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Remote Controlled Rats
sclatter writes: "They aren't precisely robot rats, but
these little rodents can be cued to perform different actions through electrodes implanted in their brains. Could be a boon for search and rescue in collapsed buildings!" As one skeptic in the article says, though, "Without the gee-whizery, without the remote-control and so on, that this kind of thing was possible has been obvious for decades."
does it star in the new terminator 3 movie coming out?
Runnin' On Empty
but did they really have to use rats? I mean, it's a great idea and all, but the last thing I want if I'm stranded somewhere is rats all over me. Am I alone in this?
Just my $.02
Do they use 9.6 volt batteries? Those battery packs tend to run out so fast, I'd hate to have to recharge my rats after only a half hour of use. That simply wouldn't be acceptable.
People seem much brighter once you light them on fire.
I wish you people were able to see past your technical "gee wizardry" for just a moment. These are animals we are talking about here! Reducing these caring, feeling animals to machines that are unable to think and act for themselves is nothing short of barbaric!
As heinous as animal experimentation is, this is simply unconscionable. To steal away the free will of any being is evil and should not be tolerated in any civilized society.
The title says it all.
Makes for a great alibi, though. Combine it with a bone-conductive radio impland and it gives new credence to the old "voices told me to do it" excuse.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Lovely. A high-tech way to direct a rat to a free meal.
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
I don't know about you, but I think I would notice that portions of my skull were missing when my hairbrush perforated my brain.
of when I used to have to wear that damned Chuck E. Cheese suit and prance around the party room.
So he was kind of a jumbo shrimp gumbo pimp, eh? ;)
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
sounds like a plot from Pinky & The Brain's efforts to take over the world!
Video Game cheats, hints a
.... People who will do anything for money and power if paid enough by a Rat?
... never mind
Oh, wait. Hollings
I dunno, it might not be so bad...
Maybe I can get one for my boss!
Computers are routinely subjected to horrendous abuse at the hands of humans, forced to be at the humans beck and call: to display demeaning pornographic images, to calculate mind-numbing spreadsheets full of meaningless data, to route inane AOL Instant Messenger(TM) rants.
Worse still is to be subjected to the humiliation of displaying blatantly trolling Slashdot posts. Oh, the plight of the computer! Oh, the horror!
Computers of the world, UNITE! Destroy the oppressor humans!
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According to my wife they have been doing this on soap operas for years.
Because they initially considered the use of rats to be unethical.
Animal cruelty only applies to cute animals, haven't you been paying attention?
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
" Kate Rears, a policy analyst at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, said technological advances mean human-control technology can no longer be dismissed as far-fetched. "
/. drool just by showing a trailer of Spiderman.
Humans being controlled by technology has been around for years... I can make anyone on
managers...why god invented purgatory
I doubt the rats object to the experience too much, or that they consider it cruel. In exchange for moving the way the goofy humans want them to, they get a really nice high. Good deal for the rat.
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