he built
the robotics—such as a robot arm that swung with such force, they had to have a
decapitation warning. He might be most famous for his robot cat, which was completely
unconvincing, except for the dogs it was designed to fool.
I knew he had early fame from designing Deadblow, a winning
robot in the Battlebots competition. But I didn’t know he designed the arms of
the Energizer Bunny. And he also updated the R2-D2 robots? He lived quite a
life.
Wow, sounds like an unusual, highly intelligent guy. Shame he died so suddenly, and so young.
ReplyDeleteYes, a shame. But I didn't list even the half of what he was famous for.
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