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Gundams ain't cheap
by John Martone, 01/10/2008
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Proving that some people just have too much time on their hands, the cost of gundam (big robot thing that shoots lasers and missles) has been figured out. While the estimate only gives a summary of the machine without labor, the parts alone are enough to make a person cry. The read out looks something like this...

Estimated cost of Gundam parts:

ITEMUNIT COSTQTYCOST
Aluminum alloy (honeycomb)$1,80043,875$79,000,000
(+ Metal manufacturing/processing)

$240,000,000
Main computer (IBM)$1,550,0001$1,550,000
Gas turbine engines (GE)$52,000,0007$364,000,000
Superconductive motors (IHI)$260,00030$7,800,000
Motor drivers$260,00030$7,800,000
Reducers$760,00030$22,800,000
Sensors

$910,000
Cockpit

$450,000


TOTAL:$724,310,000

What makes me giggle and cry is that this scientific calcuation was posting on the SciencePortal, an offical website from the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The robot would be sixty feet tall and weigh nearly one hundred thousand pounds. Start saving your quarters now.

[Via pink tentacle]





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