HAL 9000 THINKGEEK HOW TO
HAL 9000 THINKGEEK MOVIE

Q: Wait Isn’t HAL a parody of IBM For years, people have theorized that the HAL name took IBM’s name and subtracted a letter in the alphabet. Next to the traditional iPhone dock is a spitting image recreation of HAL 9000, complete with. Q: What does HAL stand for HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. Oh, and feel free to whistle Sprach Zarathustra while you work. Thankfully, the wonderful people at ThinkGeek have made the rhetorical reality with Iris 9000.

Check out the video of it in action after the break, and head on down to the source link for the full how-to. They've manufactured a near perfect, fully detailed life-size HAL 9000 prop replica. Adafruit’s version will have you making HAL out of an oversized arcade button and a sheet of acrylic - and if you want your HAL to talk (and really, why wouldn’t you), you’ll need to build a voice box from an Arduino Uno board and an Adafruit Wave Shield. The ever trustworthy ThinkGeek has debuted a must-have film collectible from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

HAL 9000 THINKGEEK HOW TO

User Phillip Burgess has posted the full instructions on how to craft one, provided you’ve got access to a laser cutter and the requisite soldering, spray painting and sanding chops to complete the task. Is this a must-have gadget Following on from Iris 9000, its Siri Voice Control module with a glowing red eye reminiscent of HAL, ThinkGeek has gone the extra mile to produce the 'movie-accurate' HAL 9000 Life-Size Replica.

iPhone 4S Siri Goes 2001: Space Odyssey: ThinkGeeks New IRIS 9000 VIDEO.

HAL 9000 THINKGEEK MOVIE

ThinkGeek has given us a couple ways to purchase HAL for our homes, but for folks who’d rather build their own, Adafruit’s got you covered. ThinkGeek has produced a handcrafted replica of HAL 9000, the (fictional) homicidal robot from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Any computer geek who has ever seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey has probably been jealous that the HAL 9000 computer could hold conversations with the astronaut Dr. Visual references to 2001 (including to HAL 9000), are present in both the. It may be 2013, but 2001 will forever hold a special place in our hearts, in no small part due to the that lovable, red-eyed supercomputer known as HAL 9000.

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