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• Mosaic of Images from the robot by Chris Shaw

• For a clue about the origin of the artifacts, see Mineralogical Magazine, June 1987, Volume 51, Number 360, pp 183-202.

From: Benjamin Adair
Date: Fri Jan 20 23:57:57 PST 1995

A very interesting example of a potential application of space exploration. Couldn't move the camera up or down, or blast air... Think I remember something though...

*** Wow, it's a photo of a head.

Is that a torch?

That was fun, but I didn't find anything this time. How about hiding a can of SPAM in here.

I didn't see much this time. It was fun, though.

*** Finished reading the card. *** Found a round thing that looks like a map. *** Saw another card buried under some dirt.

*** I made out the words SERPENTINE carved into herdsmen protect their flock.

***I dug up a piece of paper. I could make out the word fetish and not much else. I will now investigate further.

COOOL

A very interesting experience!! *** I found a 'head' with some strange coil of something near the left ear, did not have a chance to investigate that.....

I saw a thingy-mingy! It's thrilling!!

huh?

just a beginning, some fun now..

when can I do surgery !!!

Pretty Cool !! *** I saw the paper with the defintion of Mosaic on it. One nice thing would be a small overview map of the area that you are moving over, maybe place it to the right or so of the robot diagram. Excellent though. Wish I had our P50 robot hooked up to the NET !!

***The cork and wire top to a champagne bottle at x 515 y 370 z 170 =)

Saw something that appeared to have two small eyes, however when air put on it the item moved and was not seen again. Also saw some curved objects but was unable to properly identify them.

This is great, even though the responce time is quite large. If we can manipulate the direction of light, the image would be undastandable. Moreover I need graphical image of the robot trajectory such as line image. If so, we can not move the robot to the same place.

Interesting. Do you use gif or jpeg? Would it go faster with jpeg?

A very very cool demo...

*** saw some thing with NASA on it... *** there was a dictionary page with definitions of Mosaic too... Other than that, just lotsa dirt

This was a fun experience.

Very cool! Wish I had more time to figure out what I was looking at.

I have heard a lot about this project, and it was great to finally experience it first hand. *** I think I found a map of the world at 682,486. (A circular object with diagrams on it) This is much better than staring at "the coffee pot" - cambridge. Thankyou very much to USC!

Saw a key chain, but not much else.

*** There is a shiny spot on something that looks like a pipe at 674,528 ***. Will try again later

Very cool site ! I can see this costing companies worldwide mucho hours of lost productivity :)

***discovered an open box (seemingly empty) of diamond brand matches ***just before my energy ran out, I found what I think was a photograph.

*** Why not make a lottery out of this. Hide some pepers with numbers on. When an operator finds the number he enter the number in this mail and if the number is correct and he is the first one to find it you send him a congratulation mail. //Marcus

This was cool! It'd be fun to have an outside view to watch other people use it. Thanks! -Jason

Awsome

Very interesting, takes some time to get the "feel" of things. Is there any way to add more light to the subject matter?

Cool thing !!!

I was not able to uncover anything in my two movements, I'll try again tomorrow. Thanks for the experience!

This is pretty cool. Thank you!

*** found mask and stopwatch why kick people off if there is no-one in the queue??? how about a refill of energy if no-one else wants control...

ooh, I need bandwidth! Nice show.

This thing rocks. As in rocks, get it. No, seriously, this is the greatest way to blow off some school work and surf the net, dude. Keep up thhee cool work.

greetings. I didn't find anything per sae, but am impressed with your effort and how it looks. What organization is this? is this a college? thanks for the information... buran / "i used to be somebody" - NIN

I've used this system before but my old password was not recognized. It has been a few months since I've been on. Still one of the most interisting site on the net. Keep up the good work. js

This thing is utterly cool. We are planning to try a demo for our work on the server tommorrow afternoon.

*** I discovered a photo that looked like the head of a space alien. mta.

Fascinating use of the WWW. I am one of the creators of URouLette. Thanks for the opportunity. -- Matthew T. Abrams abrams@lark.cc.ukans.edu http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~abrams

***Well, I'm not sure if -I- found anything, but I got to look at some picture of an eye, taken closeup. I'm also only running on a 14.4 modem, and really really wish that I had an Ethernet connection to REALLY tap into this kick-ass WebSite.

neat idea, has a great deal of potential--put one on the floor of the ocean or on the moon! Thanks, Dean

**Appears to a NASA button at x=950, y=350 and some type of Mosiac definition page at x=890, y=365 ....happy hunting...

Well, that was fun. I'd like to thank you for sharing the fruits of sience with mere mortals such as myself

***apparently an item donated from the smithsonian institute a most interesting item but alas yet not easily identifiable maybe better luck next time

I think what you have created here is extrodinary. It allows exploring of the real world from distances that can only be practically reached by the net. I think you have a great concept, and should run with it as far as you can. I thank you for the oppurtunity to use the equiptment, and hope you can bring more technology like the to the world of the internet. Thanks Again. Brandon LaBonte bel2670@omega.uta.edu

***Looked about Head at ~ 880 430 tried to decipher what the phone cord looking thing to the upper right was, but ran out of time*** Very Entertaining

This is second time. I think I can not put air. Why? Repeatly, this is greate. eto.

Killer!

Great. And, Good Design. eto.

It seemed pretty unreal to me, to be moving a real robot arm instead of some computer generated image. Although the blast of air didn't do quite what I wanted. *** I read 3 words on a plaque. They were on the left margin of some text : QUARTZ sparks fire

This was pretty cool, but the camera resolution was poor. I think an idea of scale would be a nice addition. Possibly placed right on the camera lense. Also ability to see more would be nice (Zoom out).

Great experience! **Continued to uncover the edge of what seems to be a curved object buried in the soil.

That was great. *** We (ziv Yaniv & me) found a note but could only read a few words (because....rock's...) and blowing air just covered it with stones. Then we found somethig with the word NASA written on next to something that looks like a bicikel wheel.

***round object,possibly the rim of something larger.

This was a lot of fun. I did not actually uncover anything, but I will try again later.

SPEED... I NEED MORE SPEED. FUN SO FAR. ***SEVERAL OBJECTS ARE PRESENT. ONE IS A PICTURE OF SOMEONE OR JUST THEIR EYE. ALSO SAW A LONG CURVED OBJECT, NO IDEAS ON WHAT IT IS. MAYBE IT WILL BE MORE UNCOVERED NEXT TIME.

***It was very intersting to be able to use the robot, but ***found it was hard to navigate it. Maybe you could give ***me some pointers on that. ***I am also going to recommend some friends who I think ***find this fascinating. ***I hope that there will be more of these project coming ***on the net. ***Alexander J. Ho

It was fun Thanks

Very interesting use of the web, definitely the most interactive pages I have ever seen. Well done! :)

That was fun. I huffed and I puffed.... and ran out of gas.

Image load failed. I look forward to trying again later.

18:23 18-01-95 Discovered what appears to be a human head at x: 872, Y: 447. Will investigate further.

This is simply amazing. I still cannot believe that I'm operating something in the real world using *Internet* - never thought that would happen. Excellent job guys!!!

Really, really neato!!

I think I found my missing remote.

I couldn't find anything, but this is cool anyway.

really neato!

this is SO COOL! It's amazing to think that technology has advanced this far and where it will be going. Keep up the great work! -BJ a-brentj@microsoft.com

Nice idea! I found a couple of items in the bin.

Great server! I've yet to see something as interactive as this. It seems to be a good application; now, if we can only increase bandwidth so that the updates could be as fast as in real time...:) Thanks! I'll be showing my friends... matthew

Great site.

My God! I thought I saw Elvis!! Seriously, it was fun to try this out. I'll be back. I had no trouble at all getting on. That was 12:30pm PST.

I have read about this project in a number of magazines as well as internet mailing lists. I find the concept fascinating, but the reality of the internet's bandwidth makes the experience frustrating. This is my first visit - I'll be back.

The idea is great, but it is hard to get anything in vision of the camera in five minutes. Specially when it takes halve a minute for the next page to come. I will try to visit your site again when network traffic is down. (Our morning is your night)

Really a stimulating experiment for imagination (what can be done...). But since I am a newbie here, I wonder if one can program the robot and automatically get quick-sampled views. Indeed, I am in France and the delay between my command and the picture I get back only allows me to try two or three commands a turn... I think I will come here often! DrSigmund.

A most interesting exhibit! As a general rule, most of time was spent waiting for the images to update, which limited the actual time available for viewing. We have a relatively fast link here, and its still somewhat slow. I'm sure this will improve when newer/faster networking technologies become more readily available (e.g. ATM). Thanx! -- josef

I found this to be a very interesting experience. I can see how this type of control system (on a more advanced level, obviously) could be very useful in scientific exploration in the future. Adding this to the Web truely does allow one to leave the 'cyberspace' Web behind and enter the real world.

It was a very nice experience, thank you. 5 minutes is a quite short time and I did not find anything special down there. One reason was perhaps that there was not enough light. The images I got here were too dark. Best regards, Aarne Koutaniemi Finland

i found the king ***elvis is in there and he sings the jailhouse-rock!!!!

Saw the arts program. Saw the equation.

Just showing a co-worker the WWW....still neat

This is a really great concept. I tried two web-browsers and found that NCSA Mosaic was incompatible with your interface, however the browser called 'Netscape' which worked well.

It takes around 5 minutes to get the hang of using it. I think that this is a great idea and I hope more people set up educational neat ideas like this. Greg Gillenwaters

I found something in my second turn controlling the robot, but I wasn't be able to identify what it could be. The more you try, the more you like it.

I have seen ***a gift free from Smithsonian It is really wonderful to control a robot before the breakfast!!!.

It is wonderful to be able to control a robot through Internet. What will be the next...?

This was great! The energy level went low too fast...

This seemed like a neat game but was too slow for me to do anything in just five minutes. I could only do about 5 manuevers per turn and that wasn't enough to discover anything. But keep tryng, I'd like to try it again.

Pretty cool! Can obviously see the practical applications. Wish there was enough bandwidth to see real-time video of the robot's actions.

*** Imagine my amazement when I huffed and puffed, at (870,454,170) on what appeared to be a piece of cloth, and found a head looking like Tutenkamen! (above it is a bright object looking like part of the headdress)...

third robot run: scoped out the scrap of paper: *** scrap of paper was a dictionary definition, thus: "Mo-sa-ic (...) adj. of Moses ... the laws, etc, attributed to him. mo-sa-ic n. [

First run, I got an ABEND on my shift. Second run, things looked dark. I thought the robot's CCD was fried by radiation. Moved to (892,345,0); *** some text said "Designs by inlay colored stone, etc picture or design ..." Then, my second shift was done. Fun. Interesting. A mystery to solve!

*** The robot is interesting. You should provide other *** camera angle so we could view object at different *** angles.

Back for a second dig....can't seem to find the "PAGE 40" that was there Sunday.

I only have 16 colors, so I seem to have found *** some red stuff in the bottom right corner. It was fun, anyway. Thanks for all the effort, people.

Cool - Why not try an X-Window interface?

Why not show small image of the last image to show the difference between actions, perhaps make it optional. Great fun, and very interresting since I work in the field of robotics and industrial automation... 8-)

Absolutely fabolous!Great fun.... :-)

too slowly, but nice toy!

Cool

***Found something that had to do with ART MUSEUMS

Pretty Cool! ***Found a picture of what looked like a brain and something else that I am going to go back and look at

Interesting robot. :)

*** Found a picture! Greg...

What can I say? It's really weird to actually control this "thing" when it's so far away.... This is GREAT!

I could spend quite a bit of time with this! The only problem (other than update time) is that you opererate in a finite universe. :-( Nice job!

I haven't had enough time to give a fair evaluation. I'll keep trying.

Found readable material, but upside down. Had to turn my monitor upside down, but it was woth it.

Duh, I need new glasses. Didn't find anything.

***I found a document. ***"Military comunication..."

Well, it was quite fun. I found one object, but I was unable to identify any of the objects. No doubt I'll be back to have another play.

Hey, This is Great! Its my first time here... and I'm just getting the hang of it... *** I found some weird looking Ooze.. Maybe "Quicksilver?" *** When I blew compressed air on it, it changed form, and it looks reflective..

*** Some piece of paper abput Lincoln. Location: lower left. This great!!! I`ll return to the observation area again. Matz

***First time in - found torn piece of paper with text (about 5-pin D..?)

boooooooring

*** Way Cool

Very intresting, but next time I'll do it from a T1 line rather then a modem. Might have time to find something. THANKS!!!

I'm sure someone else has already found the Smithsonian magazine. At any rate, this is a unique experience! Thanks very much.

so short.. your feild is so short that I can't view all of my e-mail address as I enter it. It's interesting. It's like a new universe, and it would take forever to explore it all.. so I'm thinking.. I might write a little MACRO type program to automatically scan the entire area.. heh heh. This would be a lot more interesting if the robot were a mobile one out in the desert somewhere, or say just roaming around an office complex or university campus. I can't beleive that you used such an expensive looking industrial robot. talk about over kill. I also don't buy the idea that operating the robot incorrectly can dammage it. later- -Elliot

No Comment first time. Seems to be several items with writing. One was a definition for Mosaic

I believe the formula in question has to do with .... HA HA. WANT A FREE SAMPLE OF THE 486? HA HA

I'm VERY impressed with the setup of this site. My company, a local Internet Service Provider and Bulletin Board System, is considering the possibility of setting up a system of this nature. We would like to make available to people on the Internet a roving camera device, which could be controlled via the WWW. This could be placed, say, in a museum, and thus make views of the museum available at the users' control. Any information or insights based on your experiences in setting up this site would be appreciated. Thanks again for a fantastic effort! Brandon Ibach Networking/Systems Specialist Exec-PC, Inc.

neat!!

***Some sort of pipe & cap...looks like a tom-tom drum

Give us more energy! One of the most funny things ever seen!!!! :)

Hard to tell exactly where I was in the grand scheme of things. I don't remember ever seeing anything said about how big the area of possiblew movement was. Nice stuff!! Keep up the good work!

I can hardly wait to do it again--my grades are really going to suffer this semester!!

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS THAT I HAVE YET TO FIND OVER THE VAST INTERNET. I THINK THAT THIS IS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AND EVERYONE INVOLVED SHOULD BE EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT THE IMPLICATION THAT THIS COULD HAVE IN THE FIELD OF ARCHOLOGY AND ITS EXCAVATION. I WISH YOU ALL WELL AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNOZED FOR THESE WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I KNOW THAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE THESE ACCOMPLISHEMENTS WELL KNOWN AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY AND WHEREVER ELSE I CAN. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME IF I CAN BE OF ANY HELP.

Cool. I found a piece of paper with "Art Museums" on it. It would be really cool if there were something you could interact with -- like ants or something...

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It was better than Cats!!

Itīs nice, but I always saw a black picture with some undefined things. Ok, see you later...

Pardon my skepticism, but it's a bit too unusual to find a small piece of paper torn from a dictionary with only one definition on it - and the word defined is "mosaic". I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell ya, too. ***paper with definition of "mosaic" ***NASA emblem ***paper with the words "ART MUSEUMS" ***paper with calculus equations

***Great stuff!!!!

This is the neatest thing i found on the web yet. Thanks a lot for offering this great toy!

Nearly found something - ran out of time.

We found a NICE shiny ROCK and blew it away !!! - hasta la vista baby.

There's a flashlight at (1012,340) and a medicine label at (748,453) for some sulphur compound.

this was fun!

Found: *** watch : Position: 615, 486 *** Time: 4:15

Hi I'm really surprised, what is possible over the Web. Great idea. Greetings from Germany Michael

This was my first shot at trying the RTE out. I really like it! A great idea! I think I need a better display, as things were really just black when I was up close. I don't know if I discovered anything. I'll be trying again. Thank you! ciao, Adrian Griego griego@cs.stanford.edu http://wwww-leland.stanford.edu/~aeleog

Nothing

_WAY_ Cool stuff, alright! Question: Can we actually visit USC and see the robot in action, or is it kept under wraps? Thanks again, =Larry, a graduate of the School of Public Administration at USC, (MPA)

_WAY_ Cool stuff, alright! Question: Can we actually visit USC and see the robot in action, or is it kept under wraps? Thanks again, =Larry, a graduate of the School of Public Administration at USC, (MPA)

What a kick! It's facinating what technology & the internet can do!

It was great experience!! Thank You very much! But the processing time delay was some bothering to me. Very Nice!

*** Found the word "the" printed on a magazine fragment. Perhaps this was a copy of Hot Wired, Location X=345 Y=490 Z=0

*** Found the word "the" printed on a magazine fragment. Perhaps this was a copy of Hot Wired

***I am afraid that I did not find anything recognizable but you just proved that remote exploration works. Wonderful!

It was neat, except I couldn't tell if the air was actually blowing anything.

watch time is correct

Hey, I must say that that was pretty cool (for want of a better word). I feel like Niel armstrong exploring the moon, to boldly go... Talking about the moon, is it true that a robot rover is to be launched to the moon and will be remotely controlled on earthg via the Internet. Many thanks for taking the time to read this. The arm is GREAT fun.

Really cool, but i think a real-time camera would RULE But even so, it's great !!! I'll be back !!

*** I didn't like it that much but that's probably because it's my first time.***

This was really neat! I'm pre-med, & have been reading about telepresence and doing operations by wire. This really brings it alive. Thanks so much for devoting the re$ource$ to such a project--very educational.

This thing is pretty cool :-) Didn't find anything very interesting, though

Cool! Found a definition of Mosaic, and what looked like a keyring or something...

***Extrimely good as far the network is fast

Very Good!!!!!!!

I think my browser lost it and I wasted most of my time getting back....

*** Found artifact that has the letter "PA" and is covered Ran out of energy..need to go back and find out what it says

***found what appears to be junk mail from the Smithsonian ***discription of Sulfur

Thanks I had a lot of fun. Be back soon.

*** saw the text at 247,247 this looked like a dictionary reference ? Saw the page for this in SunExpert - good fun!

Looks like a litter dump site. Maybe you could attach a broom?

***Attempting to clear the site @ X:74/Y:334. The text is is visable, but I just wanted to get rid of thoes darn rocks!

***At (249,275), found something that looks like a newspaper. Couldn't really read it, though..

This is really lame. Like most things on the WEB it is a complete waste of bandwidth. Wow, I can move a robot's arm and look at junk thrown in some dirt. How exciting...

Found tickets? to the art museum at around 395,391,171 Whose exhibit? What artist? Which museum?

*** paper, unreadable text ( I use a NCD 19, not the best ) at loc X231,Y297 I'll play with the images to see if anything becomes readable have fun!

wow! this was great... didn't do much because it was my first timebut *** there was a pice of paper at838,458 with the word TURQUOISE and some other stuff written on it... hmmmm...

it's my first time on and I found it great unfortunally I haven't found anything besides the rocks or what ever that was... I'll try it again Thank's

*** Some piece of paper that had writing on it. Ran out of time, though

I found a thing I thought was a cigarette box, but I could not realy blow away the sand.

Found a watch, but the hour hand was missing. Must have been planted there before hours had been invented.

This is fun.

Astounding. Amazing. *** Found a small piece of paper that looked like it might be a little identification tag marking an item. It said "QUARTZ" at the top and then had a brief paragraph. Couldn't read it. Tried to look at a circular object at the bottom of the paper, then got lost and ran out of energy.

*** At 616,477,0 there is a wristwatch! *** Impressively fun. Funly impressive. -- Randy in Knoxville.

Too bad, the compressed air appeared to be off as well, and just as i was beginning to find some interesting artifacts! 8^( Cheerio, Rick Rodgers

Who turned out the lights? The field was awfully dark today. Cheerio, Rick Rodgers

This is a very interesting system, but you ought to split the view window and the control window and update them seperately, to speed up screen refreshes.

cool... found like a magnifying glass at the rightmost place... :P

***I saw an advertisement about serial cables, it said 75 cents each, 10 dollars for 5. I am 12 years old.

***First time in. it was great-will be back

This was really cool. Great job. Farhan Memon Post Interactive The New York Post

Great fun :-) keep up the good stuff!

Not bad at all! Found something circular, but that was it!

***we founnd a circular object with a screwdriver shaped item entangled in it

Haven't Found Anything yet!

Thanks for the fun.

Love it, very exciting in it's implications!

***Extrimelly good

Thanks for leting me have a try at the robot. P.S. I will come agian soon.

Hello, Really a master piece this WWW site. I work for the Veronica Broadcast & Publishing Corporation in the Netherlands (although I am now personally connected to the InterNet) and we are planning to make a similar setup with two cameras but then in the Radio Studio so people on the InterNet can control the camera and watch the D.J.'s. In your search for equipment, can you give me more information, please. Maybe you already have experience in connecting other types of cameras to Sun's and Mac's while controlling their motion. Kind regards, Marcel Knol Veronica Digitaal Centrum Hilversum The Netherlands

***Cool!

I'm glad the robot won't move out of its domain ... your coffee cups are safe behind the arm :)

Dear administrators, this has been the most exciting time I've had on the Web, proving that the Web will very likely become THE tool of the Infobahn's future. Thank you. ***an object posessing all main features of a personal chronometer has been discovered during my session. A working!!!!

Hmmm.... Good fun, but abit slow over a 19k2 slip connection. I'll have to see if I can get closer to you ! Robin (Well actually his dad. Robin is only 6 !)

Well, I found a box of diamond matches, but only because they were under the camera at the start! Anyway, I think it is a terrific demonstration. Felt like I was operating a robot on Mars - real time.... with speed of light lag time!

I clicked on the down arrow to move closer but Robot did not respond...why I wanted to expell air blast but seat must be given up How can science be performed under such deadline pressure?

Read about it in The Institute Some of the images were a bit dark...

Thanks for the cool diversion.

***Looks like a harmonica at coords...hmmm what was it now? Somewhere in the mid-left lower area. Great application of W3 interface. Luv it! Will be back soon.

It was great, although I couldn't find anything. I think that you need to have some sort of a competition for people to enter to find out what the pieces of something make etc. Best setup on the net for sure! Chris

*** fuzzy picture at 683,308. Can't seem to blow dirt away. How about someone setting up the same thing with a camera pointed at a busy intersection in some exotic location!

cylindrical object spotted...keep watching the skies...

we found jimmy hoffa's body, do you want to know the coordinates?

Very creative and innovative!

Oh yeah! Gimme more cameras!!! This is as much fun as the NYU LabCam or The Amazing Fish Cam! Just another web-slinger...

Back again, this time on a color monitor. It is easier to view the action. Did not discover anything this time. Hope USC did better in their bowl than ND did.

HI LEE WILD ! SEEMS YOU'RE WILD ON THIS SITE. MELANIE APPEARED TO BE A DROP-OUT. ANGEL'S DUST MAKES US SEE THESE FANCY MOSAICS...

***Found a definition of "mosaic" inside some sort of saucer at 894, 344,170. This is really cool. Wish I could get more moves in though.

***This is incredible! This is my second attempt. Found a photo or something with a face on it aroun with a face on in around X440 Y525. There was some writing of some sort on the persons forehead, but can't work out what it said. I'm off for another look! Lee (University of Sheffield, England)

lenzman SAYS: WOW! WHATS THAT HIDDEN IN THE SAND? THE ROBOT`S EYES ARE WEAK!! WE NEED MORE ENERGY (WHAT ABOUT DURACELL?) TO FINALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING. LENZMAN.HUGH.

Found a book of matches - looks like they've been there a while. This is a totally cool abuse of technology and the 'net.

*** found a coffee mug with words inside A bigger (color) picture would be nice...

Energy ran out very quickly, I'll try again

Well, just logged in to check things out again. Kewl Stuff. If only I had direct connect instead of 28.8...

Absolutely neat! This could turn out to be one of my favorite sites - thanks, and a Happy New Year to everyone there!

*** math stuff printed on paper? consider shipping two images, close-up and high-level? Nice job, as usual.

First time operator. Didn't find anything, but had fun! I'll be back...

I had people in my office gathered around me, amazed that I could be operating a robot in California from my desk. I feel like a kid at an amusement park. I want to run around and get right back in line. ***Found the definition of "mosaic" on a scrap of paper or something.

*** Plastic ruler looking thing with some heinous equation on it is located at 224,461. The rocks that remain on it are very heavy (relative to the power of the air burst), so it's going to be hard to unearth more of it. We need an Adept robot with a grapler! LH

It's a great feeling to know that I'm controlling this robot from thousands of miles away. I hope once I get the hang of it that I can find some interesting artifacts.

...and for one short moment i thought to see elvis!

*** There seems to be a harmonica at 409 342 0, with the word 'Horner' on it. Interesting idea. I sort of felt like I found life on Mars.

*** still navagating

*** Great. I just quit smoking and what do I do but uncover an ancient book of matches! Great fun! thanks alot. :)

The clock goes 3 min fast.

Due to the slow connection, it is still a bit ... Well, it's slow.

This is a very intuitive and easy to learn user interface. Great !

Some letters on something at x524 y528

I like the system quite a bit. Fancy work, and nice to boot. I only wish my machine and connection were a tad bit faster. (don't we all). *** Found what appeared to be part of a billboard, or some sort of sineage.

Excellent project. As a science teacher my students are going to love this.

***AT 469,559 I found something that looked to me like a coffee pot or something. It appeared so quickly that I wondered if somewone had just dropped it in there, or if it was something that had fallen off the robot (was the robot having a cup of coffee perhaps?)

I'm sorry, but it seems that for me, working through a modem slip connection, the system is just too slow to show any progress. That, with the resolution of the camera used makes finding/viewing objects extremeley difficult. I hope these will eventually be fixed...until then I'm afraid that for ma at least this project is not feasible.

This is a very interesting application of technology. It would be nice to have a bit more control over the robot, but this is quite a starting point. An addition that would be extremely handy would be real time video -- although this takes quite a bit of bandwidth, it would enhance the use.

***The "timepiece" artifact appears to be a wristwatch. The face is marked "QUARTZ" and there is discernable movement of the second hand. On this basis, I conclude that this artifact is probably less than 1 year in age, or at least has probably been in this location for less than one year. Can it be possible that the radioactivity in this area has been present for less than 1 year? Was this watch inadvertently dropped by the robot, perhaps representing an archaeological contamination of the site?

cool

Cool!!! I did it from Yokohama, JAPAN. Some day it'll be REAL-TIME

Enjoyed it greatly! I've been waiting months to get on the system. I think you guys are really into a momentous new innovation here. It gives us an indication of where interactive networks can lead us. A computer science student in Ohio told me that some students in her department were planning to control a rolling robot with videocamera that would wander around computer science department and photograph department people. But they never did it. Best wishes to all operators! P.S. I'm not close to solving mystery yet!!!

revealed additional letters on the object previously uncovered in the are of x:400 y:340. The letter series appears to read - M.HONER

An interesting project. Would be nice if network response was a little better.

***Looked like an old military medal in the eastern part of the sand box.

This is pretty neat. ***There is something that looks like the curve to a bike tire but my turn ended at that point.

***COOOL!! Can not figure the objects of yet though.

***something like a gun barrel seems to be sticking up. ***or is it just a reflection?

21st century telepresence man! ***Looks like the corner of a tray sticking out of the ***ground. Need some kind of scale to compare this with. ***A shiny thing seems to be revealed a few inches deeper ***into the surface. I'll be back. Adam

Hey, it was fun. I found the Mosaic definition. Is there a prize? "I'll be back" darrell

*** I partially uncovered what looked like a ruler with ***  integrals written on it.  Several million points out of ten for style !

***I saw rocks....the network kept giving me errors!

Hey! This was a pretty cool experience! I actually believed the introductory story, until I saw the submerged copy of ***wired* !

*** good iniative

I found nothing but this was remarkable. Very impressive implementation and User interface. All in All, a very nice job.

Had fun, but took 9 seconds of response time, so progress was slow, you know the one about the workman (person!) always blaming his/her tools... bye from S.Caslaw@nhm.ac.uk

Clearly an equation is written on a slip of paper or plastic; it LOOKS like a ruler shaped piece of plastic, but it's hard to tell for sure. Not sure what it could be a part of... Will continue the research...!

What are we looking for, a watch?

*** still trying....

*** So far just found the corner of a book with page 40 on

It is real or "virtual reality" world ? Fun :-)

This was really fun! I'll be back! /o.

*** No object discovered....This is a great idea, can't wait to get back in the queue to try again.

Good fun, though a little slow, but then I am in England!! ***I found an metallic object, but couldn't tell what it was because the image was small! Cheers Paul -- __ \/ Paul Dacombe, Dept. of Fuel & Energy, Leeds Univ. Leeds, U.K ; fue5pjd@sun.leeds.ac.uk

Latency from Copenhagen seems to be about 20 s per operation.

found nothing

Fascinating. The ability to step outside the virtual space of the internet and directly affect the 'real' world is incredible. It points the way for cyberspace as medium of transport. Can't wait for high bandwidth transmission that sends back live video. Next add a manipulator arm to pick up objects and rearrange them. Your, Chris Allbritton

Seems to work even from Copenhagen, albeit the camera image is not great and the latency is barely tolerable.

How about the ever original "Interesting application on the 'net"? ;-)

***Nothing! First time flying.

***It looks like there is something at x272 y375

Cool! Helps to have a good, fast Internet connection. Control from NJ, no less!

THANKS FOR THE GREAT EXPERIENCE

Nice setup. I just wish I had a fast connection than 28.8.

*** This is a good system mabey a color camera

This is just to cool! I'll be back.

I didn't find anything interesting, but this is a *REALLY* cool site...probably the best idea out there I have seen.

Area-51 looks like the top drawer of my desk.

This is a cool application for the 'net. I wish we could somehow incorportate the CUseemee application for a more real time camera update. Thanks for providing this to us all out here in netland! Lee

Cool. 5 minutes is brutal. But I guess everyone gets a fair chance. How about adding some exciting objects there -- like, say, a bloody glove with initials "O.J." on it, or something like that? Keep it up!

Why not in color?

Interesting. Brighter lighting would help. Thanks. Dick Kouzes

I enjoyed the experience. It has opened my eyes to possibilites for our own Web site which is presently being created. I hope you will further develop this concept. My congratulations to the development team. Tom Alfoldi

***mini-mag lite keyring with quick link on ring. 12:05 est 1/11/95 right end of quadrent.

Had to get back a second time, thank you, I will be back for more...

*** Found "A Free Gift from Smithsonian" label thingy at around 730, 423.

I wish I had more time to explore. I was just getting warm Thanks ;-) I will be back.

It was great, even my first time I found some items. Definently going to be on my hot list!!

I'm amazed!! :-O

*** I was so addicted I had to try it again! I think I found something around co-ordinates x=360 and y=520 as I saw the letter "E". Hey, I hope you guys are not moving the objects as someone gets closer to it!?

*** Great idea! It almost beats playing any type of video game (well, almost!).

I STRUCK OIL !!! STOP TEXAS TEA STOP ...ETC. YAHOOO!!! STOP THE CLAMPETS AND I ARE HEADING FOR CALIFORNIA STOP LOOK OUT USC HERE WE COME STOP.

Nice place! This one has a place of honour on my hotlist! It made me forget my cobol programming for a while and improved my day considerably. Thanks.

Excellent place,i'll be back

I think I need practice.

*** found a coffee cup and i don't think that was jimmy hoffa it was elvis!!!!! hoffa is in Giants Stadium!!!! great fun!!!! what will you think of next!!!??? real time images????

*** I found Jimmy Hoffa!!!!! great idea!

Pretty darned bizzare. Thanks. brianb

At first the input>response time seemed so very slow. Then I rememberd what the real world response times were for the Voyager and Martian landers, and then I didn't feel so bad -- until I ran out of energy. This is a great exhibit!! May the force be with you!

*** Hmm...the jet seems to be jammed ?!

***This time i found some paper with 'A FREE GIFT FROM Smithsonian' on it.

Seems to be very entertainig and interesting ! *** I've discovered some paper lying around...nothing else, i must admit. But it was the first time :) Really Great!

*** Found a tin can next to a document, couldn't make out the text though. Grooviest place on the web!

Who's hand was that?

I was logged off the robot when I tried to click the "globe" to stop an erroneous command. Otherwise everything worked fine. You might be interested to know that a group at our department did a similar project, controlling a robot via mosaic. They only tried it locally in the house. The operator were allowed to move certain things with the robot. The project leader were johan@control.lth.se Great work, Bo Bernhardsson

Really neat.... keep up the good work!

The implications of this kind of interactive service make me queasy.

i can dig it man

Like way cool, man.

works great

My 2nd visit... saw the face mentioned by someone else at x:417 y:539. It seems like a photograph (a white border is clearly visible). The symbols on his forehead are in Hebrew print. They are (in order, from right to left) the letters ALEPH MEM TAF; spelling out the word "EMET", which means "TRUTH". There may be other letters there, which may completely change the word... but I ran out of time. There was also a triangle visible above the letters, which may or may not have been a part of a Jewish Star. If this is real - and was not "planted" - then it is *Very* interesting. If anyone else digs up any more on this, I would appreciate hearing about it. The best time I've had in years (with clothes on).

Another triumph! I love you all. GO USC Bulldogs!

Light level too low. Focus in low position is poor. Great fun!

***I saw some sort of a cap, maybe a perfume bottle cap or something, anyway that was really cool.

Here's some more suggestions: 1) If no one else is in the queue, automatically add energy for a new session without requiring an exit by the operator. 2) Display the last image after time has expired on this comment page. 3) Diaplay an add-me button on the comment page, so we don't have to go through two screens to get back in the queue. Thanks for the fun! Paul ----

This was my second time here and I'll definitely be back for a third.

Very cool idea! I would personally prefer to know my queue status rather than just seeing 'top three.' Thanks for the fun! Paul

**At X894 Y332, I found a mug (I think) that had a piece of paper inside. The paper had two defintions of Mosaic typed, as if from a dictionary. Must say I had lots of fun. Thanks to NPR I found this location.

***The Hohner harmonica was a pleasent surprise! The whole project is a joy to participate in. Thanks!

Found a piece of paper talking about using agate chips as arrowheads, partially obscured on the lower half by something dark and heavy (would not blow away). Location was 522, 472. All in all, a neat useage of the WWW interface. Perhaps a cohesive dialogue instead of the log file would help the exploration. Notes on locations and things found with related theories.

Very cool!

Whose picture is at 408,528?

*** Interestingly enough, my second try at the controls I came across a photograph of a human face; it seemed to be a photo of a male, approximately between the ages of 30-40. It seemed that there were three symbols or letters across the area of the picture where his forehead was; this could very easily have been sediment, however. Also, I found something that looked like mercury deposits in the area. The photo was found at the following co-ordinates: x-421; y-522; z-170. What any of this is or means, I have no clue. Then again, I'm simply a Junior studying communications at Boston College, so this isn't really my line of work or studies. But I like the interface. Thanks for making it available on the Net!

Cool if you're direct. Sucks if you SLIP.

***paper with writing Serpentine was carved into fetishes to help herdsman protect their flocks Image size needs a selectable size to enhance download speed.

Found nothing today, but had a great time doing it.

*** Wow! I was an experience to to felt! The sheer awe at controlling a machine from half way around the world! I was luck to find a picture of some Russian guy (not sure) and something chrome plated, maybe a name plate? Hummm??

Excellent!!! This is a great idea! ***Is there any way you can get your server to respond faster? ***There was some Styrofoam at (302, 405).

***I think I saw a whistle near the center of the pit?

I Thaught I Taw A Twibble!

***NO RESULTS

A great application of the internet. Thanks for making this available

very cool, but I had just found something really cool and I ran out of time. Darn.

***Amazing!!! We've found what appears to be a jewel. We hypothesize that the jewel is from the rat that we saw running around under the plexiglass. Guess that nuclear explosion didn't kill everything.

This represents one small step toward virtual sex! Is there really a robot there, or is it simulated with a series of stills? The operator can't tell the difference.

***I believe I found something that looks like a lobster or ***some other similar crustacean. ***Cool program! I can see how this can work well out on ***the field!

*** I found the 'Sweet Basil' :-)

This is one of the most fasinating web applications i have seen so far.

Hello, all. I am new to the net and still discovering it's possibilities. To actually be able to move something which is not virtual must be pretty rare, is it not? A fun thing to do, anyway. Thanks for now, see you later! This mail was sent from the west coast of Sweden, on a rainy tuesday morning. /Dan

*** What appears to be page 39 of a electronics catalogue.

***tried to read the thing about QUARTZ,kept air blasting it but unable to uncover it.Also waited forever for a reply but didn't get one in one session.

Tried to use air blast and was unable to continue. Was positioned over something that we really wanted to read...

Great fun, Thank you. I will turn you on to many of my friends. I'll be back soon!

Fun! Found the watch face (its running) and the globe next to each other...

I found this page on Wired's net surf list. I just want everyone involved in this project to know that the staggering coolness of the project can't be quantified by words alone. A job well done.

Cool. If I find something, can I keep it?

Well, it seemed pretty dark out there, so no grand discoveries. See you again soon, and thanks.

Very nifty, guess I'll have to play with this some more...

Lot's of fun, but hard to get very precise control of arm. Maybe it's just the cursor that my Web client uses.

I think I found Atlantis.

*** There is a globe in there. Neet-o. *** Finally, something simple, yet cool. Good going. Not the globe th

***146,390 "... Military com- munication equipment in (puts?) ... PRC-77 and ... Output jacks ... tremely long ... " Waaa-hoo!

I agree that it's difficult to return to a particular set of coordinates. I hope something can be done in the future to make this somewhat easier... -- Andy

Spotted the Ravovac Battery information sheet at 144,415.

***I have no idea what I found, but they were cool! When the camera is on low mode, it's a little blurry, BTW

***Found paper about hair thickening...

This is the coolest thing I've found on the internet! It's interactive, and you can actually run something that's not software! ***I found a little styrofoam peanut thingy used in packaging stuff.

***Found ad for shampoo (hair thickener) 106,300 FINALLY GOT THE HANG OF THE BLOWER!! It blows to the bottom left hand side of the display!

Interesting piece. I wish I had a PC with a T5 line and a P20 processor so I could do more than 3 moves and actually see or understand what I had just done.

HOLLY GUACAMOLE! WHAT A GOOD STUFF!

IT WAS COOL!!!!

Seemed a little slow, I was stuck for awhile after I requested the camara to move up. I will try again.

The small scrap of paper with writing on it reminded me of a technical step by step instructions fro something... I have seen instructions like that in the manuals they uses on Air Force equipment for maintainance purposes.

Very inovative! One of the most interesting URL's I've seen. ***Would like to investigate location 106,391 more.

It was great, will be back to try again

This is really a cool idea!!!! Very advanced technology... Heard about it on NPR.

Was great!!! I will return ... takes a while to get oriented

A wider field of view on the Z axis would have been helpful in getting initial orientation to the workspace. I realize this may be limitation on the travel of the robot arm and/or viewing lens of the camera. Terrific demonstration of realtime telerobotics! Thanks!

The techno-weeny's Sand Turtle rules!!

Nice robot, I didn't get very far on the energy assigned though.

Surprisingly more interactive than I expected. The time delays might even be beneficial since they enforce a thinking/planning time.

Cool.

It's kinda slow from Ireland but I love the idea. I'll be back!

*** I found a not saying. S_E_R_P_E_N_T_I_N_E_ was carved into tiny fetisches to help hardscan (?) to protect their flock at location 704 465

*** 666, the number of the piece (666,475 looks like a headlight, but of course I can't really tell.) I wish I had one of these at home!

*** I found something big at 300.350. This is just totally cool!

***Bottle is labeled Sweet Basil ***An instrument (pen??)

*** It's really great to navigate the robot, but it's a pity that the transfer of the image data took about 30 sec after each action. Thanks, Volker

***A scrap of paper with "A FREE GIFT FROM Smithsonian" ***A scrap of paper with "...carved ..." to the left of the above ***A bottle: Schweppe's????

***Found - some avacodo shaped thing in the lower left corner. ***Found a pice of paper, with printing on it. Something about Abraham Lincoln. The lighting and camera focus (when Z=0) needs improvement. Still its FUN.

Hey! I found Jimmy Hoffa!

This is really cool! I certainly would like to try again.

Nice idea but a bit slow from here.

A very interesting experiment in telepresence.

This is my first time operating the robot. The interface is good, but figuring out just what the topography is that I'm seeing is a bit of a challenge. Thanks for making this experiment available on the Web. I'll be back Jim Lowell

that's really cool, thanks.

it would be helpful to have the coordinates marked on the schematic diagram, so one wouldnt have to figure them out experimentally, it also would be nice to have a numeric display of the time left, instead of the 'power bar' at the top

*** Saw what appeared to be a Rayovac "survivalist" magnesium battery pack with leads going into it at approx coord. 163,414. it was still partially buried

Pretty cool tool. But it would be nicer if the image quality were higher. Thanks!

*** at coordinates 249 454 saw what appears to be a black conch shell and a strip of paper with a calculus formula on it. also saw what appeared to be a half buried metallic disc like a coin. It would be helpful to know from the operator's instruction screens what the size of the viewing area is in relation to the excavation area? is this marked on the operators screen on the schematic diagram? (as the box at the end of the arm?)

First time operating robot. *** Saw page with writing on it, mentioning turquoize *** Saw several metallic objects

*** 967,354 uncovered the mini-lobster just above coffee cup handle.

Enjoyed it...what's next?

*** 281,444 shiny complex uncovered again. edge-on "discus" just below it looks like it may actually be another bowl.

continued attempting to clean. about 2/3 done with first strip across the bottom starting at lower right. Looks like only one person considered this a good idea. Considering that this is an experiment in cooperation, it sounds like the Mercury project is a failure.

*** Found: a piece of paper or metal sheet with writing *** on it. Very cool interface, next implementation of a web app. What was the Genesis of the project? DAN

BTW, this would be even neater setup if there was some sort of telnet 'chatline' which operators who are in the queue, or who have been, could discuss where to go, and what to do in the limited time available. Perhaps this would make the whole interaction more organised and systematic?

No objects discovered, although saw what may have been a the lower (toe area) of a highheeled shoe in the bottom left hand corner of the area; although it is a very dubious interpretation

What an interesting concept, much neater than the Trojan Coffee Room. Have to look at this more closely at a later date.

*** I do believe I saw the letter M somewhere down there. very interesting

ADD ME

***found two slips of paper. one was unreadable from above and i didn't zoom in. one appeared to be a definition of the word "mosaic."

Artifacts found:Prehistoric rubber spider Primitive mans'fortune from cookie

Interesting and FUN! Keep up the great work! Would it be possible for the operator to see messages (i.e. suggestions) that have been typed in from others waiting in the queue? Could have some interesting interactions happening! *** It was fun blowing the styrofoam off of the harmonica.

Totally cool!!! ***I found a harmonica. I could see the words "M. Hohner" and the letter "K".

Very cool.

This is neat! Reminds me of the NASA project to control a remote robot under the antarctic ice by Hawaii students. Thanks for providing this wonderful learning tool!

very neat....it doesn't take much suspension of disbelief to imagine digging for ore on orion 5, eh? Thanks! patti :)

I think I saw the Energizer bunny but it moved before I could positively ID it. ;)

I'd say something intelligible, but I'm too overwhemled by the novelty of what (it appears) I have just done. Whether that was a simulation or real robot, it was a good time.

Wow... Huh huh-hu. Kool.

***found something aroud 391,340 looks like a cover for old fuse box.

This is good fun! I agree with the comment on the 5 min. limit When I have time to play, you guys are sleeping around midnight. Controls gets a bit slow over here in Finland (you know, where Santa is living)

The idea is wonderfull keep it up, it is a good start. some suggestions: -Display calorfull or "shapefull" object, it was boring looking at fuzzy stones in adark area. -Is it possible to improove the refresh rate, may be by improoving the page layout. -Is it possible to replace X & Y by a map

This is a nice demo of what remote machine operation may be like some day. May I suggest that someone throw in some new items and/or cover them up with sand again, or, better still, fit the whole rig with wheels and ship it to the Moon. Either should make it a bit more interesting :-).

Excellent - really enjoyed doing this from Glasgow!

Cool Page! ***It appears there is something rectangular located at 615,389,0. It is light in color.

Naa, nuthin new, bad monitor :-(

A nice looking watch there :-)

*** Found Watch with the glass face removed showing 4.15 I'll come back later to see if the watch works. Could some-one post a message here if they find it showing a different time?

Great. Best camera you can operate on the 'net that I have found so far. More time would be nice, especially when there's no-one else in the queue.

Very Interesting. The possibilities are intriguing.

*** 731x488 Packet of Sweet Basil seeds 641x490 globe watch fob

***pocket watch at 632x512 3 minutes fast sorry I buried it again before my time ran out

*** Found a roll of electric tape

*** Found something printed "Free Gift from the Smithsonian" and what appears to be an expended 9mm casing.

GREAT FUN TO REMOTE CONTROL A ROBOT FROM HOLLAND. WHAT IS NEXT? PICK UP PRODUCTS?

Thank you SO much for sharing your technology with the great unwashed. I'm simply amazed at what I just did for the last 5 minutes.

QL! (Read: cooool!) Too damn slow, though.

Terrific !!! I did not recognize anything, but had fun the first time. "nd time i saw something like paper. congratulations for this project. Was fun doing it from Mexico City.

Neat! I found what looked to be a bowl with a sheet of paper in it. I ran out of time before I could read it. I'll try again!

***Wired Magazine ***Note with information unreadable by me. This is interesting, thanks for the ride. Chris

*** the immage is fuzzy

*** looks like i found a pot with some sort of dagger (?) in it.

This is dumb, but I had a great time (although my wife was complaining). Funny thing, I'll be back.

**i assume that the object that i was observed was a harmonica made by HR Conner. Is this correct? Anxious to know. TD

*** Found small jagged-shaped object, half buried.. when I went to unbury it, it disappeared. More searching revealed that I had blown it a number of inches to the left. Blowing on it again had the same effect of moving it just out of view. This time, it looks a lot like a chewing-gum wrapper. ;) -K.C.

The image is really poor. Perhaps the light is off?

Absolutely inspiring tidbit of technology. Let's keep digging.

Wowsers... That's just too cool for words! Keep up the good work folks! *** A "Free Gift from National Geographic", a dictionary entry for the word "mosaic" (heh), and some odd object (pamphlet?) labled "Art Museums" is what I came across. What's the scale on the view? You should put a scale on there, maybe update it with the Z coordinate for the window. Just a thought. -K.C. Budd kbudd@adcg.com / kbudd@vnet.net Honeywell Allied Data -=- Norcross, GA

found zero

*** found newspaper ad clipping and part of a plate

Do you have another robot that covers up the artefacts again?

*** at about 247,470 a long strip of material with an equation written on it - it's hard to read but does contain at least two integral terms

***I saw a face mask, and elsewhere an indistinct image of what looked like a child's wooden top. This endeavour is clearly the flexing portion of a stinging insect's perambulatory mechanism...thanks

How many heads are in the sand box? (my wife and I are Head Hunters.)

OHH it was just getting good and it stopped. ***I think I saw a bolt in the debris... I'm going back to check it out

*** Found Abe at roughly 150,300

I enjoyed my 5 minutes (actually less because I ran out of energy) operating the robot. You have one of the best Web sites on the net. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to operating the robot again in the near future. -- Rob

*** found a piece of paper that says TURQUOISE was used as the ....

neat service!

Thanks for the turn. I suggest you review the instructions for controlling the arm. I thought I understood, but when it came time to operate it, I realized I wasn't sure which button brought the image closer and which sent it farther away. Nor could I figure out why the button for the airblast never functioned. Perhaps this will become clearer when I take another turn. Thanks again.

*** I found Ken, but where's Barbie and Skipper?

Found an unidentifiable metalic thingy. I tried digging a hole next to it with the air gun to get it to roll over, but no luck. Looks like we need a bigger compressor. I suppose that I should get back to work now...

I'd sure like one of these over the Meadowlands parking lot when I'm trying to find my car...

This is very cool... One suggestion. How about unlimited operation time if no one else is in the queue. If someone then enters the queue, bounce the operater out IF they have spent more than five minutes driving. Nice job, folks!

Rad little device dudes!!!

***I really did'nt get a chance to uncover anything but I think this concept is really cool!

I was unable to use the system due to an error in transmitting the gif files. I do not know if this is a fault of my software or something on the sending end. I was able to view other operators, however.

It would be cool if the pictures that were given were given in a color picture. Also, do the objects ever change? Does the surface get covered or given maintenence or do the objects that have already been uncovered stay uncovered? VERY COOL!!!

There is a coffee cup with a piece of paper in it with the definition for mosaic on it at 892,342,170. Directly above the coffee cup is an object that I cannot as of yet define what it is.

I'm new to the internet and I gotta tell ya, I am really impressed with this. I find it amazing that I can control a robot at a site in Nevada from Sarasota, Florida. Thanks for the experience.

Does it have to redraw the entire page everytime I do something? why doesn't it just redraw the robot part??

Interesting application of Web interface. Makes you wonder what may be next.

***I found someones eye & some writing - but ran out of energy before I could find out what it said!

Awsome!!! ***With my first move, an air burst, I discovered a statue, or bust of a man entombed for possibly eons...Incredible! Pretty cool too! PJW

*** discovered part of text:'Lost (or Last?) Hope On Earth:Abraham Lincoln' but i donīt know this text and i was not able to read a complete line, so it doesnīt make any sense to my small mind, perhaps iīm going to find out later! so long keep on pushing straight ahead (Jimi Hendrix, 1970) -- ChristopH --

cool, iīll be back soon:) is there anything like that in good old Germany? i have to try, try,try

*** something VERY large and shinny. Black and round when up, I could see maybe 2/3 of it. Might be a mirror, but if it is it is not really clear. VERY COOL :)

*** I found an odd shinny recatglular box with a strange word stamped on it. "Horner" I nthink it said?? Also saw what looked like a picture of a creature, very odd looking. :)

I found it very difficult to accomplish anything worthwhile within the time I was given. I realize that the high volume of users forces you to limit the time allowed, but maybe bumping it up to 7 or even 10 minutes could improve the frequency of objects being discovered, providing a more rewarding session. Just a thought...... Jason

this is so awesome hehehe really cool :)

This is MUCH easier to use than the robot at http://telerobot.mech.uwa.edu.au! ***Towards the right side of the area, I saw something metallic, It could have been either a tire-guage, or socket wrench. Thanks for the experience.

Okay guys...are you moving objects in between the camera updates? I found the 'Sweet Basil', then moved the arm a R.C.H. AND then the bag was gone...how wide is the radius of the arm movement? Please send mail back so that I can make proper calculations? Mahalo's from Hawaii !!! :)

*** cleaning continued now done 1007,305 to 744,293 where there is a rough shiny ball, maybe crumpled tinfoil, maybe gold or silver nugget ? 60,308 the eyeball is on a chunk of paper and has moved inward from the lower left corner of the viewable area. 630,509 the wrist watch is still ticking and keeping arizona time (about 2 minutes fast). 970,304 black cylinder with shiny ring through lower end 61,294 strip of paper with several lines of 'tiny' writing which is out of focus in down position.

Very cool!

*** continued step-and-repeat cleaning. Have now done 1007,305 to 840,295 ALSO has anyone tried generating stereo views ?

**** Found an eye in the bottom left corner, x=60 y=290 I think.

***Please either clean the lens, provide a focus control, or have the air tool clean the lens as well as the gravel. Otherwise. excellent!

I'll come back again liater. It's an interest project. Thanks

started first right-to-left sweep blowing every step-and-repeat started about 1007,304 got to 947,304

Continued with Jim Belonis' project to systematically blow the dirt to the left to clear it from the visible area completely. Didn't make much headway... perhaps a collaborated effort would prove more successful.

*** shiny metallic object with engraved inscription at 254,432

I have decided to try to systematically blow the dirt to the left by step-and-repeat starting at the lower right and proceeding in a straight line to the left. Maybe we can get the dirt out of the visible area completely

*** 281,444 inscription on shiny complex disk is actually EARL 213 9080

*** 281,444 uncovered shiny complex again

My beloved complex shiny object at 281,444 is buried or moved

Very interesting. I found the display a little hard to discern. I'll have to play with it some more. Regards, Kirk Smith

Wonderful--I found a harmonica (?). I ran out of memory before time, though. Erika

This is a great idea! Amazing!

Yeah. Too much fun. But also too slow. With only five minutes and a slow response time, the time playing with the robot passes much too quickly. How about a robot that can move about a room? Then, we could explore a bigger area, picking up or moving objects even! Now that could be interesting :) Interaction with one or more other robots, operated by others who are also somewhere on the Internet. Now you are getting much more "real world". Thanks for the unique experience!

I like it. But can I get the robot to go shopping for me??!

Way too much fun. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy ;)

maybe you could give me some patients(sp?) because I found it kind of boring

I definitely need an ISDN connection!

Let me know if you need a harmonica player for when you add the sound effects!

Cool....

Novel use of the interface

*** I think this is a great concept and would like to see it expanded perhaps to some interactive cooperative exploration. Can't wait for tele-surgery (and a faster link)!

Cool! Found some kind of bug thing and the seed packet.

I've worked with CGI's enough to know that this is VERY impressive

Yep, it's a Honner. We saw the little man engraved on the harmonica at 381,350. Lots of fun.

Fun, but a little slow to use.

*** Found the harmonica at 400,350. This is an amazing setup. Keep up the good work!!

Very interesting and quite fun. I'll be back!

Interesting site but will need more time to explore before making any contributions.

Found the ***Harmonica at 400,350 - looks like a HOHNER - need a bigger burst of air to play a tune . . . While I've got the chance - "Hi Mom!"

Insteresting use of the internet. Well done. Five minutes may be a bit too short, especially for people with slow connections. -Bryan

That was nice;) I guess it was real, not simulated in computer's memory... The connection might have been a bit faster, to make use more interactive, but the idea was excellent and that's what counts. JPR

My computer connects internet by PPP with a 14400 modem Slow!!

The most fun I've had sitting down in the UK and playing in California. A change from debugging code! Thanks.

I like it, you people have done a great job here! *** I saw a bust of a man and a dictionary page with the definition 'mosaic'.

This is no neuclear test site! It looks more like a garbage dump! I have to admit it is cool but to say I excavated a neuclear test site would be pushing it dont you think?

Cute. I uncovered a ***harmonica at 400,350 but wasn't able to get much of a tune out of it. Also found some ***documentation for my Web browser at 880,350. Good job!

*** continued trying to read "turquoise" note but message is obscured by dark object with man-made look.

Really Cool. Great Job.

*** found word "contents" under word "diamond" near 612,363. Sound cheesy to me. I hope they offer a 'Home' version of this!

*** found word "diamond on small piece of something @ 612,363 This site is out-of-this world, or is it? Thanks for the memories... A.C.M.

Got a closer look with the help of a magnifying glass found in NE corner of quadrant. Saw through it what was either Austrailia or a spleen - never could tell the two apart . . . Nice work, men (and women).

*** saw something that said "A free gift from Smithsonian" Also saw what looked like a page that referred to sulphur This is really a great operation!!!!

Very good I like this idea of interactive computer via a Video camera seem some real neat things done at other sites would like to have some sound though now I am picky there. I take my hat off to you all thats if I one on. Trev:-)

I am currently operating Tori Amos. Sorry.

No information about the arm's speed!!!?? I probably asked for a too large movement. So bad!

Great though I found nothing at all; perhaps not the right thing to run over a SL/IP line with only five minutes time to look around :-)

Hi, A great thing it is. Cool idea. *** I think I found a paper from a dictionary in a bowl *** or something like that near the right side of the *** movement area. Ilan

Who said nothing good comes out of L.A.? This is a great concept! Thanks.

Nicely done. But it's a hoax. You had me fooled for a while, but when you try a few blows to clear the last bit, it goes back to it's nearly covered state. Good try guys...

***dog tags and a whistle?

*** I found a memo saying "Turquoise was used as the.....rock.. ...." (couldn't read it further). I blew some dust away so I could read it better. Great experience to interactively control a robot in America from within the Netherlands! We should have this too in our robot lab at mechanical engineering!

Pretty good, but would be better if artifacts were in colour--- hard to see if you've found anything sometime. Stu

Thank you for that. I think its obvious that this is the start of some interesting stuff. Let me know when you have the Hubble wired!

*** 389,533 paper with "ART MUSEUM" on it

*** 281,444 the complex of shiny stuff is hard to uncover and hard to understand. The raised letters and numbers on the disk are "CARL 213 9080"

*** 281,444 very shiny complex disk with raised numbers finally uncovered by blowing at 305,424 . and the 'discus' is apparently at the bottom of the calculus 'tape'

can't ident. any objs.

*** 281,444 lots of trouble trying to uncover the shiny object with raised lettering.

As I am accessing this (for want of a better word "device") from across the atlantic I could wish that the response was quicker but thats life. In its self I found the whole idea fascinating. I came to computers later than most and this is the first time that I've used a computer to interact with anything non virtual (besides people) the possibilities of this are staggering. *** During my spell as operator I uncovered what appeared to be a Soccer Referees whistle and and a metal disc with engraved letters and numbers. I will investigate further on my next visit. The initial indication is that life is a game and the supreme being is the umpire. The reason it seems to be unfair is that he's lost the whistle and the token for his locker.

***the air shots didn't seem equally effective.

281,444 Shiny cylinder and shiny irregular circular object with raised lettering

***There is something which I can't ident.

possible tiny edge-up discus near 300,300

The 'pocket watch' at 630,504 turns out to be a running wristwatch with at least half the wristband attached and it is keeping correct time for Arizona.

It's this type of interactivity that the Internet needs more of. Keep up the excellent work!

Very nice, but the camera went out of focus when Z=0

465,582 chunk of paper with text about Mexico, Spain

The PAGE 39 paper at 124,395 turns out to be a chunk of a catalog entry for Rayovac Survivalist Longlife Magnesium battery.

Very cool! I am running a 486 with Linux and connected through a shell account at 14.4 I got approx. 1 image per energy unit. Thank you Carl

***X:877 Y:450 I've seen that head before. That's.. That's.. DATA's head. It's means we're witness to a time warp. We risk changing time if we move it or continue any farther. After all DATA won't exist for 4 more centuries. This project needs to be shut-down before the fabric of time is stretched to the limit and someone is launched into the vortex...yikes... what's that hole appearing in my computer scree....n.......

630,509 pocket watch 867,389 keyring with swivel re-emerged just above the buried cup 511,528 apparent piece of leather with BC: embossed on it. long smooth cylinder just 'north' of it heading off-screen (both of these very close to top center of possible coordinates 412,525 black square with lighter borders 876,447 a bust of a male person. looks ceramic

bright ring with something like a world map in it partially obscured by the "SWEET BASIL" large paper thing. 666 509

*** thought I had a coin going there, But I covered it up. Really a kick folks! Great little piece of technology!

This is wild. 10x better than that Oxford Coffee Pot.

I read about this project in the IEEE institute news. It's amazing to find it actually works after all these months. It would be nice to have a wider angle lens on the camera. As a Nevada resident, Area-51 at the test site is "known" to contain an alien artifacts and spacecraft or at the very least some old star trek memorabilia.

*** At (826,461) paper that reads: TURQUISE was used as the principle rock in jewelery.

*** Two overlapping rings at about (800,500), just above a shiny object and piece of paper.

***At about 540 380 there is a small paper. All I could make out was this: CHRYSOCOD Used in jewel and sands painting There was more hidden to the right.

***Part of a light colored object that had part of a word in view. All that was visible was "CHRYSOO"

Found a Tarantula at X:550, Y:532. I am not sure whether it was dead or alive.

*** Found some sort of note at 471,448. The word "corn" was visible but time ran out before I could use the nozzle to clear away the debris. *** -- Andy

Great gadget, perhaps improve lighting a bit! I couldn't really tell what I was looking at. Nice job!

I didn't really see anything but a bunch of dirt. I guess I'll check the operator's log to discover the coordinates of interesting objects.

***Mosaic Dictionary Definition ***Historic mention of TURQOUISE Pretty Nice overall. It would be nice if there was no one in the que, that your time would continue until there was another user in the que. In the future, I don't see there being no one in the que anyway. I would extpect this site to become quite popular. Also, Instead of having to go all the way out to get added back to the que, it would be nice to be able to just get added right back to the que immediately after the time expires. Also, maybe a few more items. (Unless more are buried and I didn't uncover them. . heh heh) Anyway, Keep up the good work. . . Hanover Fist (Ed) pentagon.io.com (Steve Jackson Games) Austin, TX

Interesting. Unfortunately, too litle time, and the lighting could be a bit better. Still...a bit of fun!

Fun! I only found the bent hose kind of thing and the thing with a round keyholder.

loads of fun for the whole family.

Found what appears to be some sort of swivel ring/key chain(?) at about 880x390. Need to concentrate on the right end sometime.

I enjoyed the concept of controlling a robot remotely. However, the resolution seems to need some improvement. I couldn't really tell if I discovered an object or not. The details are very hard to distinguish.

I'm still looking for something...

Final comments-- a forms-based method of moving to absolute x and y coodinates would be helpful for operators returning to to the site after the arm has been moved. Also, if there is a parallax correction that needs to be made for the compressed air gun, it should be noted. I noticed that I tended to bury objects I was attempting to uncover for a better look.

I can agree with some of the previous operators that 5 minutes is far from enough time. The interface is intuitive and it was fun to play with. Keep up the interesting work.

not enough time to explore

Really Neat!

*** I found the operation of the robot arm to be quite interesting. I found some object that looked like a lantern. It was partially buried so I had to give it a blast with the air gun to uncover it. I only wish that I had a little more time to explore, 5 minutes does not seem like enough.

Thank you for the opportunity to experience the thrill of operating a machine on the otherside of the world. Many Thanks Bruce

***AAAAAAGGGGHHH its looking at us!!! We found an eye!!

Well, it's interactive, but it doesn't feel like it. The only way to actually make a change in the environment is by blowing air on some gravel. Otherwise, you might as well be moving around a picture for all you know. Also, it's slow, but that's only natural considering the current access time over the Net. Thanks, Christian

I saw a cable, ok!! Thank you!! I will return ...

bye

This was pretty neat, I can see applications for this. But for some reason I kept getting locked up in corrupted pages while operating the robot. *** @ x774 by y500 or so there was a smithsonian cover. as a suggestion : perhaps more than just and up or down choice for the height setting (if at all possible) thanks ! Steven

Moderately fun playing alone so I went 15 minutes. At 124,395 found fragment of paper with $4.00 each PAGE 39 Also found cup at 902 307 full of dirt or broken. printed on it. And some indecipherable text above that. The focus of the camera leaves a lot to be desired in closeup mode. Is it maybe getting too close ? Or is it just not well focused. ?

For some reason, I stopped getting a picture returned to me so I could not continue!

Wow This is neat, My link is kind of slow but still useable. *** at 321,417 there is a whistle

Very interesting. Not enough time to really get a good feel for it. 10 mins would be much better.

good fun! P.S. need better illumination for camera.

My link is too slow to fully appreciate this

Hi, it is probably one of the most interesting things I found in the WWW. I thinks I had sam luck, because I discovered a strip of paper with some math formulas on it. I tried to move it around with the air blows, but I'm not sure if it did in fact move. I will be visiting this place so I think I'll see that next time. Bye and thanks for the opportunity to operate a robot for the first time in my life. Andy (andy@mimuw.edu.pl)

Seems like the air often blows things on top of what you are looking at. This would explain peoples feelings that the air was moving the arm around. Great fun. Still learning, so I didn't really discover anything.

***some uniform color around 470:500. Is that the bottom of the sandbox?

I am expecting the robot to have more operations like picking up an object and move it around. Also, color image if available would add more fun to the operation. Mike

There seems to be a coffee cup type object on the far right

This is THE best example of using the internet for intractive purposes! ***Some type of rectangular block that I wasn't able to "clear" with the air as I ran out of time. Can't estimate size as I don't have any sense of scale realitive to the image on screen vs scale. ***You might want to add some kind of scale for size relationships Ward Carpenter

Alright! Who over there is covering up my artifact! It couldn't be me... ;-) *** still working on the piece of plastic(?) with the calculus-y equation on it. (around 240,412)

*** Yikes! I think I covered some of the integral block(?) up. Sorry :-/

Oh man!!! I was right there! *** About to clear off the top end of the integral equation around (224,459)

the robot seems a little slow today- try greasing the damn thing!

***wish my link was 64kpbs...best site since FishCam. How about a small robot 3-finger claw. Processing time ? Aloha from Honolulu.

*** Eqn at x:248 y:440 seems to be an integral from 0 to T of x(theta) dTheta - hT Partially covered at this time ***

***Found A block with some writing on it. I could not make it out before my energy was spent.

*** I saw the already mentioned Mosaic definition... I believe the x coord was 570, but I do not recall the y. *** This is a great idea. I can't wait till it gets into space! -Dave

*** Well, I began to uncover *something* at (497,416), but I'm not sure what it is yet.

Thank you for making this wonderful opportunity available over the WWW. As an Archaeology graduate student at the University of Virginia, I am extremely interested in learning more about designing and using computer applications to assist archaeologists. Your fascinating and amazing project only *hints* at the wonderful projects to come in the future. I'll be back for another excursion soon, and hopefully I'll have more success ucnovering artifacts. Thanks, David E. Wheeler

Please note my new e-mail address: dopineti@individual.puug.pt

aargh. I need a _FASTER_ link :)

*** I have continued observation at (X=280, Y=237). Found a round medal with the following text: ?ARL 213- ?-9080 The missing letters are hidden by a fir branch (kind of...) that resisted to all my blows. Also found an unidentified metal cylinder a bit further down and right. BUG REPORT: I got plenty of errors while fetching the log page. It said something like "Max. html nesting level exceeded (200)". I am using MacWeb 1.00A3 on a Macintosh. Gee ! All this is quite entertaining ! -- Charles

I'll be back!

That is really an neat time. I enjoy it highly.

That's a great page! However, from Japan the images steal most of the energy. That's a pity bye maurizio

*** Metalic object sited around X:280 Y:437. Can anyone identify this?

*** at 270 x 500 I saw a card with some sort of equation written on it. Sorry, not familiar with higher-level math. I'll keep looking.

Jackpot! My second try uncovered what appears to be *** a battery. Or the wrapper thereoff. Coords X 151, Y381 Following text was visible (upside down). Rayovac BA-4386 PRC-77/ PRC-25 Built for military com- munications equipment including PRC-77 and PRC-25 Radio output jacks for 14 tremely long 15 year I shall Return to continue!

***Strange object, sort of like a Curled black wire. Almost 'coat hanger' in appearence. Very cool.

Three times I received the "not recognized as operator" command and each time I logged back in I was told I was the current operator. Needless to say, my time ran out before I could get off a single blast of air, but I'll be back...

Interface blew up on me again. Wouldn't zoom out.

Had 2 failures in a row. First one locked me out. Second one tried sending me an image about 200K big. Without the interface, nothing I could do. How about a finer grain energy mechanism?

***Label is for "Long life magnesium battery" by Rayovac. It's funny how you can collaborate or fight with people remotely.

My eleven year old Science Officer and Number One enjoyed this very much. We did, however, find it painful on a PPP line. We will have to go to my office to really get the full effect.

I came back to work on the page of text around X:200, Y:400. The problem is there is no way to enter direct coordinates and the observer and driver displays are different so pencil marks on the screen don't help. ***Looks like most of the bottom part of the page is free. The page is located horizontally, reading from bottom to top.

The first try was ended abnormally after I ran out of energy. I was rather confusing as the quality of the image was not what I expected from the small quicktime tutorial. ***I worked on a piece of paper, probably a product label around X:200, Y:400 I'm going back.

*** Was able to find what appears to be a piece of paper with the word PAGE written in large letters. A great experience!

*** I found a piece of paper that had "LIFE BATTERY" and some kind of diagram on it. I also came across a round possibly metalic object that had some radial pattern on it, and a thin cylindrical object that may or may not have been attatched to the round object. This site is wonderful. The 5 minute time limit went by so fast...

No comments on the cultural material. I trust that the assemblege is interesting; is it also culturally cohesive? The technology is astounding, of course. I can't wait to see if my machine at work will give me faster access than this at-home modem. As a professor of archaeology, I can see many uses for this program. Unfortunately, real excavations usually are much more messy and involve stratigraphy. This simulated environment could be improved by having the robot operate at different levels. My students will love this.

No comments on the cultural material. I trust that the assemblege is interesting; is it also culturally cohesive? The technology is astounding, of course. I can't wait to see if my machine at work will give me faster access than this at-home modem. As a professor of archaeology, I can see many uses for this program. Unfortunately, real excavations usually are much more messy and involve stratigraphy. This simulated environment culd be improved by having the robot operate at different levels. My students will love this.

very, very fun and interesting. as i read the introduction i wanted to see where the mercury area is, geographically. since there is fallout there i would like to know where it is, and how close is it to las vegas. ***i saw and uncovered as much as possible some device. it is a cylinder with a nozzle coming out of it. the cylinder has a design. someone else and i cannot figure out what it is at all.

Well, I tried blowing air at the pencil like thing, but after doing so it seemed to be gone from the screen. Did the burst of air cover the object, or did it move the robot/camera? I tried a burst of air again at X:544 Y:528 Z:0, and had similar results. The XYZ displayed XYZ coordinates did not change, but I did not see the same object in the image that I had seen before the burst of air.

Neat! I had just positioned myself over a pencil like object. I'll try to get on again to go lower and see if I can uncover it. It would be nice if the interface allowed you to move (when at the "distant" vertical position) a screen image at a time. Using the map, you can't be sure whether or not you've passed over an unexplored area.

Very interesting. I'll have to try this again sometime.

I like the basic idea of the project. However I can imagine other applications of this technique that I'm affraid of ... Don't like the steering interface; I would like to enter the exact coordinates.

Pretty cool stuff! Unfortunately, my image was too dark to really see anything other than gray blobs. Still, lots 'o fun.

This is very interesting, it has given me ideas on remote control/access of systems without requiring custom software at the remote site. thanks Doug

*** This item looks artifical. rectangular or square. not knowing the scale makes it hard to judge what it might be.

*** Started to examine the seemingly square (rectangular) object directly below the viewer at current time...will try again.

An extremely interesting and truly interactive use of the 'Net. The images could use some compression to make transmission a little quicker, though I'm not sure what type of hardware you have on your end. I beleive that the new Netscape WWW client can display JPEG within a document (rather than using a "helper" program). Short, compressed Quicktime movies of the air blast would be interesting to see!

***I believe that I saw a globe of the world from the perspective of someone in the 16th to 17th century. I could even be Botswanaland. Couldn't get it to turn with the air blast. It must be a little heavy.

More, more, more!

Thanks for the opportunity.

good demo and clear instructions,image of target area hard to recognize at resolution proveded and contrast levels could be enhanced.Appreciate the opportunity to try this device.There is an every day situation in which my associates and I do really accomplish somewhat of the same thing ,We use Picturetel videoteleconferencing extensively for meetings between Houston,Kansas City,and Chicago.The camara controller for the conf. is able to pan and zoom either local or remote conf sites.Keep up pushing the application of the net!

Excellent! - This is the start of some interesting developments on the web

***packet of sweet basil, circular object not identified (watch?) ***piece of paper with the digits "89" at far right side. I ran out of time before I could investigate further. It would be nice to have a higher resolution camera, and a faster link to download the images... Regards, Jeff

This is one of the best things that I have seen the WWW used for. I applaud you. I will be back so that I have time to explore the site further. Regards, Jeff

*** I found a small white ball around other rocks which disappeared on blowing. It looked like a rock though. It was still light enough to blow away. A smaller one was found but time ended before I could investigate. *** That was fun!

Thanks for the chance to do this. Ray

Fun. Ivan...

*** Merry Xmas from Queensland Austrailia, interesting project, will have to try some more later.

what the ? it would be a lot better if you could actually see anything, don't you think?

Curious.

I working as a computer analystfor the cinerobotheque of the National Film Board of Canada, a video-on-demand system that uses a robot to feed videodisc players. We will try soon to give some clients control of the system via the Internet. A "web cam" on our robot would be nice... I like it!!

almost got to blow the papers away.. ;)

***sweet basil seed package, a magnifying glass and a slip of paper mentioning flocks and fetishes

how about a color ccd? ***Found what appears to be a sample of quartz on a card describing its use as a fire-starting agent. (576, 466).

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Has anyone seen my watch? I lost it while playing with this robot !!

***found a ball point pen, a scrap of paper reading something about sulphur and medicine, and a scrap of paper saying "Smithsonian" This is a truly amazing link. I'm wondering where exactly is this robot arm located? In a lab or is it really outdoors somewhere? And what's the story behind these mysterious objects? Enquiring Minds wanna know.

Whoops - my browser crashed and I didn't get to drive.

*** a box of "Diamond" Safety Matches at x=622, y=360 *** a catalog entry (or something) for "SURVIVALIST SPECIAL LONG LIFE MAGNESIUM BATTERY(?)" This is still really cool.

*** found what looked like a dictionary entry for the word "mosaic" at X=895, Y=343. I blew air on it, so I'm sorry if it moved. ;)

Neat stuff. I wonder how much wear and tear this little robot arm can take. Anyone have any theories on the story that these artifacts are supposed to tell? *** A piece of cloth with flower patterns at 755, 520 ? *** Maybe this is supposed to tell the development of mankind's technology or civilization.

Observed time-piece and possibly typeface printed materials

Maybe it's just me, but I fail to "see" what's happening in the sand. It all looks black and grey. I played around for a bit--and saw the arm move--but I didn't see any sand excavating. I'm not discouraged, though; in fact, I'm really impressed. This is an awesome way to use the web! Monte Kalisch MonteK@hopper.UnivNorthCo.edu

Wow, some kind of *** strange alien creature at 978.349.0

*** Uncovered the Diamond (tm) Matches mathbox :P hiya

First time I've had the opportunity to try the robot. What a fascinating setup!

Directions hard to follow; screen redraws distracting. I had no idea what I was doing!

A neat concept, but need more time over 14.4 modem...also could use a strong light source attached to the camera. *** X: 737, Y: 419-448: two rock samples, with text reading: *** "_OBSIDIAN_ was used for knife blades because of the *** rock's sharp edge." and "_SULPHUR_ was used by medicine *** men to cast spells."

***Found a latern..possible kerosene at quadrant x:471 y:572 Z:170 can see no inscriptions on it as of yet.

First try. Very interesting.. Found nothing, but alas I shall try again.. -Dave

Thank you for this incredible opportunity. I'm going to get a faster modem so that I can make better use of this. I am an anthroplogist and a robotocist. So, this is extra wonderful. Ted

It would be nice if you had a button that would both lower the aperture and blow air at the same time before returning an image. This would help people with slower links to the net. I had to try this from the house across a 28.8 SLIP link before I knew just how slow it was :-) ...but its still neat!

There is what appears to be a page torn from a dictionary in the field of view. Blowing across the desert, I don't think so!

It's getting easier! I don't even know where the hell this Robot that I am controlling IS!

This is really cooool!!! "Obsidian used to make knives because it kept a sharp edge."? Interesting stuff, but I wasn't sure what the blower actually did.

Actually it wasn't a battery. It was a piece of paper with the text "Survivalist Special long life magnesium battery' At the right top of this piece of paper there was an image of an eye.

Actually it wasn't a battery. It was a piece of paper with the text "Survivalist Special long life magnesium battery' At the right top of this piece of paper there was an image of an eye.

Looks very nice *** found a battery just before my time stopped

This is too cool!

That thing looks real! Holly, Daddy Glomph's brilliant daughter

I love it! Hope it's not fake! The Glomph Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (really)

This is just waaaay too cool. I hope more stuff like this shows up on the net. Keep up the GREAT work! --Tommy

DIG! DIG! DIG!

DIG! DIG! DIG!

Cute....

This is absolutely awesome!

Very interesting, however difficult to do much via a SLIP connection (too slow)

***We found a message that read "Turquois was the principal rock used in jewelery". Next time, we'll look for the jewels! Bye.

Well, Hummm.

It's fun to know that your operating somthing miles away... but the images are kind of slow to transmit. I guess that will change as technology progresses. All the same I like it a lot.

Nice stuff...it's a bit pokey over a SLIP connection, but that's not your fault.

Good fun, but too short a time with a modem connection. Thanks.

Cool! But what am I supposed to do?

Keep up the great work!!! -ktoon

Below and to the left of the 'Obsidian' card I found what appears to possibly be a shovel. An additional control to turn on more light would be beneficial. The lack of light/ contrast makes discerning objects difficult. I'm sorry but I forgot to log the coordinates of this find.

*** Returned to previous location x=750 y=500 and found that the 'Smithsonian' text is on a package of sweet basil seeds that are a 'gift from the Smithsonian'. This package of seeds is next to what appears to be a small pot with some potting soil or earth inside. *** I did my reconnasence with the camera elevated as I wanted to get the widest possible view. More contrast and the ability to get a bit more elevation on the camera would help in high level study of an area prior to looking to a depth. Again, this is a fascinating tool that has much potential.

I read about this in a recent issue of Discover Magazine. I stumbled onto the URL just a bit ago and decided to investigate. It was a most interesting experience, even for a layman. I can see that this is an area that will be of great interest to scientists in this field. !!! GREAT WORK !!! *** I saw what appeared to be several pieces of paper with typed text on them explaining about obsidian and sulfer. It also appeared that there may have been a piece of obsidian on top of the paper. There also appeared to be a metal object that was conical in shape tapering to a point (pliers?) and another piece of paper with the word Smithsonian on it.

Very interesting.... Color might be nice but B&W is probably the way it would work in reality anyway. *** Found what appeared to be a page from a dictionary. *** Definition on page was mosaic - hmmm. Loc X870 Y326 *** Found what may also have been from a disctionary or *** more likely, a textbook. Topic was on quartz. Loc X574 Y477

*** Primitive stone tools found near 580,450. Possibly used for skinning, and starting fires? ***

First timer.... Not bad Fun...***started excavation of ART Museum paperwork, ran out of time

IT WAS VERY, VERY COOL, BUT IS IT REAL?

That was cool! uh-huh-huh-huh. Yeah cool! eh-heh-heh-heh

*** The dictionary definitions of mosaic, located at x=831, y=352, is fastened to a pile of what appears to be kitty doodoo, situated in a round, lustrous bowl. Repeated puffs were unable to budge the paper. Reflections off of the bowl allow some perception of the world outside of the pit.*

As an image scientist, I feel that enhancing (sharpening, tonal optimization) the image would aid analysis. The interface is quite easy to use, the most unfortunate aspect is the time required to transmit and display the updated image -- most of my "energy" was used up in waiting. The concept is extremely intriguing, and I'll be back.

Interaction very slow. Also image is dissapointingly small.

Fascinating. *** Obsidian document *** *** Mosaic definition ***

*** I tried to uncover objects I saw yesterday at x:327 y:538, but they had apparently been recovered by wind or other operators (or perhaps by secret government forces bent on keeping us from uncovering the secrets). The Truth is Out There!

***discovered that fools gold was used for inlays in jewelry

*** Piece of fools gold on top of description note. @ bottom right of area

Very Interesting... Good use of entertainment to introduce upcomming technology!

I haven't been too successfull in blowing the dust away, but the idea is brilliant.

Pretty cool... How do you get the video image onto the www server? Is the image compressed. I'd like to do a similar thing with video from a remote site for a "security" application. Be interested in any info you have on how you set up the system. Regards, Robin Laird

***Very interesting toy you have there ***I saw a write up on it in sun expert ***but I stumbled upon it today. ***I managed to locate a squit or octopus ***but I have no idea what its purpose is. ***Thanks for the ride!

*** Some areas needed more gravel to become interesting

Put a light on the camera. Found a watch and matches. Can't seem to light a match or change the time on the watch. What's wrong with you people?

***found a dictionary entry for "Mosaic"!!***

This is a very interesting WEB site. It truly shows the level of inter-activity that makes a WEB site so popular. I will come back at a better time, to have a good look around. Thanks for the time slice.... Francois

Okay, so I didn't really read the instructions carefully enough. Really cool. I could play with this for hours; however, the espresso machine calls.

Really fun; however, it would be nice to have some finer control over the robot. I'm off to refill the Krups espresso generator...

Oh well, fun. Even though I fell out once, managed to come baack and ack, but then time was out. I'll have to try it again later.

*** Pretty cool... Didnt find much though.

I tried to clear off gravel from a partially-uncovered box of diamond matches. I like this site a lot. To me, it's a concrete way of explaining what a lot of us are trying to do on the web! Thanks very much!

***Sweet Basil! Umm, I think I'm going out to eat some Thai food! Thanks for the turn. This is a very exciting site --I'm going to visit tomorrow with my 4 year old son and look for some buried debris. mark

Well, I tried again, this time with Mosaic 2.0.0a8 and the imagemaps seem to work correctly, but the images are far worse! No idea why.

Probably one of the best Achievements in interaction on the W3 net. Please keep up the amazing work, and are there any more "Real Time" ways to connect if your site has a T1 line run for net connectivity?? Regards, Joseph Olson sysop@virtual-tavern.com

Probably one of the best Achievements in interaction on the W3 net. Please keep up the amazing work, and are there any more "Real Time" ways to connect if your site has a T1 line run for net connectivity?? Regards, Joseph Olson sysop@virtual-tavern.com

Well, 2nd try was a little better, but it still messed up. I first positioned the robot close using the down button. OK from there. Then I gave it a squirt of air. OK again. Then I thought I'd use the image map and position the robot over something. As it started sending me the operators panel info, it screwed up my netscape view again and said it didn't recognize me as the operator. So I logged in again and I became the operator again, but had no time left and here I am. Hope that helps you debug this interface/experiment.

Hmm. Didn't work correctly. Took me directly (no password) from clearance test (pass) to operating the robot. Then after I clicked a point on the image map, it started sending me (presumably) an image, but it screwed up my netscape view. So, I reloaded, and it told me I wasn't the operator. Then I went to get back in the queue and I was the operator again, but my time expired just after I clicked on the imagemap. Thought you might like to know. Thanks! Cool project.

*** Prospectors Lantern at x:467 y:563

***Survivalist Long life Magnesium batery at x:108 y:340 (far left corner) This was very cool, put smaller grains of sand in area. Great Idea.

***I've done it again and it was even cooler. rob

***It was really cool, I hope to do that again.

*** I suspect alien habitation, as a partial ring was momentarily visible from my view-cam. Further investigation would seem appropriate.

***Discovered a metallic plate in the western quadrant. Not much in the eastern side of things. Perhaps we just haven't blasted far enough yet? Only time will tell...

This is a great example of just what you can do with mosiac and htbin .... Thanks

Only uncovered paper with Pyrite "Fool's Gold" definition. Need more time to uncover and formulate a hypothesis. Question: Could y ou better explain the representation next to the picture of what the operator sees. I do not understand how it relates to 3-D space, and how I can control the robot by clicking in that area. Happy New Years, Drew

A Lot of fun, a clearer or larger image would be good. Otherwise a very neat look into the future

decided to visit and since no one was operating the robot, I thought I would give it a shot. I had a hard time seeing some images, however it might be due to a faulty monitor (it is fairly dark). Thank you for the opportunity. I will visit again.

decided to visit and since no one was operating the robot, I thought I would give it a shot. I had a hard time seeing some images, however it might be due to a faulty monitor (it is fairly dark). Thank you for the opportunity. I will visit again.

PRETTY COOL! NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT IT WAS COOL!

"neat-O"

This is a great illustration of how the internet can be used for remote and interactive applications. It's really opens up ideas for collaboration given that this robot can be controlled by anyone on the net anywhere in the world. It was a little reminiscent of playing Iron Helix though less exciting but more real.

***stopwatch ***?bubble ring for blowing bubbles Don't know if it is your problem or mine but often the bottom 1/4 to 1/3 inch of image would be missing despite "complete data transmission Thanks enjoyed it.

Pretty Neat... *** I saw a picture (Old Picture) of what looked like a statue...

am using a grayscale terminal and had difficulty with lighting, otherwise found this to be rather fun. As with the many STP's that I have dug, I didn't seem to find anything all too interesting. *** did find some sulphur?. Thanks.

*** Discovered piece of paper with turquoise on it. *** Also small bust and what appears to be a paint brush Could use a bit more light in some areas

No objects discovered, the camera seems to be slightly out of focus when I zoom in. Pretty amazing though. Thanks for the experience I think I will wait untill we get the T-1 line installed here before I try again. 9600Bps is just too slow! Thanks again!!!

Bit slow but usable anyway. *** we did found something, but we dont know what. Aho Family

good fun. doubt i discovered anything that has not been discovered before.

*** I found something, but could not remove dirt that was covering it. Ran out of time and energy. Good luck to the next operator!!!

*** At last!! I found something. Apiece of paper saying: "CHRYSOCOLLA was used in jewelry and sandstone paintings."

Thanks

That was cool *** found a....mmmmm...I forget what they're called but I found one!

Cool thing! But I still miss a grabber or a shovel! And one more thing - isn't it possible to get some more light????? Sometimes it's impossible to see anything when you're close-up! Still, it's a site to recommend to your friends.

Telecommunications museum in Stockholm, Sweden wishes to use this robot to show interactive use of the Internet for our museum visitors. This will take place the first week in 1995. If you want to contact us, please e-mail nilso@prodemo.telia.se .

Hmm.. I didn't like the interface, but it's ok.

I think this is an excellent idea and example of the power of web publishing This is a good mix of education, application and fun.

***lobster ***Mag-Lite

*** well I certainly feel totaly wired now having uncovered the Wired Magazine logo at x285 y527 z170 the black telephone cables were a nice touch, but what was the box???

I wish there were no delays... pretty cool..

It was kind of fun. Maybe in the future it will be possible for continous high-speed video updates! Good luck!

***cool

Wow. Cool.

*** (571, 416) button???

*** (411,362) Horner???

Nice, except 20k gif image files allow only 8 or so movements.

***Ackkk! We're being invaded! (686,464) What is this thing? It's below the Smithsonian seeds and has plenty of legs.

This is really NEAT! I can just imagine controlling a similar robot on Mars, or some other inaccessible place from my computer AT HOME. This type of technology could be a real boon to learning in the schools also. Keep up the project!

This is really NEAT! I can just imagine controlling a similar robot on Mars, or some other inaccessible place from my computer AT HOME. This type of technology could be a real boon to learning in the schools also. Keep up the project!

***FOUND A MUG WOW, HOW EXCITING.

NOT BAD. I WISH I COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT NOONE ELSE HAS SEEN T THOUGH. WACK SOME WHEELS ON THE THING AND GIVE US SOME MORE LAND TO PLAY WITH.

*** Need an idea on what to purchase for your New Year's Eve festivities? (x592, y526).

*** Picture of a human (alien?) face, sorta deformed, with three greek letters on forehead.

Cool! I've done my share of archeological excavation but never while over 1,000 miles from the site. Appears to be a harmonica at X=356, Y=342. Strange sort of aboriginals.

Is this a golf club I see before me, the handle toward my hand? I have the not, and yet I see thee still!

Hey, that was never five minutes! Discovered small heard of tofutabeasts. Odd, as they are indigenous to the Serengeti.

** I saw what looked like a metal whistle on a ring.

Too cool for words! I was frustrated by the pneumatic system, however -- I was looking at something interesting, but the airblast only covered it up. It's somewhere near x:327 y:538. Good luck!

Trying to operate this robot was futile for me because the pictures took so long to show up on the screen. All of my energy was wasted while waiting for the picture. I don't know if everyone encounters this same problem, but it just doesn't work for me. Is there anyway that this problem can be remedied? I think the project itself is very interesting and I wish that I could succesfully use the excavating robot. Unfortunately, Netscape takes too long to pull up the pictures.

I buy it.

Ok, I got the hang of it on the second try. That was a lot of fun and it is very encouraging for future applications of the WWW. Thank you again. Go Trojans! Sincerely, Ira Rubenstein USC Film School '92

Cool use of the WWW!

If only I had more time and betterimages!! Excellent..... I'll be back!!

cool!

Its kinda neat. thanks to whoever set this up!!!

What a great use for the WWW! I felt I was sitting in the JPL during the Viking mission

Higher contrast would help. This is fun!

Thank you for the opportunity to run the robot. It is a lot of fun. I didn't find anything that I Could recognize. Thanks again. I will come back and operate the robot again. Sincerly, Ira Rubenstein

This is very interesting, but I wish the images were a bit bigger and of higher intensity.

Very interesting project you have here. My compliments. A most useful new control would be some arrow buttons alongside the image. I keep wantin to move "just a little up" or "a little to the left". The arrow buttons could work something like this: ^ ^^ ---------------- | | | | | | < | image | > << | | >> | | | | | | ---------------- vv v the arrows being buttons on the image map, a single arrow indicates, say, 5 centimeters in that direction, double arrow indicates 25 cm in that direction. This will take a little math to translate that into the radial coordinates, but not much. Also useful would be thre user fillable fields which would allow the user to type in a specific coordinate, thus allowing user to to return to previously noted areas. Another useful addition would be to drop a ruler near the edge of the study area, for the purposes of perspective. thanks for letin me give this a try! -miko miko@vt.edu

***snap-swivel @ 899,403 ***shiny ribbon (or something) @ 899,481 j north of bust...

***Cool

***found a clipping which talked about grinding corn into flour with a mortar and pestle. Also found picture of... Elvis??

Interesting. Mainly stones and descriptions, such as AGATE and QUARTZ.

Very fun. Though, I couldn't find Elvis.

Excellent! I would like to see a bigger picture. By option, an operator could blow-up the picture if available bandwidth is present.

Something shiny at 388,458. Can't make out what, thought A fun internet activity.

How jolly bizzare.

flashlight at 973,296 strange bug at 979,350 I like it! Keep up the good work with interesting projects on the internet!

*** Harmonica *** Empty diamond matchbox

A great concept/tool to begin to show the capabilities of the internet. I enjoyed my visit.

great.

Well, I didn't really make it. I would be thankful for all help. See my Email address. Thank you!

*** Ah. Found a "Smithsonian" magazine. Couldn't find the date.

Cool. Would be nice to have an indication of the field of view in the right-hand window. *** I blew on a bright object and it disappeared. I expect it's somewhere in the lab floor :-)

couldn't interpret object...something like a broken bottle neck, or foil from a champagne bottle?

The advantage of this time zone is lots of operator time while everyone on the mainland is snoozing. Diamond safety matchbox @ 630,365. Box is open and empty, possibly some matches @ 10 o'clock from the matchbox.

rectangular box, center at approx. 604, 392. Not enough time/energy to determine scale, but appears to be metallic. Bent rod (broken pencil?) @ 586, 387. Some sort of document @ 375, 435. No hypotheses.

Amazing application, but couldn't put together anything significant in the allotted time. Dial-up @ 14.4 is too pokey!

+++ Diamond Light Matchbox 621,377

*** someting in the coffee cup at previously mentioned *** spot, looks like a mineral *** whistel at 308 417 (sp)

***SAW A DOG LEASH AND THAT TURQUOISE TYPED LETTER A BUST AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLOWER POT

*** Coffee cup at about 913 326 *** Key chain (ball bearing detachable male section) 955 284 Goin in for more.

didn't find anything, did see the magazine left over from the previous operator... neat :)

I can see a reflection of the room! I thought I saw a clock...

dark screen, needs more lighting

*** wine bottle cork?

***Someone is growing Sweet Basil in the labs sandbox!***

**Someone lost their tourquoise in the sandbox

***we saw your "Smithsonian"

Couldn't find anything

Terrific idea - Now where is the slot for the quarters? :-)

***Someone must have let there dog lose in the lab and threw their leash clip into the sandbox***

Looks like the rim of an object such as a dish. Need more time to investigate

***Nice little copy of the Smithsonian??

From the objects seen, I would suspect a campsite of some sort....

Ridem, seahorse! this is what the web is for (isn't it?).

***free gift from the Smithsonian the x698 y486

interesting, but I didn't get enough time to be satisfied w/ functionality.

:-) Nice Sight

thanks, that was fun. GP.

This is a really interesting application. I'm working on a site that will allow custom interaction with our earthquake database including plotting, but maybe we could think of some real thing to do too. My wife works with deep sea ROVs but this was my first time to operate something remotely.

Is there a way to pick up and move objects around?

*** RATS! I was just starting to uncover, what would have proven to be, a significant find indeed. There's only so much a person can do in a five minute lifetime. Well there's always the next generation to carry on this important work.

*** watch showing 5 til 5 *** sea horse

***"sweet Basil" and "a lobster"

Something BIG at x=276 y=356.

Something BIG at x=276 y=356.

Something BIG at x=276 y=356.

I think I found Elvis, Ta-ta for now!! Skydive!!!

Gee -- Seems interesting. The need for time is great due to the lack of speed. Nevertheless, it be fun.

*** Couldn't figure out what is at 957x287 , maybe metal ring and pen , if you figure it out , please mail me, Blueskys!!! Skydive!!!!!

*** Found pyrite 840x270, found "ashtray ?" at 957 x 287, needs more investigation

Adding comments shouldn`t be mandatory, now back to uncovering the paper object I found

Neat! No one else is using it, and I get more time GReat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way cool! Need a little more time for 1st time users!

*** Started off with a card about an Obsidian knife. Followed handle (?) to the left. Then moved back to the right and down. Came across a bust and a swivel snap. MAK

Images are pretty dark. Perhaps adding a light (switchable?) to the camera would be a good idea? Thanks for the use of the robot. A pretty cool idea...

Nifty! The current benchmark for things to come.

Really cool site, but a little more time would be nicer.

Not a very intuitive UI. Great idea.

Is this thing in focus at the Z=0 setting?

***Unearthed flat dull object at 170,390*** further excavation is recommended.

interesting, though somewhat time consuming. will try again later!

***I found a dictionary definition of mosaic. This is pretty cool!

***There were a number of metal objects. One of them looked like a flour sifter, but it was difficult to estimate the scale.

Thanks for the fun!!!! Chris

First time running the robot. Didn't find anything but had fun.

On the brink of discovery and ran out of energy.

*** I found the pocket watch and was able to turn some type of needle (?) on its surface with the bursts of compressed air.

*** What hath God Wrought! I'm getting to the point that I expect to be totally amazed by something on the WWW at least twice a day. As is said on PBS's Future Quest: "The Future is where we will spend the rest of our lives". What an exciting time we live in! Well done!

This is one of the most incredible things I've seen on the Web! It's kind of hard to find actual objects sometimes though. This is a cool use of the Web!!

Quite the diversion. That's about all, though; I couldn't see this technology in its current form being used for telesurgery or anything like that for a while. Brian Connors Boston College BTW, it looks like somebody's rock collection with a bucket in the middle.

It is very good but very short time thanks......

nothing interesting to report

This was the wildest thing ever tried!! Thanx..

*** Newspaper ad for battery (lower left corner 149,322)

Found Smithsonian thing again and a mans head!

I found nothing interesting, maybe i was doing something wrong....??

*** Found Smithsonian paper? Also found something about sulphur and casting a spell? Very strange but liked it a lot!

I am a school teacher and a real novice on the net. This is the kind of thing that will amaze my students and help them discover the potential of the internet. This is great!!!

Thanks!

After watching others and playing with the interface myself, I have two observarions, First people commonly do not realise that the have the arm at "0" altitude so they have a hard time finding objects of interest. Secondly I wish I could find something in the box I could use to accurately scale objects to. Nice Job.

fINE MOTOR MOVEMEENTS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE. ALSO EXACT LOCATION OF CAMERA LENS IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE. THISWAS GREAT!!!

*** Yep, I saw Elvis again! He had this battery like protrusion on his back and a crab in his hands!

Great fun. And a very nice job with the interface thingy.

Cool! ***I found a "gem" sample at 496x398. CHRYSOCOLLA. clearly the previous inhabitants have left in a rush...I'll be back!

Great fun. Found the file and obsidean fact card.

There is a pipe at 800x356....Shmokin

Give us just a little more energy... like two bits...?

Give us just a little more energy... like two bits...?

gotta return with a faster connection

Wonderful innovation. Many thanks for the opportunity to try out the robot.

*** Well I found a Nail and I think the other thing *** was a marble.

Great interactive system, very imaginative. It was somewhat limited by bandwidth restriction at my end (14,400 dial up connection) but other than that, FUN.

*** Elvis appears to be at grid 740X416! But he keeps moving to the East......

*** leafs??? Pretty neat anyway.

sweet

It was very interesting, I was trying to look at an object when I lost energy 8(. I'll try again next time.

I fear that I will not get funding for next year's expedtion, since I have uncovered NOTHING yet.

I think I need new glasses, I don't see a thing!

*** Hmmmm..must be my lucky day. I found what appears to be the casing or the packaging to a batteret at 145 368. I tried a few blasts of air but could not excavate much of it. It is a magnesium battery and is a long life one too. Thanks for the fun time Happy New Year.

***Ok...It's me again. It's a watch. I can't make out the manufacturers name because of poor focus. It is located at 643 506 0 and is orientated with the 12 o'clock positioned at 12 o'clock....a quidincedence ? The watch is running and it appears that it has a black leather strap I watched the second hand advance from update to update. A great toy...now put some wheels on it. I going again as there seems to benobody else awake at this time of day

***Ok...It's me again. It's a watch. I can't make out the manufacturers name because of poor focus. It is located at 643 506 0 and is orientated with the 12 o'clock positioned at 12 o'clock....a quidincedence ? The watch is running and it appears that it has a black leather strap I watched the second hand advance from update to update. A great toy...now put some wheels on it. I going again as there seems to benobody else awake at this time of day

*** found a circle...looks like the hood ornament from a Mercedez...its 03:33 EST so I will try again

Thanks for a lot of fun! I want to play much more!!

I really am excited about this project. I think it is an incredible idea. I logged on three times tonight and ran into the same problem every time : when moving closer to an object in order to blow away debris, I found that I stopped being able to recieve images. I don't know if this is normal or not. I hope to use this sight many times in the future and would like to know if this problem is a result of something I'm doing. I hope to hear from you soon, good luck with the project, Brendan

This is a fascinating exploration of one of the Web's potentials most folks (including me) wouldn't think of... You are to be congradulated, both on your imagination and on the programming involved in actualizing the thing. Working from at home on a 14.4k dial-in link sucks. I will play again after the break from my office machine, so I can use a "real" Internet connection. I will be interested to read the "FURTHER INFORMATION" section. I am trying to expose our students AND faculty to innovative and imaginative uses of the Web, and THIS qualifies. Thanks a lot for the "ride"... Jeff Sonstein Networks Admin. New College of California 50 Fell Street San Francisco CA 94102 [415] 241 - 1302 ext. 490

5 more minutes would be appreciated! Such fun!

I found a piece of paper? referring to"Chryscacola (sp?) Used as a coloring in sandstone paintings

I am impressed that it actually works.

great!!! from vinod (for k.k. quah)

Nothing new this try.

A sea horse and bits of paper. This will be interesting to let students discover artifacts.

More resolution wouldn't hurt...

*** Greetings: I would like to thank U for allowing access to this site. And being Able to accually work the Robot Arm. I will return and Work the Arm in a More Scientific Exploratory manner, As this was a First time run at it. Thank U again. James Spameni

Thank You, It was a trill to control a robotic arm from over a thousand miles away! The information on the robots position and the camera view loaded surprizingly fast as well (I'm connected to the Web at only 14.4k right now). If there is anything to improve, try adding a gripper to the end of the robot arm. -James

*** X559 Y511 Z170 Agate chips label 'used for arrows and spears' seems to be part of museum display

Had 3 attempts - found a couple of things but couldn't make them out. 5 mins is not enough on a 14.4k modem. V.Frustrating.

Is that a grave yard down there ?!!

PRETTY NEAT!! WHEN CAN I DRIVE IN LEMANS.

Absolutely incredible!! The impact of projects like this will revolutionize anthropology and other sciences.