Hal 9000 eye5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The very first step, is to come up with the dimensions for the face plate. So, my HAL will be made of wood – and it will use the arcade button for the eye, although with some improvements, as compared to the article. I also need to mention that I do not have access to any laser cutter or the tools for working with metal or aluminum. If, at the first glimpse, people are not able to distinguish my HAL from the original, this is good enough for me. In that spirit, I do not plan to go the extra mile to achieve a 100% replica, but I will be happy at the 97% level, if I can stay on a budget below $100. In the Adfafruit article, they mention the 80/20 Rule (that 80% of a result stem from 20% of the effort). ![]() Then, I found an article at in which they build a HAL replica, using a 4-inch Arcade button which looks very close to HAL’s eye. As discussed in the two links above, the original HAL features a rare Nikkor fish-eye 1:8 f=8mm lens which is beyond my budget, and which is not easy to replicate. The most important single detail is, of course, the eye. Great research has been made in a contribution at and another thread on that site has some additional resources on the measurements. On the web, I found some really nice inspirations. The first step is, of course, building the HAL panel. I will decide later on the exact details and functionality. The whole device will be operated by an Arduino and/or a Raspberry Pi. My goal is to build a pretty good replica of the HAL panel, and then take some freedom and mount this on a bigger plate that features a few displays and input devices (buttons, joystick). I am planning to build something more along the lines of the pod bay, where the HAL panel appears on the right side, next to a monitor. … but that’s beyond my scope/space/budget. The coolest thing would be to build that wall with two sets of four monitors on each side… I plan to go a little beyond that, as I would like my HAL to have further functionality. When surfing the web, one finds many places where people have built the main panel with the red eye, the speaker grille, and the “HAL9000” decal. And I plan to use this blog to document all steps. I am pretty sure that there is wide agreement that this is the HAL9000 computer from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. ![]() Tesla has been using a lot of movie and video game references as Easter eggs in its vehicles.From all Science Fiction movies, what is the most iconic item? Several people have been commenting on the resemblance with the turret from the popular Steam video game Portal: There are new sentry mode icon and the full screen image. The hacker shared the new image that Tesla is going to be using for Sentry Mode:Īnd to bring it out of the comments, MGM has spoken and HAL9000 is forbidden (those pesky IP rights). There are new sentry mode icon and the full screen image.” “MGM has spoken and HAL9000 is forbidden (those pesky IP rights). Now Tesla hacker green, who had access to an upcoming Tesla update in the early access program, reported on Twitter that MGM, who owns the rights to 2001: A Space Odyssey, has issued a copyright claim against Tesla forcing them to stop using the image. The image clearly appears to be inspired by HAL 9000, a fictional AI character in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. When activated, it displayed a red dot on the Tesla’s large center touchscreen: Sentry Mode uses the Autopilot cameras to “detect potential threats” and it goes through different levels of alarms based on those detected “threats.” The feature was released in early 2019 and it was built on top of “TeslaCam,” a previously released integrated dashcam system with similar capability as Sentry mode, but used when someone is inside the car. Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car. Tesla apparently got in trouble for using imagery representing HAL 9000 from the movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ for Sentry Mode so it is switching to something that now seems inspired by a turret from the video game Portal. ![]()
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