What is ORB and How Can Robotics Help You Explore It?

[wolram]

http://www.robotics.com/orb/

Any one have an idea?

 

[Bystander]

Piece of Columbia.

 

[wolram]

Piece of Columbia.

Columbia was 2003, this was found 2002.

 

[Bystander]

'Nother beautiful theory destroyed by ugly facts.

 

[wolram]

As it is double skined i though some kind of pressure is involved, may be an under water experiment.

 

[Gokul43201]

the thing from the trash in the lab used as a frisbee during a spring picnic by a bunch of Chemistry majors from Angelo State University

 

[wolram]

Some of the links on that site are iffy, may be it is an appolo fuel tank.

 

[Bystander]

Been enough military aircraft busted up in the Colorado's drainage area --- and not all the bits and pieces get picked up. 'Bout the right size for pilot/aircrew oxygen supply, double-walled for cryogenic purposes, 7052 is Ti alloy, so fairly recent (last 30-40 a) --- .

 

[Cyrus]

It looks like garbage to me.

 

[wolram]

It looks like garbage to me.

Very good Cyrus, now we all know that things had a use (before) they became garbage, or before you bought them, can you ascribe a possible use for the object in the pictures?

 

[FredGarvin]

It looks like garbage to me.

For shame. FOR SHAME.

In the X-rays, you can see the fittings and tubing. I like the guess of an O2 canister. Although I never realized that they were spherical. I'm going to ask some of the techs here who have worked on O2 systems to see if this looks familiar.

 

[J77]

No idea what it could be, but it looks very nice

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3486/xray1efg7.jpg

 

[Danger]

I don't suppose that anyone has reported a 'suitcase nuke' missing?

 

[Mattara]

It is a part of an alien shape craft of course </sarcasm>

 

[wolram]

It is a part of an alien shape craft of course </sarcasm>

For sure i think it is Canadian.

 

[FredGarvin]

For sure i think it is Canadian.

Nope. No beer tap visible.

 

[Danger]

Too right; and we never use 4-digit numbers for anything.

 

[Kurdt]

Could be the prototype for the widget.

 

[wolram]

Too right; and we never use 4-digit numbers for anything.