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NYTimes Year in Ideas

Posted by michael on from the when-ratbots-attack-a-fox-special dept.

jonbrewer writes "The New York Times is back again with their "Year in Ideas" and one that Slashdot missed this year was the RatBot. As featured in the BBC and Business 2.0 earlier this year, these critters are trained to navigate mazes based on remote stimuli. Ethical? Doubtful. Cool? Yes."

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  1. from "Viagra saves wildlife" by suss · · Score: 1, Troll

    The von Hippels have also compiled a long list of animals that could benefit should Viagra ever be made available in Africa, including baboons, gorillas, chimpanzees and spotted hyenas.

    Hm, you probably wouldn't want to meet a gorilla on viagra...

    Ofcourse, if they start giving viagra to wildebeest, would they have to be renamed to gnu/horny?

  2. Re:SteweyGriffin==karma whore+troll == ekrout by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who is the real troll here?
    Who contributes more to Slashdot -- some SteweyGriffin character who gets 4s and 5s with tons of introspective, interesting, etc. replies/discussion, or some anonymous troll (you) who spreads FUD about people in every thread?

    Perhaps you're the one who should leave, especially since you don't even know what you're talking about, buddy.

    Just a thought.