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Post by TheDaisy on Sept 23, 2008 21:20:52 GMT
Not really my style, but I love the colour of the blue ones!
I'd have that colour, but with a bit more.....metal round them.
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 8:30:47 GMT
More info on the second episode: 
As a child, James May dreamed of a world populated by humanoid robots. Robots which would tidy his room and do the washing up. In the second programme of his Big Ideas series, he sets off to discover how close his vision of a robot-world is to becoming a reality and in doing so enters an intriguing, mysterious and often rather strange world.
In Japan, James meets the closest thing to Robocop. It’s a woman who can double her strength thanks to an extraordinary electro-mechanical jumpsuit, but what will this bizarre mix of human intelligence and machine brawn be used for?
He also has a close encounter of the weird kind with the most disturbing robot he has ever seen – a robot designed to look and behave exactly like its creator.
Continuing his travels James heads to the US, to explore the possibilities of bionic implants and talks to the doctor who is making them a reality, and in doing so has created a real 2 million dollar bionic woman.
And finally, in the unlikeliest of laboratories he encounters the world’s most advanced walking robot: Asimo – it can tackle stairs and has even mastered running, however when faced with a closed door, the robot proves he isn’t all that smart. Cue Asimo’s twin brother, who has learnt to recognise everyday objects. But will he amaze James when asked to identify a Mini car? And is this all enough to restore James’s vision of a robot filled future world?
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Post by wildcathammondette on Sept 24, 2008 8:33:47 GMT
SEXY picture! RAWR!
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 8:34:33 GMT
And the third and final episode.  In the final programme, Power to the People, James wonders why, in the shiny bright 21st century, virtually all of it is powered by burning dead plants and animals, James looks for brighter, more powerful and technologically forward thinking sources of energy.
He travels to New Mexico to see how he might run his car on thin air, and to Holland where scientists are looking to harness a Japanese discovery 20 km above the earth which causes him to wonder if we really want to be considered advanced, might the solution be in outer-space?
James says: “I think we will eventually change our attitude to what ‘energy’ is. ‘Alternative energy’ is applied to things like wind and solar power, but it’s not alternative energy, it’s just energy and we need to find ways to tap it, and when we do we will have more energy than we can ever imagine.”
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Post by wildcathammondette on Sept 24, 2008 8:37:38 GMT
Oh Bob the Builder, I mean James the Builder! Oooh lush lush! (eep going overboard sorz!)
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 8:43:01 GMT
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Post by wildcathammondette on Sept 24, 2008 8:44:52 GMT
if THAT is the robot then it's mighty creepy....
the pic underneath is well lush!
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Post by wildcathammondette on Sept 24, 2008 8:47:26 GMT
 that pic reminds me of the boating scene in Bridget Jones... There was a lady from ealing.... (nope not going to say it all lol) |
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Post by nobody on Sept 24, 2008 12:47:04 GMT
That one with the robot is scary.
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Post by lymaze on Sept 24, 2008 14:25:39 GMT
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 14:50:29 GMT
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 14:51:38 GMT
I got RT today from town and the woman in the shop saw me grinning at the photo, this is what she said, "you'll be surprised at how many other woman have done exactly what your doing when they bought the RT today", "he's gorgeous isn't he"? "yes definatly, my son likes Top Gear, I just watch it for James May", Excuse me, I hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you get that lovely photo of James from for your AV? He is scrummy! |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 15:27:15 GMT
Thanks, I have been saving lots of lovely piccies from the OU website, I will share soon.
I am having a nice time here, everyone is very friendly.
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 15:48:10 GMT
Thanks, I have been saving lots of lovely piccies from the OU website, I will share soon. I am having a nice time here, everyone is very friendly. If you look back one or two pages, you'll see I have already posted most of them this morning. ;D |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 16:38:35 GMT
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 16:50:16 GMT
Aaah, the Russian plane! Nice pic. Poor James, he mentioned during the Polar expedition how he much hated the cold.  A link to more pics of said plane was posted a little while back by DutchDiva. www.attk.ru/Common/BBC2008/BBC08.htm |
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Post by dutchdiva on Sept 24, 2008 16:52:23 GMT
so it was not for TG. Lindenchasse did you have a look for the magazine today?
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 24, 2008 16:54:33 GMT
No, my lunch meeting took longer than expected. But I will definitely go there tomorrow and will let you now a.s.a.p.
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Post by dutchdiva on Sept 24, 2008 16:55:42 GMT
ok, thanks
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 16:57:11 GMT
What are the rules here on posting things that you scan yourself? (sorry to interrupt the conversation  ) |
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Post by dutchdiva on Sept 24, 2008 16:58:46 GMT
Just post it I guess, but search first if somebody else have not already post it somewhere else on the board
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 24, 2008 17:35:28 GMT
(don't forget to acknowledge the source publication, e.g. Radio Times/Nuts/TG Magazine etc) ;D (gotta watch out for those copyright legal types!) EDITED BECAUSE I'M A CRAP TYPIST |
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Post by dutchdiva on Sept 24, 2008 17:37:47 GMT
oh yeah forgot that
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 17:56:41 GMT
Will do, I am hoping to get to the shops tomorrow and get RT mag and I will be scanning it for other mates who are fans so I was going to share the scans here also.
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Post by dutchdiva on Sept 24, 2008 17:58:01 GMT
I already post them yesterday ulstermayniac
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 20:29:07 GMT
Oh! OK. |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Sept 24, 2008 20:45:52 GMT
I have just been reading this thread and I have to agree with everyone here and he does look so scrummy in that suit. He is just lovely all over.
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Post by lymaze on Sept 24, 2008 22:20:34 GMT
I think if Ms Broccoli is looking for a new Bond, she hasn't far to look. ;D  |
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Post by lew on Sept 24, 2008 22:37:20 GMT
Not far, that suit......does funny things to my toes.......they go all stiff ;D   |
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Post by lymaze on Sept 24, 2008 22:41:53 GMT
We're lucky we're women. ;D  |
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